quenstedtite
Sign in to saveQuenstedtite is an uncommon iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula Fe2(SO4)3·11H2O. It forms violet or white triclinic crystals. Found in oxidized zones of pyrite-rich orebodies, especially in arid climates. It was first reported in 1888 for an occurrence in Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile and named by G. Linck in 1889 for the German mineralogist F. A. von Quenstedt (1809–1889).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Quenstedtite
- Mineral.image
- Quenstedtite.jpg
- Mineral.category
- sulfate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Fe2(SO4)3·11H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Qst
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CB.65
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 6.184 Å, b = 23.6 Å c = 6.539 Å; α = 94.18° β = 101.73°, γ = 96.27°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- white to very pale violet to red-violet
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfate mineral
- Named after
- Friedrich August von Quenstedt
- Image
- Quenstedtite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.65
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.65
- type locality (geology)
- Tierra Amarilla
- Commons category
- Quenstedtite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Qst
- chemical formula
- Fe₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.04
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Quenstedtite is an uncommon iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula Fe2(SO4)3·11H2O. It forms violet or white triclinic crystals. Found in oxidized zones of pyrite-rich orebodies, especially in arid climates. It was first reported in 1888 for an occurrence in Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile and named by G. Linck in 1889 for the German mineralogist F. A. von Quenstedt (1809–1889).
==References== Webmineral data
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