cron´stedt`ite

(krǒn´stĕt`īt)

(Min.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; - so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Mineralogists of the 19th century were much more successful in the description of new layer hydrosilicates: allophane, amesite, antigorite, aspidolite, batavite, biotite /a series name/, celadonite, chamosite, chrysotile /a series name/, clinochlore, corundophyllite, cronstedtite, delessite, diabantite, ephesite, glauconite /a series name/, halloysite, kaolinite, muscovite, nacrite /a polytype/, nontronite, palygorskite, paragonite, penninite /or pennine/, phengite /a series name/, phlogopite, polylithionite, pyrophyllite, ripidolite, roscoelite, saponite, sauconite, sepiolite, serpentine, siderophyllite, stevensite, tainiolite, thuringite, vermiculite /trioctahedral and dioctahedral, distinguished in the 20th century/, volkonskoite, zinnwaldite /a series name/.

Clay minerals including related phyllosilicates: interdisciplinary research and inward integration

Associated minerals are: pyrite, pyrrhotite, siderite and cronstedtite in a brownish clay matrix.

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions

A very few specimens with black, tapered crystals of cronstedtite to 1.5 cm on pyrite crystals have also been found.

Peruvian minerals: an update

Associated minerals are pyrite, pyrrhotite, siderite and cronstedtite in a brownish clay matrix.

Nikischerite: a new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

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