Formula :
Mg6Mn23+[(OH)16/CO3] * 4 H2O
System: trigonal Hardness:2 Rarity:rare
Strunz id:V/E.3-40 -
NITRATES, CARBONATES and BORATES
Name origin: Named by P.J. Dunn, D.R. Peacor, and T.D. Palmer in 1979 in honor of Paul Ernest Desautels (24 September 1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – 25 July 1991), chemist and Curator of Mineralogy, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C., USA.
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