Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Pickeringite
- Mineral.image
- Pickeringite-87353.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Cobalt rich pickeringite from the Northern Slanské Mts, Prešov Region, Slovakia
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- MgAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Pkg
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CB.85
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/c
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 20.8, b = 24.2, c = 6.18 [Å]; β = 95°; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Colorless, white; may be shades of yellow, green, or red due to impurities
- Mineral.habit
- Rarely as acicular crystals, radial or matted aggregates; typically as incrustations and efflorescences
- Mineral.cleavage
- Poor on {010}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 1.5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Semitransparent
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Pickeringite-87353.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.85
- Commons category
- Pickeringite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.85
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Pkg
- chemical formula
- MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.06
Sources (1)
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Article · Italiano
La pickeringite è un minerale, solfato idrato di magnesio e alluminio.Deriva da John Pickering, linguista e filologo statunitense (1777-1846).
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