magadiite
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Magadiite is a hydrous sodium silicate mineral (NaSi7O13(OH)3·4(H2O)) which precipitates from alkali brines as an evaporite phase. It forms as soft (Mohs hardness of 2) white powdery monoclinic crystal masses. The mineral is unstable and decomposes during diagenesis leaving a distinctive variety of chert (Magadi-type chert).
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EA.20
- chemical formula
- Na₂Si₁₄O₂₉·11H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EA.20
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- Magadiite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mgd
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/F.09 – Anhang
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Magadiite is a hydrous sodium silicate mineral (NaSi7O13(OH)3·4(H2O)) which precipitates from alkali brines as an evaporite phase. It forms as soft (Mohs hardness of 2) white powdery monoclinic crystal masses. The mineral is unstable and decomposes during diagenesis leaving a distinctive variety of chert (Magadi-type chert).
The mineral was first described by Hans P. Eugster in 1967 for an occurrence in Lake Magadi, Kenya, and is also found at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. It is also reported from alkalic intrusive syenites as in Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada.