jaffeite
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Jaffeite is a hydrated calcium silicate with the following chemical formula:
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It sits within the topics Minerals in space group 147, Sorosilicates and Trigonal minerals.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sorosilicates
- Image
- Jaffeite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.BE.12
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.BE.12
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Kombat
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Jaf
- Commons category
- Jaffeite
- chemical formula
- Ca₆Si₂O₇(OH)₆
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Occurrence
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Jaffeite is a hydrated calcium silicate with the following chemical formula:
==Occurrence== The mineral was first found at the Kombat Mine in Namibia. In 1989, the mineral was named after Prof. Howard W. Jaffe (1919–2002) of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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