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Namansilite from
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Namansilite
Formula:NaMn3+Si2O6
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
SiO252.57 %
TiO20.02 %
Al2O30.04 %
V2O30.01 %
Mn2O3*33.67 %
Fe2O3*0.09 %
MgO0.74 %
CaO0.18 %
SrO0.01 %
Na2O13.51 %
Total:100.84 %
Empirical formulas:
1(Na0.99Ca0.01Mg0.01)(Mn3+0.97Mg0.03)[Si1.99O6]
Sample references:
1FKM-331 pt. 66
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pectoliteⓘ8 photos of Namansilite associated with Pectolite at this locality.
Cerchiaraite-(Mn)ⓘ4 photos of Namansilite associated with Cerchiaraite-(Mn) at this locality.
Orientiteⓘ3 photos of Namansilite associated with Orientite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Namansilite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Noelbensoniteⓘ2 photos of Namansilite associated with Noelbensonite at this locality.
Aluminosugiliteⓘ1 photo of Namansilite associated with Aluminosugilite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Namansilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (30 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:149217
Long-form Identifier:1:3:149217:0
GUID (UUID V4):cce5d78c-4e31-4c32-85c3-9ca8f981f5b6
References
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Report (issue)
Diffraction Pattern: Cerchiara mine, eastern Liguria, La Spezia province, Italy. 2.731 (100), 2.671 (74)...30.92 9.27 100.00 (1) Cerchiara mine, eastern Liguria, La Spezia province, Italy; average electron microprobe...conditions. Association: Cerchiaraite-(Mn), namansilite, noelbensonite, orientite, richterite, ruizite...Distribution: At the Cerchiara mine, eastern Liguria, La Spezia province, Italy. Name: Honors Leandro...localities of Liguria. Type Material: Museum of the Earth Sciences Department, University of Milan, Italy (MCMGPGH2018-004
Report (issue)
NaMn3+ Si2 O6 Namansilite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...615 c = 5.353{5.356 X-ray Powder Pattern: Woods mine, Australia. 2.925 (100), 2.883 (100), 6.29 (66)...(Si 1:99 Al0:01 Ti 0:01 )§= 2:01 O 6 : (2) Woods mine, Australia; by electron microprobe, average of ¯ve...braunite, quartz (Cerchiara mine, Italy); quartz, s¶erandite, aegirine, k^o zulite (Woods mine, Australia)...Territory, Russia. In the Cerchiara mine, near Faggiona, Val di Vara, Liguria, Italy. From Australia, in the
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