| Name: | Hastite |
| IMA Chemistry: | CoSe2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Hastite contains elements: Cobalt (Co) Selenium (Se) |
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| IMA Status: | Discredited,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Ramdohr P, Schmitt M (1955) Vier neue natürliche kobaltselenide vom steinbruch trogtal bei laufenthal im harz, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1955, 133-142 Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist 41, 163-168 Hastite is discredited. The type material is shown to consist of ferroselite, FeSe2: Burke E A J, Hatert F (2008) New minerals approved in 2008 nomenclature modifications approved in 2008, Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification: International Mineralogical Association 2008, issue 3, 1-4 IMA2007-E Keutsch F N, Förster H J, Stanley C J, Rhede D (2009) The discreditation of hastite, the orthorhombic dimorph of CoSe2, and observations on trogtalite, cubic CoSe2, from the type locality, The Canadian Mineralogist 47, 969-976 |
| Structural Group Name: | Marcasite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | Marcasite-Löllingite-marcasite subgroup |
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