Name: | Marcasite Mrc |
Specimens in Collection: | |
IMA Chemistry: | FeS2 |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Marcasite contains elements: Iron (Fe) Sulfur (S) |
Country of Type Locality: | unknown |
Year First Published: | 0 |
IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
Status Notes: | Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. For example: Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147 |
Structural Group Name: | Marcasite |
Fleischer's Group Name: | Marcasite-Löllingite-marcasite subgroup |
Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
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