krieselite
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Krieselite is a newly discovered naturally occurring mineral. Found in the Tsumeb mine in Tsumeb, Namibia at an unknown date and unknown depth, the mineral was first cataloged in 1994. Following the acceptance as a new mineral by the International Mineralogical Association in 2003, the material has been matched to unknown samples from the same mine in Namibia from 1972.
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Within Vinony's link graph, krieselite is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Namibia, mineral and mass density.
Vinony files it under Germanium minerals, Minerals in space group 62 and Orthorhombic minerals.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- nesosilicates
- Image
- Krieselite.jpg
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.AF.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.AF.35
- streak color
- white
- Commons category
- Krieselite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Kes
- chemical formula
- Al₂(GeO₄)F₂
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Krieselite is a newly discovered naturally occurring mineral. Found in the Tsumeb mine in Tsumeb, Namibia at an unknown date and unknown depth, the mineral was first cataloged in 1994. Following the acceptance as a new mineral by the International Mineralogical Association in 2003, the material has been matched to unknown samples from the same mine in Namibia from 1972.
==References==
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