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Saneroite
Saneroite
	Brown crystals of the rare vanadium mineral saneroite from the type locality in Valgraveglia mine (Reppia, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy)
General
Category	Mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	Na2(Mn,Mn)10Si11VO34(OH)4

Saneroite (Na₂(Mn,Mn)₁₀Si₁₁V O₃₄(OH)₄) is a silicate mineral found in Italy. It is named after Edoardo Sanero, a professor at the University of Genova.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is a triclinic mineral with space group symmetry P1.^[4]

References edit

^ Mindat.org - Saneroite
^ Webmineral.com - Saneroite
^ Handbook of Mineralogy - Saneroite
^ Basso, R.; Giusta, A.D. (1980). "The crystal structure of a new manganese silicate". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. 138: 332–342.