Nova Scotia Minerals: Spessartinespacer

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SPESSARTINE

Mn3Al2(SiO4)3
Manganese Aluminum Silicate
also Spessartite


Rocky Lake Mn Prospect, Guysborough County
UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
 Northing 5005820
 Easting 552800
Details:
  The manganese is found in thinly bedded quartzite, metawacke and argillite of the Cambro-Ordovician Meguma Group. The rocks contain a good deal of sericite and biotite. Outcrops in the vicinity of Rocky Lake are predominantly quartzite, but some sections are moderately foliated slate and schist.
References:
  NSMOD #E01-009
Further Info:
  
Other Minerals:
   rhodonite, pyrophanite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, marcasite, scheelite




 

 Cleavage: absent

 Colour: orange, reddish brown, brown, pink and yellow

 Fracture: conchoidal

 Hardness: 7

 Luster: vitreous

 Streak: white

 Possible Useage: abrasive, mineral specimens and as a gemstone

 More Info: Mineral Gallery, Mineralogy Database

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