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Linzhiite

linzhiite

FeSi2

Linzhiite: Mineral information, data and localities.

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

Overview

Linzhiite is an iron silicide mineral with the formula FeSi2. It was discovered in the 1960s in Donetsk Oblast in Soviet Union, and named ferdisilicite, but was not approved by the International Mineralogical Association. It was later rediscovered near Linzhi in Tibet. Linzhiite occurs together with other rare iron silicide minerals, xifengite (Fe5Si3) and naquite (FeSi).

Scientific references

  1. Linzhiite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3833146 Link
  2. Linzhiite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linzhiite Link