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Name: Glaucodot
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IMA Chemistry: (Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Glaucodot contains elements:
Cobalt (Co)
Iron (Fe)
Arsenic (As)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: Chile
Year First Published: 1849
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Breithaupt A, Plattner C F (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Glaukodot, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 153, 127-141 Chemical formula redefined: Yang H, Downs R T (2008) Crystal structure of glaucodot, (Co,Fe)AsS, and its relationships to marcasite and arsenopyrite, American Mineralogist 93, 1183-1186
Structural Group Name: Arsenopyrite
Fleischer's Group Name: arsenopyrite
Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 3074 Million Years Ago
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