Arfvedsonita
Arfvedsonita is a mineral with formula Na₃(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, in the Silicatos (Inosilicatos) group. This specimen comes from Sin especificar.
Description
Dark crystals with vitreous luster on a white matrix. Typical association in pegmatites.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0502
- Internal reference
- X0019
- Composition
- Na₃(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
- Name
- Arfvedsonita
- Group
- Silicatos (Inosilicatos)
- Matrix
- Albita
- Mine
- Sin especificar
- Etymology
- In honor of the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841), who discovered the element lithium in 1817.
- Quality
- Buena
- Value trend
- Estable
Related specimens
- Aerenita — España
- Arfvedsonita — Marruecos
- Asbesto —
- Calcita —
- Calcita (Ferruginosa) —
- Calcita (Azul) —
- Cianita (Negra) — Brasil
- Cianita —