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1.2" Pink Vittinkiite with Orange Spessartine Garnets - Madagascar
Here is a relatively new find out of Efoty, Madagascar. It's a 1.2" wide association of pink vittinkiite (rhodonite group) and orange-brown spessartine garnets. It comes with an acrylic display case and mineral tack.
About Vittinkiite
Vittinkiite is an isostructural analogue of rhodonite. It's named after the type locality Vittinki (Vittinge) mines, Isokyrö, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland. Besides Vittinki, vitiinkiite was found in more than a dozen rhodonite deposits worldwide, however, it is significantly less common in comparison with rhodonite. The mineral typically forms pink to light pink massive, granular aggregates and is associated with quartz, rhodonite, tephroite, pyroxmangite, spessartine, and Mn oxides.
General Chemical Formula - MnMn4[Si5O15]
Vittinkiite is an isostructural analogue of rhodonite. It's named after the type locality Vittinki (Vittinge) mines, Isokyrö, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland. Besides Vittinki, vitiinkiite was found in more than a dozen rhodonite deposits worldwide, however, it is significantly less common in comparison with rhodonite. The mineral typically forms pink to light pink massive, granular aggregates and is associated with quartz, rhodonite, tephroite, pyroxmangite, spessartine, and Mn oxides.
General Chemical Formula - MnMn4[Si5O15]
Spessartine, often mistakenly referred to as spessartite, is a nesosilicate manganese aluminium garnet species with the chemical formula Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3. The name is a derivative of Spessart in Bavaria, Germany, the mineral's type locality.
$39
SPECIES
Vittinkiite (Rhodonite Group) & Spessartine Garnet
LOCATION
Efoty, Ambatomanambahatsa, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
SIZE
1.2 x .7"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#317408
