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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Demesmaekerite (category Selenite 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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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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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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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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Schmiederite (category Selenite minerals)
Schmiederite is a secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of selenium-bearing hydrothermal base metal deposits. Its chemical formula is Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)4...
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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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Guilleminite (category Selenite minerals)
Guilleminite (Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O) is a uranium mineral named by R. Pierrot, J. Toussaint, and T. Verbeek in 1965 in honor of Jean Claude Guillemin...
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Derriksite (category Selenite minerals)
near infrared and mid-infrared spectroscopy to the study of uranyl selenite minerals: Derriksite, demesmaekerite, guilleminite and haynesite". Journal...
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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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Marthozite (category 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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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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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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Desert rose (crystal) (redirect from Selenite rose)
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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and uranium. The mine has a rare assemblage of uranyl selenite minerals, and has palladium minerals. The Dikuluwe mine near Musonoi has been exploited since...
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List of gemstones by species (section Minerals)
Sarcolite Scapolite Marialite Meionite Scheelite Schizolite Scorodite Selenite Sellaite Senarmontite Sepiolite (Meerschaum) Sérandite Seraphinite Serendibite...
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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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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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Lime (material) (redirect from Lime (mineral))
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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Dana classification system (redirect from Dana's Minerals classification)
classification is a mineral classification developed by James Dwight Dana. It is based on the chemical composition and structure of minerals. It is mainly used...
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minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously...
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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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minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously...
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assemblage of silicates and a number of copper-zinc selenite chlorides and copper-based fumarolic minerals were discovered at Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka...
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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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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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Mineralogy is an active science in which minerals are discovered or recognised on a regular basis. Use of old mineral names is also discontinued, for example...
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