chaidamuite
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Chaidamuite is a rare zinc – iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula: ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·4H2O.
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Within Vinony's link graph, chaidamuite is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to sulfate mineral, Qinghai and digital object identifier.
Vinony files it under Hydroxide minerals, Iron(III) minerals and Minerals described in 1986.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfate mineral
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.DC.30
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.DC.30
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cdm
- chemical formula
- ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·4H₂O
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Chaidamuite is a rare zinc – iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula: ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·4H2O.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chaidamuite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.