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Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, with the chemical formula Mg (OH) 2. It is a common alteration product of periclase in marble; a low-temperature hydrothermal vein mineral in metamorphosed limestones and chlorite schists; and formed during serpentinization of dunites. Brucite is often found in association with serpentine ...
Agardite is a mineral group consisting of agardite-(Y), [4] [5] agardite-(Ce), [6] agardite-(Nd), [7] and agardite-(La). [8] They comprise a group of minerals that are hydrous hydrated arsenates of rare-earth elements (REE) and copper, with the general chemical formula (REE,Ca)Cu 6 (AsO 4) 3 (OH) 6 ·3H 2 O. Yttrium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, as well as trace to minor amounts of other REEs ...
Nickel–Strunz classification -05- carbonates. Hanksite, Na 22 K (SO 4) 9 (CO 3) 2 Cl, one of the few minerals that is considered a carbonate and a sulfate. Photomicrographs of a thin section containing carbonate vein in mica rich rock. In cross-polarized light on left, plane-polarized light on right.
Enrico Clerici (15 October 1862 – 26 August 1938) was an Italian mineralogist and geologist. From 1903 on he worked at the University of Rome. He published in 1907 the composition of a solution with a density of 4.25 g/cm 3 at 20 °C, to determine the density of minerals. The Clerici solution is a mixture of thallium formate (Tl (CHO 2)) and ...
A silicate mineral is generally an inorganic compound consisting of subunits with the formula [SiO 2+n] 2n−. Although depicted as such, the description of silicates as anions is a simplification. Balancing the charges of the silicate anions are metal cations, M x+. Typical cations are Mg 2+, Fe 2+, and Na +. The Si-O-M linkage between the ...
Limonite (/ ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt /) is an iron ore consisting of a mixture of hydrated iron (III) oxide-hydroxides in varying composition. The generic formula is frequently written as FeO (OH)·nH2O, although this is not entirely accurate as the ratio of oxide to hydroxide can vary quite widely. Limonite is one of the three principal iron ores, the ...
Scherrer equation. The Scherrer equation, in X-ray diffraction and crystallography, is a formula that relates the size of sub- micrometre crystallites in a solid to the broadening of a peak in a diffraction pattern. It is often referred to, incorrectly, as a formula for particle size measurement or analysis.
Dolomite is a double carbonate, having an alternating structural arrangement of calcium and magnesium ions. Unless it is in fine powder form, it does not rapidly dissolve or effervesce (fizz) in cold dilute hydrochloric acid as calcite does. [9] Crystal twinning is common. Solid solution exists between dolomite, the iron -dominant ankerite and ...