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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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