Show Mineral Details
| Mineral: |
Vernadite |
| English Trivial: |
Manganese-Oxyhydroxide |
| Formula: |
δ-MnO₂ |
| Mineralogical Group: |
Mn oxides/hydroxides |
| Petrological Group: |
weathering minerals |
| Crystallographic System: |
Dipyramidal |
| Strunz Classification: |
IV/D |
| Molar Mass in g/mol: |
86.937 |
| Comment: |
member of the group of Hydrous Manganese Oxides (HMO); also birnessite is sometimes called d-MnO2\nnatural vernadite: empirical formula: Mn4+0.6Fe3+0.2Ca0.1Na0.1O1.5(OH)0.5*1.4H2O, molar mass 108.16 g/mol; natural birnessite:empirical formula:\nNa0.3Ca0.1K0.1*Mn4+Mn3+O4*1.5H2O, molar mass 215.71 g/mol |
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