hoelite
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Hoelite is a mineral, discovered in 1922 at Mt. Pyramide, Spitsbergen, Norway and named after Norwegian geologist Adolf Hoel (1879–1964). Its chemical formula is C14H8O2 (9,10-anthraquinone).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Hoelite
- Mineral.image
- Hoelite, sulfur - Carolaschacht Mine, Freital, Saxony, Germany.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Yellow acicular crystals of hoelite (picture size: 10 mm)
- Mineral.category
- Organic mineral
- Mineral.formula
- C14H8O2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hoe
- Mineral.strunz
- 10.CA.15
- Mineral.dana
- 50.4.2.1
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/a
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 15.81 Å, b = 3.967 Å c = 7.876 Å; β = 102.67°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Yellow, yellowish green
- Mineral.habit
- Acicular clusters; pseudo-orthorhombic
- Mineral.cleavage
- Good
- Mineral.streak
- Light yellow
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Semitransparent
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- organic class of minerals
- Named after
- Adolf Hoel
- Image
- Hoelite, sulfur - Carolaschacht Mine, Freital, Saxony, Germany.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 10.CA.15
- Commons category
- Hoelite
- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₈O₂
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 10.CA.15
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hoe
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Hoelite is a mineral, discovered in 1922 at Mt. Pyramide, Spitsbergen, Norway and named after Norwegian geologist Adolf Hoel (1879–1964). Its chemical formula is C14H8O2 (9,10-anthraquinone).
It is a very rare organic mineral which occurs in coal fire environments in association with sal ammoniac and native sulfur.
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