szomolnokite
Sign in to saveSzomolnokite (Fe2+SO4·H2O) is a monoclinic iron sulfate mineral forming a complete solid solution with magnesium end-member kieserite (MgSO4·H2O). In 1877 szomolnokite's name was derived by Joseph Krenner from its type locality of oxidized sulfide ore containing iron in Szomolnok, Slovakia (Hungary at the time).
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It sits within the topics Iron minerals, Minerals in space group 15 and Monoclinic minerals.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- iron(II) sulfate
- Image
- Halotriquita i szomolnokita.png
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- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.01
- chemical formula
- Fe²⁺SO₄·H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.05
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Commons category
- Szomolnokite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Szo
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Szomolnokite (Fe2+SO4·H2O) is a monoclinic iron sulfate mineral forming a complete solid solution with magnesium end-member kieserite (MgSO4·H2O). In 1877 szomolnokite's name was derived by Joseph Krenner from its type locality of oxidized sulfide ore containing iron in Szomolnok, Slovakia (Hungary at the time).
As of mid-January 2020 the only continent on which szomolnokite has not been found and reported is Antarctica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “szomolnokite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.