
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
Mn++3Mn+++(AsO4)(OH)6

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 460.72 gm)
Manganese 47.70 %
MnArsenic 16.26 %
AsHydrogen 1.31 %
H Oxygen 34.73 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
Mn2+3Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)6

Environment:
Metamorphosed Zn-Mn deposit.

IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1982

Locality:
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA.

Name Origin:
Named for Eugene Jaroswich (1926-), chief chemist, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
None

Color:
dark red.

Density:
3.66

Habits:
Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters., Divergent - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms.,

Hardness:
4 - Fluorite

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:
reddish orange
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