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    Yangite
    Ygi
    PbMnSi3O8·H2O
    Pb2+Mn2+Si3O8·H2O
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    Downs R T, Pinch W W, Thompson R M, Evans S H, Megaw L (2016) Yangite, PbMnSi3O8·H2O, a new mineral species with double wollastonite silicate chains from the Kombat mine, Namibia. American Mineralogist 101, 2539-2543  [view file]
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    Downs R T, Pinch W W, Thompson R M, Evans S H, Megaw L (2016) Yangite, PbMnSi3O8·H2O, a new mineral species with double wollastonite silicate chains from the Kombat mine, Namibia. American Mineralogist 101, 2539-2543  [view file]
    Innes J, Chaplin R C (1986) Ore bodies of the Kombat mine, South West Africa/Nambia. in Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, Editors Anhaeusser C R, Maske S. Geological Society of Southern Aftrica (Johannesburg) 1789-1805
    Merlino S, Bonaccorsi E (2008) Double wollastonite chains: Topological/conformational varieties, polytypic forms, isotypic compounds. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 223, 85-97
    Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2016) Ideal wollastonite and the structural relationship between the pyroxenoids and pyroxenes. American Mineralogist 101, 2544-2553  [view file]
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 1-12  [view file]