How do I identify Kanoite?

Kanoite can be identified by its hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale, pinkish brown color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Kanoite?

Kanoite typically appears in pinkish brown. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

Kanoite has a hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale. This gives it moderate hardness.

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What is Kanoite?

Kanoite is a light pinkish brown silicate mineral that is found in metamorphic rocks. It is an inosilicate and has a chemical formula of (Mg,Mn)2Si2O6. It is a member of pyroxene group and clinopyroxene subgroup.

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Formation of Kanoite

Kanoite is a rare mineral which was found in Tatehira mine, Kumaishi, Oshima Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan in 1977. In the type locality kanoite occurs along a joint that cuts a pyroxmangite-cummingtonite metamorphic rock in a manganese ore deposit. The region has undergone contact metamorphism as magma intruded the area. It was named to honor Hiroshi Kano, a petrology professor at Akita University in Japan. It has also been reported from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, the Semail Ophiolite in Oman, and the Balmat–Edwards zinc district, Saint Lawrence County, New York.