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Iron silicide mineral From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naquite is a mineral of iron monosilicide, FeSi. It was discovered in the 1960s in Donetsk Oblast in Soviet Union, and named fersilicite, but was not approved by the International Mineralogical Association. It was later rediscovered in the Nagqu area of Tibet and given the name naquite. Naquite occurs together with other rare iron silicide minerals, xifengite (Fe5Si3) and linzhiite (FeSi2).[3]
Naquite | |
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General | |
Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | FeSi |
IMA symbol | Naq[1] |
Strunz classification | 1.BB.15 |
Crystal system | Cubic |
Crystal class | Isometric – tetartoidal H-M symbol (23) Space group P213 |
Unit cell | a = 4.48 Å, Z = 4 |
Identification | |
Color | Steel grey, tin white |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Brittle – conchoidal |
Mohs scale hardness | 6.5 |
Luster | Metallic |
Streak | grayish black |
Diaphaneity | Opaque |
Specific gravity | 6.1–6.2 (calc.) |
References | [2][3] |
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