roméite
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Roméite is a calcium antimonate mineral with the chemical formula . It is a honey-yellow mineral crystallizing in the hexoctahedral crystal system. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5-6.0. It occurs in Algeria, Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States in metamorphic iron-manganese deposits and in hydrothermal antimony-bearing veins.
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- Romeite
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- Mineral.system
- hexoctahedral
- Mineral.color
- Honey-yellow
- Mineral.mohs
- 5.5–6.0
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
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- Roméite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
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Roméite is a calcium antimonate mineral with the chemical formula . It is a honey-yellow mineral crystallizing in the hexoctahedral crystal system. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5-6.0. It occurs in Algeria, Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States in metamorphic iron-manganese deposits and in hydrothermal antimony-bearing veins.
Its type locality is Prabornaz Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy. It was named after Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle. Brugger, et al. (1997) used infrared spectroscopy to measure water content in Roméite crystals.