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alleghanyite

alleghanyite

[¦al·ə¦gā·nē‚īt]
(mineralogy)
Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 A pink mineral consisting of basic manganese silicate.
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From the Urals, were masses of nearly pure scaly paragonite from Slyudorudnik, Vyshtym; pecoraite from Tscheremschanskoe; sonolite, alleghanyite, rhodonite, and alabandite from Inyltschek, Kyrgy; tobermorite, from Bazberovskoe; sellaite from Suranskoe, Bashkirien; and clintonite, from Shishimskie Gory.
World review of mineral discoveries: 1993-1994
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