Glaucochroite Explained

Glaucochroite
Category:Silicate mineral
Strunz:9.AC.05
Dana:51.3.2.3
System:Orthorhombic
Color:Bluish-gray, pink, brown, or white
Fracture:Conchoidal, sub-conchoidal
Mohs:6
Luster:Vitreous, sub-vitreous, resinous
Opticalprop:Biaxial (−)
Streak:white
References:[1]

Glaucochroite is a calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral with formula . It occurs in metamorphosed limestones.

It was first described in 1899 in Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.mindat.org/min-1708.html Glaucochroite at Mindat.org