Browneite
Browneite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula MnS.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group F-43m). It is a member of the Sphalerite structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 3.291.
IMA symbol Bw, IMA status: approved, named in 2012.
Found in an enstatite-rich achondrite meteorite, postdates the impact melting and subsequent crystallization of an enstatite-rich rock.
It is found associated with Plagioclase, enstatite, troilite.
The mineral was named to honor Patrick R.L. Browne (b. 1941), Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, for his contributions to low-temperature mineralogy and petrology.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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