Tephroite Mineral Data

General Tephroite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mn2SiO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 201.96 gm

Manganese 54.41 % Mn 70.25 % MnO

Silicon 13.91 % Si 29.75 % SiO₂

Oxygen 31.69 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)

Environment:

Contact metamorphism of manganese bearing rocks.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1823

Locality:

Franklin and Sparta, New Jersey, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

From the Greek tephros - "ash gray" for its color.

Name Pronunciation:

Tephroite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 100433

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Tephroite Image

Images:

Tephroite

Comments: Sharp crystals of tephroite to 1.2 cm across.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Images:

Ericssonite Orthoericssonite Tephroite

Comments: Dark brown ericssonite, intergrown with orthoericssonite, with pink rhodonite, light brown diopside (var. schefferite) and gray tephroite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Johnbaumite Tephroite

Comments: Violet crystalline massive johnbaumite with brown tephroite.
Location: Jacobsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tephroite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4666:1:0.5862

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.76, b = 10.2, c = 5.98, Z = 4; V = 290.34 Den(Calc)= 4.62

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P nma

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.56(1), 2.86(0.85), 3.61(0.85),

Physical Properties of Tephroite

Cleavage:

{010} Indistinct

Color:

Gray, Olive green, Bluish green, Red, Reddish brown.

Density:

4.11 - 4.39, Average = 4.25

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to translucent

Fracture:

Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Habit:

Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

6.5 - Pyrite

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Vitreous - Greasy

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

gray

Optical Properties of Tephroite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.054 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.13 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1743,KPDmeas= 0.1895,KC= 0.2003
Ncalc = 1.82 - 1.93

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.759, b=1.797, g=1.86, bire=0.1010, 2V(Calc)=78, 2V(Meas)=60-70. Dispersion none.

Pleochroism (x):

pale amber.

Pleochroism (y):

orange yellow.

Calculated Properties of Tephroite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.04 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Tephroite =4.25 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0066464499
Boson Index = 0.9933535501

Photoelectric:

PE_Tephroite= 14.67 barns/electron
U=PE_Tephroite x rElectron Density= 59.28 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Tephroite is Not Radioactive

Tephroite Classification

Dana Class:

51.03.01.04 (51)Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups Only

(51.03)with all cations in octahedral [6] coordination

(51.03.01)Olivine group

51.03.01.00 Olivine* (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.01.01 Fayalite Fe2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.01.02 Forsterite Mg2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.01.03 Liebenbergite (Ni,Mg)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.01.04 Tephroite Mn2SiO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.01.05 Laihunite FeFe2(SiO4)2 P 2₁/b 2/m

Strunz Class:

09.AC.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.A - Nesosilicates

09.AC -Nesosilicates without additional anions;

09.AC.05 Forsterite Mg2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Glaucochroite CaMnSiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Fayalite Fe2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Olivine* (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Kirschsteinite CaFeSiO4 Pbmn 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Laihunite FeFe2(SiO4)2 P 2₁/b 2/m

09.AC.05 Liebenbergite (Ni,Mg)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

09.AC.05 Tephroite Mn2SiO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

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Tephroite

Mn2SiO4
Dana No: 51.03.01.04 Strunz No: 09.AC.05
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