Xantiosit
Sign in to saveXanthiosite is a nickel arsenate mineral. It was first discovered in Germany in 1858 and named by Gilbert Joseph Adam in 1869.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Xanthiosite
- Mineral.category
- Arsenate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Aerugite-154934 cropped.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Xanthiosite and aerugite
- Mineral.formula
- Ni3(AsO4)2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Xth
- Mineral.molweight
- 453.91 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.AB.25
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/a
- Mineral.color
- Golden yellow
- Mineral.mohs
- 4
- Mineral.gravity
- 5.37–5.47
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Translucent
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- sulfur
- Image
- Aerugite - Bunsenite - Xanthiosite.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Xth
- chemical formula
- Ni₃(AsO₄)₂
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.AB.25
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.AB.25
- type locality (geology)
- St Stephen-in-Brannel
- Commons category
- Xanthiosite
- Mohs' hardness
- 4
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/A.08
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