hiärneite
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Hiärneite is an oxide mineral named after the Swedish geologist Urban Hiärne (1641–1727). The mineral can be found in rocks that mainly consists of fine grained phlogopite. Hiärneite is the first known mineral that contains both of the chemical elements antimony and zirconium. The mineral was described in 1997 for its occurrence in a skarn environment in Långban iron–manganese deposit of the Filipstad district, Värmland, Sweden.
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- Subclass of
- oxide class of minerals
- Named after
- Urban Hjärne
- Image
- Hiärneite crystals.png
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.DL.10
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.DL.10
- type locality (geology)
- Långban
- chemical formula
- Ca₂Zr₄Mn³⁺SbTiO₁₆
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hiä
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- Hiärneite
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Hiärneite is an oxide mineral named after the Swedish geologist Urban Hiärne (1641–1727). The mineral can be found in rocks that mainly consists of fine grained phlogopite. Hiärneite is the first known mineral that contains both of the chemical elements antimony and zirconium. The mineral was described in 1997 for its occurrence in a skarn environment in Långban iron–manganese deposit of the Filipstad district, Värmland, Sweden.
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