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Hodgkinsonite

hodgkinsonite

Mn²⁺Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2

Hodgkinsonite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Hodgkinsonite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Hodgkinsonite is a rare zinc manganese silicate mineral Zn2MnSiO4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms radiating to acicular prismatic crystals with variable color from pink, yellow-red to deep red. Hodgkinsonite was discovered in 1913 by H. H. Hodgkinson, for whom it is named in Franklin, New Jersey, and it is only found in that area.

Scientific references

  1. Hodgkinsonite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075668 Link
  2. Hodgkinsonite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkinsonite Link