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Mozartite

Year of discovery: 1993 (Cerchiara mine, Italy), 1995 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of mozartite

• CaMnSiO₄(OH)
• [Ca²⁺][Mn³⁺][OH|SiO₄]^5-

• Class: Vuagnatite group
• Class: Nesosilicate - Hydroxide

• Mn => Al: Vuagnatite

• Color: Reddish brown, Dark red
• Streak: Red
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 6
• Density: 3.6

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: 222, P2₁2₁2₁
• Lattice: a=5.8, b=7.2, c=8.7

Etymology: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), musician