siderophyllite
Sign in to saveSiderophyllite is a rare member of the mica group of silicate minerals with formula KFe2+2Al(Al2Si2)O10(F,OH)2.
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EC.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EC.20
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/E.05b
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Siderophyllite is a rare member of the mica group of silicate minerals with formula KFe2+2Al(Al2Si2)O10(F,OH)2.
The mineral occurs in nepheline syenite pegmatites and granite and aplite greisens. It is associated with microcline and astrophyllite at Pikes Peak, Colorado. It is also found in the alkali pegmatites of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.
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