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Naquite

naquite

FeSi

Naquite: Mineral information, data and localities.

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

Overview

Naquite is a mineral of iron monosilicide, FeSi. It was discovered in the 1960s in Donetsk Oblast in Soviet Union, and named fersilicite, but was not approved by the International Mineralogical Association. It was later rediscovered in the Nagqu area of Tibet and given the name naquite. Naquite occurs together with other rare iron silicide minerals, xifengite (Fe5Si3) and linzhiite (FeSi2).

Scientific references

  1. Naquite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3870378 Link
  2. Naquite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naquite Link