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Hoelite

hoelite

C14H8O2

Hoelite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Hoelite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Hoelite is a mineral, discovered in 1922 at Mt. Pyramide, Spitsbergen, Norway and named after Norwegian geologist Adolf Hoel (1879–1964). Its chemical formula is C14H8O2 (9,10-anthraquinone). It is a very rare organic mineral which occurs in coal fire environments in association with sal ammoniac and native sulfur.

Scientific references

  1. Hoelite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q417987 Link
  2. Hoelite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoelite Link