Archive for September, 2008

Hedenbergite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Hedenbergite is indicated by CaFeSi2O6 or Calcium Iron Silicate. Hedenbergite is actually a Silicate mineral. Mineral Hedenbergite was named after M.A. Ludwig Hedenberg, a Swedish chemist and a co-worker of Berzellius, who first described the mineral species. The first mineral specimen of Hedenbergite was discovered in Tunaberg […]

Ferberite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Ferberite is indicated by FeWO4 or Iron Tungstate. Ferberite is actually a Sulfate mineral. Mineral Ferberite was actually first discovered in Sierra Almagrera in Spain in the year 1863. The mineral was named after Moritz Rudolf Ferber (1805 – 1875) of Gera, Germany. Mineral Ferberite is known […]

Erionite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Erionite is indicated by (K2, Na2, Ca)MgAl8Si28O72 – 28H2O or Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Silicate. Erionite is actually a Silicate mineral. Mineral Erionite was actually first described by A.S Eakle in the year 1898. It was actually first found as white wooly fibrous masses found […]

Betafite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Betafite is indicated by the formula (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) or Calcium Sodium Uranium Titanium Niobium Tantalum Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride. Betafite belongs to the Oxides and Hydroxides mineral class. Betafite mineral is also a member of the Pyrochlore group. Mineral species Betafite was first discovered in the year 1912 at […]

Kinoite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of mineral Kinoite is indicated by Ca2Cu2Si3O10 – 2H2O or Hydrated Calcium Copper Silicate. Kinoite is actually a Silicate mineral. Kinoite was named after the Italian Jesuit missionary Eusibio Francisco Kino (1645-1711). The mineral species was first described in 1970 at Santa Rita Mountains in Pima County, Arizona, USA. Mineral […]

Ilvaite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of mineral Ilvaite is indicated by CaFe3OSi2O7(OH) or Calcium Iron Silicate Hydroxide. Ilvaite is actually a Silicate mineral. Mineral Ilvaite was actually first described in the year 1811 from the island of Elba. The name of the mineral species was derived from the Latin word ilva of the island Elba. […]

Hessite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Hessite is indicated by Ag2Te or Silver Telluride. Hessite is actually a Sulfide mineral. The first Hessite mineral specimens were found in Kazakhstan. Hessite was actually named after Germain Henry Hess, the nineteenth century Swiss chemist and also a Professor of St. Petersburg Mining Institute. Professor Hess […]

Goshenite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Its chemical formula of Goshenite is indicated by Be3Al2Si6O18 or Beryllium Aluminum Silicate. Goshenite is actually a Silicate mineral. Goshenite is actually a gem variety of the mineral Beryl. Gem mineral Goshenite was first found at Barrus Farm locality in Goshen, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA. This Goshenite stone can be a substitute of […]

Fedorite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Fedorite is indicated by (Na, K)2-3(Ca, Na)7(Si4O8)(Si4O10)3(F, Cl, OH)2 - 3.5H2O or Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Silicate Fluoride Chloride Hydroxide. Fedorite is actually a Silicate mineral. The mineral Fedorite was actually named after the Russian scientist Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov who is one of the founders of the […]

Enstatite

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The chemical formula of the mineral Enstatite is indicated by MgSiO3 or Magnesium Silicate. Enstatite is actually a Silicate mineral. The name of the mineral is derived from the Greek word enstates which means opponent. Mineral hypersthene and bronzite were known long before Enstatite, which was first described by G. A. Kenngott in […]

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