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Schefferite
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Zinc-Schefferite
Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
© 2001 John H. Betts
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A variety of Diopside
A brown manganoan variety of Diopside that frequently shows pronounced parting (IMA Subcommittee on Pyroxenes 1988).
Originally described from Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden.
A brown manganoan variety of Diopside that frequently shows pronounced parting (IMA Subcommittee on Pyroxenes 1988).
Originally described from Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden.
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| IMA status: | Rejected | |||||||||
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Chemical Properties of Schefferite | ||||||||||
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| Essential elements: | Ca, Mg, O, Si | |||||||||
| All elements listed in formula: | Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, O, Si | |||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||||
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