Vistepite
Mn4SnB2O2(Si2O7)2(OH)2 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Victor Ivanovich Stepanov (1924-1988), mineralogist, A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1992 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
78.01.10.01 |
| (78) Unclassified silicates | |
| (78.01) possible nesosilicates | |
| (78.01.10) | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
09.BD.25 |
| (09) Silicates | |
| (09.B) Sorosilicates (dimer) structures | |
| (09.BD) Si2O7 groups, with additional anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination | |
| Crystal system: | Triclinic System |
| Point group (H-M): | 1 — pinacoidal |