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General Parwelite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Mn,Mg)5Sb(As,Si)2O12
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 662.77 gm
   Calcium     1.21 %  Ca    1.69 % CaO
   Magnesium   2.93 %  Mg    4.86 % MgO
   Manganese  34.81 %  Mn   44.95 % MnO
   Silicon     4.24 %  Si    9.07 % SiO2
   Antimony   16.53 %  Sb   21.96 % Sb2O5
   Arsenic    11.30 %  As   17.34 % As2O5
   Oxygen     28.97 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %       99.88 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Mn2+4.2Mg0.8Ca0.2Sb0.9AsSiO12
Help on Environment: Environment: In high-temperature skarn assemblage,, in recrystallized manganoan carbonate ores.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1968
Help on Locality: Locality: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Alexander Parwel, Swedish chemist, Swedish National History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Parwelite + Pronunciation Say PARWELITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 9782
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