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Hollandite

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Category
  
oxide mineral

Strunz classification
  
4.DK.05a

Crystal system
  
Monoclinic

Formula (repeating unit)
  
Ba(Mn6Mn2)O16

Dana classification
  
7.9.1.1

Crystal class
  
Prismatic (2/m)

Hollandite

Hollandite is an oxide mineral. It was discovered in the Kajlidongri Mine Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. It was described by Lewis Leigh Fermor and named after Thomas Henry Holland , the director of the Geological Survey of India.

References

Hollandite Wikipedia