satterlyite
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Satterlyite is a hydroxyl bearing iron phosphate mineral. The mineral can be found in phosphatic shales and was first discovered in the Big Fish River area in Yukon Territory, Canada.
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- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
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- Satterlyite - Rapid Creek.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BB.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BB.20
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- Commons category
- Satterlyite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sly
- chemical formula
- (Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe)₁₂(PO₄)₅(PO₃OH)(OH,O)₆
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Satterlyite is a hydroxyl bearing iron phosphate mineral. The mineral can be found in phosphatic shales and was first discovered in the Big Fish River area in Yukon Territory, Canada.
Satterlyite is part of the phosphate mineral group. Satterlyite is a transparent, light brown to light yellow mineral with a density of 3.68 g/cm3. The structure of satterlyite is made up of two pairs of face shared, distorted octahedra, linked together by sharing edges to form double chains along the [001] plain.
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