BEMENTITE                                                                                                               Mn82+Si6O15(OH)10                                                                  Back to List

 

Blocky rectangular masses of light brown bementite with calcite. The blocky form is due to bementite replacing barite from the Franklin Mine. Specimen is 9 cm in maximum dimension. Smithsonian Institution #R4897-1.

Photo courtesy of the Franklin Mineral Museum Inc. Archive.

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Radiating brown bementite with calcite and franklinite from the Franklin Mine.  Specimen is 9 cm in maximum dimension. Smithsonian Institution #139597.

 Photo courtesy of the Franklin Mineral Museum Inc. Archive.

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Light brown bementite with brown serpentine, calcite, and pink friedelite from the Franklin Mine. Specimen is 9 cm in maximum dimension. Smithsonian Institution #139597.

Photo courtesy of the Franklin Mineral Museum Inc. Archive.

 
   

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