title: Friedelite
text: # Friedelite
  
  Friedelite is a mineral in the pyrosmalite group. The mineral is named after Charles Friedel.
  
  ## Name
  
  The name friedelite is only for pure Mn end-member of the group $pyrosmalite.^{:30}$
  
  The mineral was named in 1876 by Emile Bertrand after Charles Friedel.
  
  ## Characteristics
  
  ### Color
  
  Its color can be pale pink, dark brownish red, red, brown, or orangish red. It is normally found in 1 to 5 carats as well as nontransparent.
  
  ### Fluorescence
  
  The mineral has a colorful luminescense under UV light. With the fluorescence being red, but at rare times it has a green or yellow fluorescence.
  
  