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.