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amicite

Zeolite mineral

Also known as IMA1979-011

Instance of: mineral species
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (September 2019)
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Subclass of: zeolites: chains of doubly-connected 4-membered rings (9.GC.)

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Amicite is a silicate mineral of the zeolite family. It has a general formula of K2Na2Al4Si4O16·5(H2O). Amicite was described in 1979 from specimens obtained at the Höwenegg quarry in Immendingen, Hegau, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which is consequently its type locality. The name is in honor of Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863) a botanist, physicist, optician, and inventor of microscope optical elements.

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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.GC.05
Named after: Giovanni Battista Amici
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1.Stated in Handbook of Mineralogy
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IMA status and/or rank: approved mineral and/or valid name (A)
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013)
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.GC.05
Crystal system: monoclinic crystal system
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Streak color: white
Mohs' hardness: 4.5
IMA Mineral Symbol: Ami
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Formula: K₂Na₂(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)·5H₂O
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (December 2014)
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5 identifiers linking amicite across the web's reference databases

Freebase ID/m/0dd9wxx
IMA Number, broad senseIMA1979-011
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2780089197
Mindat mineral ID199
Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Mineral", "Amicite"]

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