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    Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and...
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  • compound Selenite broth, an enrichment medium for the isolation of Salmonella species Selenite (mineral), a variety of gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) Selenites is a...
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    selenium is an essential element, sodium selenite is an ingredient in dietary supplements such as multi-vitamin/mineral products, but supplements that provide...
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    SO2− 4 is tetrahedral, O is 3-coordinate. CaSO 4·2H 2O (gypsum and selenite (mineral)): dihydrate. CaSO 4·⁠1/2⁠H 2O (bassanite): hemihydrate, also known...
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    Tellurite is a rare oxide mineral composed of tellurium dioxide (TeO2). It occurs as prismatic to acicular transparent yellow to white orthorhombic crystals...
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    Gypsum (category Calcium minerals)
    translucent crystals of selenite. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite. The Mohs scale of mineral hardness defines gypsum...
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  • They have transparent crystals that may be coloured by cations. Selenite sulfate minerals are known including pauladamsite and munakataite. Zhang, Xin-Wei;...
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  • This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles. Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical...
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    Talc (redirect from Talc (mineral))
    for various related minerals, including talc, mica, and selenite. Talc dominantly forms from the metamorphism of magnesian minerals such as serpentine...
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    rose may also be known by the names: sand rose, Sahara rose, rose rock, selenite rose, gypsum rose and baryte (barite) rose. Sand roses are found in large...
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    Zemannite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Zemannite is a very rare oxide mineral with the chemical formula Mg0.5ZnFe3+[TeO3]3·4.5H2O. It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system and forms...
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    ejecta. The International Mineralogical Association recognizes lime as a mineral with the chemical formula of CaO. The word lime originates with its earliest...
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  • Jaipur "Rajashtan State Mines and Minerals Limited, India - Rockphosphate, SMS grade Limestone, Gypsum & Selenite and Lignite". www.rsmm.com. Retrieved...
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    Demesmaekerite (category Uranium(VI) minerals)
    Demesmaekerite is a rare uranium selenite mineral with the chemical formula: Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6·2H2O. It is named after the Belgian mineralogist...
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  • Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their...
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    Selenium (category Dietary minerals)
    selenate, and selenite, but these minerals are rare. The common mineral selenite is not a selenium mineral, and contains no selenite ion, but is rather...
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  • Sarcolite Scapolite Marialite Meionite Scheelite Schizolite Scorodite Selenite Sellaite Senarmontite Sepiolite (Meerschaum) Sérandite Seraphinite Serendibite...
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    Emmonsite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Emmonsite, also known as durdenite, is an iron tellurite mineral with the formula: Fe2(TeO3)3·2(H2O). Emmonsite forms triclinic crystals. It is of a yellowish-green...
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    Marthozite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Marthozite is an orthorhombic mineral that has a general formula of Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)3(OH)2·7H2O. It was named after Belgian mineralogist Aimé Marthoz (1894–1962)...
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    Ahlfeldite (category Mineral stubs)
    Ahlfeldite ((Ni, Co)SeO3]·2H2O) is a mineral of secondary origin. It is named after Friedrich Ahlfeld (1892–1982), a German-Bolivian mining engineer and...
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    Satin spar (category Mineral groups)
    (satin) spars (especially selenite) are widely used as ornamental stones. It should be understood that both of the listed minerals, despite their name of...
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    Tlalocite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Tlalocite is a rare and complex tellurate mineral with the formula Cu10Zn6(TeO4)2(TeO3)(OH)25Cl · 27 H2O. It has a Mohs hardness of 1, and a cyan color...
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    Walfordite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Walfordite is a very rare tellurite mineral that was discovered in Chile in 1999. The mineral is described as orange with orange-yellow streak, and is...
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    Spain. In 1999, a mineralogist group discovered a cave filled with giant selenite (gypsum) crystals in an abandoned silver mine, Mina Rica, near Pulpi, Province...
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    Tlapallite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Tlapallite is a rare and complex tellurate mineral with the chemical formula (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O. It has a Moh's hardness...
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  • A selenate selenite is a chemical compound or salt that contains selenite and selenate anions (SeO32- and SeO42-). These are mixed anion compounds. Some...
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    Rodalquilarite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Rodalquilarite is a rare iron tellurite chloride mineral with formula H3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl or Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl. Rodalquilarite crystallizes in the triclinic...
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  • Thumbnail for The First Men in the Moon
    sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". The inspiration seems to come from the famous 1865 book by Jules Verne...
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  • Northstarite (category Tellurite and selenite minerals)
    Northstarite is an immensely rare lead-tellurite-thiosulfate mineral with an ideal formula of Pb6(Te4+ O3)5(S6+O3S2-). Northstarite was first discovered...
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    cake and salt. Mineral reserves exceed four billion tons. Analcime Aphthitalite Borax Burkeite Galeite Gaylussite Gypsum var: Selenite Halite Hanksite...
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