Spessartine
Images
Specimen of spessartine, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen M 37302, Museums Victoria
© Photo by Sarah McCaffrey, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
CL spectrum of Spessartine from Tasmania
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Properties
| Formula | MnII3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Abbreviation | Sps |
| Classification | Garnet |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1832 |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Crystal symmetry | Cubic, Point group m3m, Space group Ia3d (#230) |
| Tags | Mineral, Aluminosilicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Si | 3 |
| O | 12 |
| Al | 2 |
| Mn | 3 |
| Total: | 20 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO R-2022-01, luminescence | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CSIRO R-2022-01, luminescence, other | 0 | 1 | 0 |