Mineralpedia Details for Kanoite
Kanoite
- Formula
- Mn2+MgSi2O6
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- pink brown, reddish brown
- Streak
- light brown
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Hardness
- 6-7
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Kanoite from Tatehira mine, Kumaishi, Oshima peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan
Redish brown elongated prisms to 8mm in Pyroxmangite. Kanoite is a pyroxene and is fairly rare by reported localities.
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