nesquehonite
Sign in to saveNesquehonite is a mineral of magnesium carbonate (). It represents the trihydrate of magnesium carbonate, and has the total formula . It was described in 1890 by F. A. Genth and S. L. Penfield and is named after its type locality of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, where it was sampled from a coal mine. Nesquehonite can form from the related pentahydrate Lansfordite by dehydration at room temperature.
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- Subclass of
- carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
- Has part
- magnesium carbonate
- Named after
- Nesquehoning
- Image
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- chemical formula
- MgCO₃·3H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 5.CA.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 5.CA.05
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Commons category
- Nesquehonite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Nes
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vb/C.01
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Nesquehonite is a mineral of magnesium carbonate (). It represents the trihydrate of magnesium carbonate, and has the total formula . It was described in 1890 by F. A. Genth and S. L. Penfield and is named after its type locality of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, where it was sampled from a coal mine. Nesquehonite can form from the related pentahydrate Lansfordite by dehydration at room temperature.
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