smithite
Sign in to saveSmithite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula . It was first described by mineralogist R H Solly in 1905, in samples from the Lengenbach quarry near Binn, Switzerland, and was named for Herbert Smith, who was an assistant in the department of mineralogy of the British Museum (Natural History). Smithite is a dimorph of trechmannite.
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- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
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- Imhofite & Smithite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.GC.30
- chemical formula
- AgAsS₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.GC.30
- type locality (geology)
- Lengenbach quarry
- Commons category
- Smithite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sth
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.03
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Smithite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula . It was first described by mineralogist R H Solly in 1905, in samples from the Lengenbach quarry near Binn, Switzerland, and was named for Herbert Smith, who was an assistant in the department of mineralogy of the British Museum (Natural History). Smithite is a dimorph of trechmannite.
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