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Laacher See-Vulkangebiet, Eifel, Deutschland
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Bildbreite: 1 mm; Fundort: Laacher See-Vulkangebiet, Eifel, Deutschland
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Locality: Laacher See / Brohltal, Verbandsgemeinde / Ahrweiler, Landkreis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Deutschland

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Collectors Summary

Color fleischrot, grau
Streak color grauweiß
Hardness (Mohs) 6
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pbnm

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mn2SiO4

Chemical composition

Mangan, Silicium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 201.9593498 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

Mn2SiO4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

31.69

4

57.14

15.9994300

63.9977200
Silicon

Si

13.91

1

14.29

28.0855300

28.0855300
Manganese

Mn

54.41

2

28.57

54.9380499

109.8760998

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 29.31, Al2O3 : 0.48, Fe2O3 : 1.21, FeO : 1.67, MnO : 65.32, MgO : 0.71, CaO : 0.70 (Ref: American Mineralogist 59)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.AC.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
A: Inselsilikate (Nesosilikate)
C: Insel(Neso)silikate ohne weitere Anionen; Kationen in oktahedraler [6] Koordination
05:Olivin-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/A.04-030

VIII: SILIKATE
A: Inselsilikate mit [SiO4] 4--Baugruppen
4: Kationen in oktaedrischer Koordination [6]; Olivin-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

9.AB.200

9: SILICATES
A: Nesosilicates
B: Olivine-Group

Dana 8th edition

51.03.01.04

51: Nesosilicate Minerals
03: Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups Only with all cations in octahedral [6] coordination
01: Olivine group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Olivine group

Optical Properties

Color

fleischrot, grau

Streak color

grauweiß

max. Birefringence

0.04
Birefringence chart\! Tephroite title=Birefringence chart Tephroite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.78

RI value β

1.81

RI value γ / ε

1.82

Ri mean

1.803

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 65°~

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

62

Space Group

Pbnm

Cell parameters a (Å)

4.812

Cell parameters b (Å)

10.556

Cell parameters c (Å)

6.196

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.456

Cell parameters c/b

0.587

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

314.729

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.044(20),
2.867(100),
2.660(30),
2.611(70),
2.572(90),
2.335(20),
2.200(20),
1.811(30)
XRD chart Tephroite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

6

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

730 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

4.11 (gemessen)

4.262 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/New Jersey/Sussex Co./Franklin Mining District/Ogdensburg/Sterling Hill/Sterling Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Breithaupt, 1823

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 785

IMA group assignments

 
Olivine group
Mg1.6Fe2+0.4(SiO4)
orthorhombisch
 

 
 
Calcio-olivine
Ca2SiO4
orthorhombisch
Pnma

 
 
Fayalite
Fe22+SiO4
orthorhombisch
Pbnm

 
 
Forsterite
Mg2SiO4
orthorhombisch
Pbnm

 
 
Monticellite
CaMgSiO4
orthorhombisch
Pbnm

 
 
Tephroite
Mn2SiO4
orthorhombisch
Pbnm

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Varieties

Picrotephroite

magnesiumhaltige Tephroit-Varietät

Other languages

Spanish

Tefroita

German

Tephroit

English

Tephroite

French

Tephroite

Russian

Тефроит

Traditional Chinese

錳橄欖石

Simplified Chinese

锰橄榄石

Alternative Name

Mangan-Peridot

Spanish

Tephroita

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Tep

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) hnvMoGKE3kyr-Gk8X_4ozQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) A0CC7B86-8462-4CDE-ABF8-693C5FFE28CD
Database ID 3793