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Natronambulite Rhodonite & Sérandite

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Natronambulite Rhodonite & Sérandite

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Description
Locality: 
Tanohata Mine, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Natronambulite was described by the Authors who described the Type specimen, as orange in color with vitreous luster and to be in association with Rhodonite (pink), Serandite(light pink) or with Manganoan Aegirine -Arfvedsonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natronambulite

Formula: 
(Na,Li)(Mn,Ca)4Si5O14OH
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Tanohata mine, Shimohei-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Sérandite

Formula: 
Na(Mn2+,Ca)2(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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