About Manganite
A manganese oxide-hydroxide mineral, typically forming black to steel-grey prismatic crystals. It's associated with promoting cooperation, understanding within groups, and grounding energies.
Primary Hues
Steel-Grey, Iron-Black, forms prismatic crystals or fibrous masses
Geological & Scientific Details
Manganite is classified as a oxide mineral mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Its chemical formula is MnO(OH). Common crystal habits include slender prismatic crystals, massive to fibrous, pseudo-orthorhombic.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Oxide mineral
- Chemical Formula: MnO(OH)
- IMA Symbol: Mnn[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Dark steel-gray to black, reddish brown in transmitted light, gray-white with brownish tint, with blood-red internal reflections in reflected light
- Crystal Habit: Slender prismatic crystals, massive to fibrous, pseudo-orthorhombic
- Twinning: {011}
- Cleavage: {010} perfect, {110} and {001} good
- Luster: Sub-metallic
- Streak: Reddish brown to nearly black
- Diaphaneity: Opaque, transparent on thin edges
Associated Minerals
- Pyrolusite
- Romanechite
- Psilomelane
- Goethite
- Barite
- Calcite