مسلیت
Sign in to saveMesselite is a mineral with formula Ca2(Fe2+,Mn2+)(PO4)2·2H2O. It was discovered in Germany and described in 1890. The mineral was subsequently discredited in 1940, reinstated and named neomesselite in 1955, and the name restored to messelite in 1959.
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- Named after
- Messel
- Image
- Messelite-546647.jpg
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- Commons category
- Messelite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.CG.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.CG.05
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Msl
- chemical formula
- Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/C.12a
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