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Alabandite

alabandite

MnS

Mineral Specimen: Alabandite with Rhodochrosite - Fabre Minerals

Mineral Specimen: Alabandite with Rhodochrosite - Fabre Minerals — via www.fabreminerals.com · Source

Overview

Alabandite or alabandine, formerly known as manganese blende or bluemenbachite is a rarely occurring manganese sulfide mineral. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system with the chemical composition Mn2+S and develops commonly massive to granular aggregates, but rarely also cubic or octahedral crystals to 1 cm.

Scientific references

  1. Alabandite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420563 Link
  2. Alabandite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabandite Link