[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Coralloite

Year of discovery: 2010 (Monte Nero mine, Italy), 2018 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of coralloite

• Mn₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂,4H₂O
• [Mn²⁺][Mn³⁺₂][(OH)₂|(AsO₄)₂]^8-,4H₂O

• Class: Arthurite Group
• Class: Arsenate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• Mn => Fe: Bendadaite

• AsO₄ => PO₄: Bermanite

• Color: Orange
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• System: Triclinic
• Group: 1, P1
• Lattice: a=5.6, b=9.8, c=5.5, α=94.5, β=111.3, γ=93.9

Etymology: Giorgio Corallo (1937 -), Italian mineral collector.