cadwaladerite
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Cadwaladerite is a rare aluminium halide mineral with formula: AlCl(OH)2·4(H2O). It was reported for an amorphous substance associated with sulfate minerals and embedded in a halite crystal cluster. Its status is uncertain due to inadequate data. It was first described in 1941 for an occurrence in mine dumps of the Victoria Segunda mine Cerros Pintados, Iquique province, Tarapacá Region, Chile. It was named for Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader, president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Lesukite was discredited (IMA2018-H).
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Vinony files it under Aluminium minerals, Chloride minerals and Hydroxide minerals.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- halide class of minerals
- Image
- Cadwaladerite.jpg
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- color
- yellow
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 3.BD.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 3.BD.05
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- Commons category
- Cadwaladerite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cwd
- chemical formula
- AlCl(OH)₂·4H₂O
- density
- 1.66
- mineral fracture
- conchoidal fracture
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- III/A.10
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Cadwaladerite is a rare aluminium halide mineral with formula: AlCl(OH)2·4(H2O). It was reported for an amorphous substance associated with sulfate minerals and embedded in a halite crystal cluster. Its status is uncertain due to inadequate data. It was first described in 1941 for an occurrence in mine dumps of the Victoria Segunda mine Cerros Pintados, Iquique province, Tarapacá Region, Chile. It was named for Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader, president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Lesukite was discredited (IMA2018-H).
==References==
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