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Also known as automalit, fahlunit

minerale

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Within Vinony's link graph, Gahnite is referenced by 18 other articles, and connects out to oxide class of minerals, United States and Sweden.

It is catalogued under topics including Aluminium minerals, Cubic minerals and Minerals described in 1807.

Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Gahnite
Mineral.category
Oxide minerals Spinel group Spinel structural group
Mineral.image
Gahnite.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.formula
ZnAl2O4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Ghn
Mineral.strunz
4.BB.05
Mineral.system
Cubic
Mineral.class
Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Fdm
Mineral.color
Dark green, bluish green, blue to indigo, yellow to brown
Mineral.habit
Typically octahedra, rarely as dodecahedra also massive to granular
Mineral.twinning
Common on [111] produces striations
Mineral.cleavage
Indistinct parting on [111]
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal, uneven
Mineral.mohs
7.5–8.0
Mineral.luster
Vitreous
Mineral.refractive
n = 1.79–1.80

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
oxyspinel group
Image
Gahnite-Spinel-3d33c.jpg
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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
IV/B.01a
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
4.BB.05
chemical formula
ZnAl₂O₄
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
4.BB.05
Commons category
Gahnite
crystal system
cubic crystal system
streak color
grey
IMA Mineral Symbol
Ghn
Sources (1)

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Article · Italiano

La gahnite è un minerale, prende il suo nome dal chimico svedese Johan Gottlieb Gahn (scopritore del manganese nel 1774).

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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