| Mineral | MANGANBABINGTONITE |
| Chemistry | Ca 2 (MnFe)FeSi 5 O 14 (OH) |
| CrystalSystem | Triclinic |
| CrystalHabits | include short stocky prismatic crystalsor tabular to platy forms. |
| Fracture | good in one direction and perfect in another,these are pinacoidal but are at near right angles to each othergiving the appearance of rectangular prisms. |
| Hardness | 5½ - 6 |
| Characteristics | Sometimes very weakly magnetic. |
| Occurences | include Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA and Rudnyi Kaskad deposit, Sayan, Russia. |
| Indicators | crystal habit, color, locality, associations, cleavage and luster. |
| DensityNote | somewhat aboveaverage for translucent minerals |
| IMAStatus | Approved |
| Discovered | 1967 |
| CellParameters | a = 6.91b = 11.72c = 6.78 α=90.37°β=93.75°γ=104.8° |
| Ratio | a:b:c = 0.59 : 1 : 0.578 |
| OpticalType | Biaxial (+) |
| RI | n α =1.716 n β =1.730 n γ =1.746 |
| Birefringence | δ=0.030 |
| SurfaceRelief | High |
| TypeLocality | Rudnyi Kaskad deposit Krasnokamensk ore field Kuragan District Sayan Mts Krasnoyarskiy Kray Eastern- Siberian Region Russia |
| Strunz | 8/F.27-30 8 : Silicates F : Inosilicates (chain and band) double chains [Si2O6]4- 27 : Rhodonite - Inesite series |
