stercorite
Sign in to saveStercorite is the mineral form of microcosmic salt. The name comes from the Latin "stercus", meaning dung, since the mineral was originally discovered among guano.
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- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
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- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.CJ.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.CJ.05
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Stc
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/C.14
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- Stercorite
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Stercorite is the mineral form of microcosmic salt. The name comes from the Latin "stercus", meaning dung, since the mineral was originally discovered among guano.
==References==
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