Mineralpedia Details for Jouravskite
Jouravskite
- Formula
- Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6ยท12H2O
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- Granular
- Cleavage
- Good, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- green orange, greenish yellow
- Streak
- greenish white
- Class
- Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 2.5
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Jouravskite from N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lemon-yellow crystalline seam of Jouravskite with some crystal faces on a red unknown mineral and white fibrous Xonotlite.
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Jouravskite from N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lemon yellow crystalline Jouravskite. Jouravkite is a member of the Ettringite group and is found in only three locailites worldwide. Jouravskite forms prismatic crystals with a hexagonal cross-sections. It is of simple composition, but with limited occurences it must form under unique geological environments.
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