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Feodosiyite

feodosiyite

Cu11Mg2Cl18(OH)8·16H2O

Mineralatlas Lexikon - Feodosiyite (english Version)

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Overview

Feodosiyite is a very rare chloride mineral, just recently approved, with the formula Cu11Mg2Cl18(OH)8•16H2O. Its structure is unique. Feodosiyite comes from the Tolbachik volcano, famous for many rare fumarolic minerals. Chemically similar minerals, chlorides containing both copper and magnesium, include haydeeite, paratacamite-(Mg) and tondiite.

Scientific references

  1. Feodosiyite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23005375 Link
  2. Feodosiyite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodosiyite Link