Bilinita
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Bílinite (Fe2+Fe23+(SO4)4·22H2O) is an iron sulfate mineral. It is a product of the oxidation of pyrite in water. It is an acidic mineral that has a pH of less than 3 and is harmful to the environment when it comes from acid rock drainage (Keith et al., 2001).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Bílinite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Bilinite.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Bli
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CB.85
- Mineral.dana
- 29.07.03.05
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/c
- Mineral.color
- White to yellowish
- Mineral.habit
- Fibrous in radial aggregates
- Mineral.mohs
- 2
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous - silky
- Mineral.streak
- White
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Semitransparent
- Mineral.gravity
- 1.87
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (+/-)
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Bilina
- Image
- Bilinite.jpg
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- streak color
- white
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.85
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Bli
- Commons category
- Bílinite
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.06
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.85
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Article · Español
La bilinita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales sulfatos, y dentro de esta pertenece al llamado “grupo de la halotriquita”. Fue descubierta en 1913 en Bílina, en la región de Bohemia (República Checa, siendo nombrada así por esta localidad.
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