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Alabandite
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<p>Alabandite or alabandine, formerly known as <i>manganese blende</i> or <i>bluemenbachite</i> is a rarely occurring <a href="/facts/Manganese/j9ELd1TL">manganese</a> <a href="/facts/Sulfide_mineral/f8rxJpCW">sulfide mineral</a>. It crystallizes in the <a href="/facts/Cubic_crystal_system/92Co7BKM">cubic crystal system</a> with the chemical composition <a href="/facts/Manganese/j9ELd1TL">Mn</a>2+<a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">S</a> and develops commonly massive to granular aggregates, but rarely also cubic or octahedral crystals to 1 cm. </p>