stichtite

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English[edit]

Stichtite on serpentine

Etymology[edit]

After Robert Sticht (1856-1922), the manager of Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co. in Australia, in 1910.[1]

Noun[edit]

stichtite (plural stichtites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, often pink or lilac, Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Stichtite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “stichtite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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