adamsite-(Y)
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Adamsite-(Y) (previously IMA 1999-020), chemical formula NaY(CO3)2·6H2O is a mineral of sodium, yttrium, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. It is named after Frank Dawson Adams (1859–1942), professor of geology, McGill University. Its Mohs scale rating is 3.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Adamsite-(Y)
- Mineral.image
- File:Adamsite-(Y)-167345.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Cluster of prismatic white crystals of adamsite from Canada
- Mineral.imagesize
- 200px
- Mineral.formula
- NaY(CO3)2·6H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ads-Y
- Mineral.strunz
- 5.CC.30
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.mohs
- 3.0
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
- Named after
- Frank Dawson Adams
- Image
- Adamsite-(Y)-167345.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 5.CC.30
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 5.CC.30
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- Mohs' hardness
- 3
- Commons category
- Adamsite-(Y)
- streak color
- white
- color
- white
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ads-Y
- chemical formula
- NaY(CO₃)₂·6H₂O
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Adamsite-(Y) (previously IMA 1999-020), chemical formula NaY(CO3)2·6H2O is a mineral of sodium, yttrium, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. It is named after Frank Dawson Adams (1859–1942), professor of geology, McGill University. Its Mohs scale rating is 3.
==See also== List of minerals List of minerals named after people
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