| Name: | Aphthitalite Att |
| IMA Chemistry: | K3Na(SO4)2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Aphthitalite contains elements: Potassium (K) Sodium (Na) Sulfur (S) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Italy |
| Year First Published: | 1813 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Called vesuvian salt: Smithson J (1813) On a saline substance from Mount Vesuvius, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 103, 256-262 Named aphthalose: Beudant F S (1832) Aphthalose, tartre vitriolé, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 477-478 Renamed aphthitalite: Shepard C U (1835) Aphthitalite, Treatise on Mineralogy: second part 1, Hezekiah Howe and Co. and Herrick and Noyes (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) 36-36 |
| Structural Group Name: | Aphthitalite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | aphthitalite |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 594.1 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.0 |
| Diaphaneity: | 1.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 2.685 |
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