Name: | Pyrosmalite-(Fe) Pys-Fe |
IMA Chemistry: | Fe2+8Si6O15(OH)10 |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Pyrosmalite-(Fe) contains elements: Iron (Fe) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) |
Country of Type Locality: | Sweden |
Year First Published: | 1808 |
IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
Status Notes: | Moll C E F (1808) Vorläufige Notiz von einigen neuen nordischen Fossilien; von dem Herrn Cammersecretär Hausmann zu Braunschweig mitgetheilt. 1. Pirodmalit, in Efemeriden der Berg und Hüttenkunde, Steinischen Buchhandlung (Nürnberg) 390-393 Name changed from pyrosmalite to ferropyrosmalite and the name pyrosmalite now designates the group name: Vaughan J P (1986) Ferropyrosmalite and nomenclature in the pyrosmalite series, Mineralogical Magazine 51, 174-174 Name changed from ferropyrosmalite: Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135 |
Structural Group Name: | Pyrosmalite, Clay |
Fleischer's Group Name: | pyrosmalite |
Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
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