Mendocita
Sign in to saveMendozite is a sulfate mineral, one of the alum series, with formula NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O. It is a hydrated form of sodium aluminium sulfate (soda alum).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Mendozite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals, alum series
- Mineral.image
- Mendozite.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Mz
- Mineral.molweight
- 440.26 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CC.15
- Mineral.dana
- 29.5.4.1
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/c
- Mineral.color
- colorless
- Mineral.habit
- prismatic, pseudo-rhombohedral
- Mineral.cleavage
- {100} good{001} indistinct{010} indistinct
- Mineral.mohs
- 3
- Mineral.luster
- vitreous
- Mineral.streak
- white
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfate mineral
- Named after
- Mendoza
- Image
- Mendozite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CC.15
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CC.15
- streak color
- white
- Commons category
- Mendozite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mz
- chemical formula
- NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.07 – Anhang
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Article · Español
La mendocita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales sulfatos. Fue descubierta en 1868 en la provincia de Mendoza (Argentina), siendo nombrada así por esta localización. Un sinónimo menos usado es el de mendozita.
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