لینئیت
Sign in to saveLinnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral with the composition Co+2Co+32S4. It was discovered in 1845 in Västmanland, Sweden, and was named to honor Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Linnaeite
- Mineral.image
- Linnaeite - USGS Mineral Specimens 722.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Linnaeite samples and polished section
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral Thiospinel group Spinel structural group
- Mineral.formula
- Co+2Co+32S4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lin
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.DA.05
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Fdm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 9.43 Å; Z = 8
- Mineral.color
- Steel gray to gray violet
- Mineral.habit
- As octahedral crystals; massive, granular
- Mineral.twinning
- On {111}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Imperfect on {001}
- Mineral.fracture
- Subconchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 4.5–5.5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Carl Linnaeus
- Image
- Linneit-Viktoria Müsen NRW D-4545-1-72.jpg
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- Commons category
- Linnaeite
- chemical formula
- Co₃S₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.DA.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.DA.05
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Bastnäs
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lin
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.01
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