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Mindat Short Description
Galena Group.
At ambient pressure, alabandite (α-MnS) is the stable MnS polymorph from room temperature up to the melting point of 1655 °C (Staffansson, 1976; Kang, 2010).
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Called alabandina sulfurea by Don Andres Manuel del Rio as reported in: Haüy R J (1822) Manganèse sulfuré, Traité de Minéralogie 4, 268-272 Renamed alabandine: Beudant F S (1832) Alabandine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 399-400
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
MnS
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Mn2+S2-
