Antarcticite
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antarcticite-187-13374001
title:
Antarcticite
text:
Antarcticite is an uncommon calcium chloride hexahydrate mineral with formula CaCl2·6H2O. It forms colorless acicular trigonal crystals. It is hygroscopic and has a low specific gravity of 1.715. As its name implies, it was first described in 1965 for an occurrence in Antarctica where it occurs as crystalline precipitate from a highly saline brine in Don Juan Pond, in the west end of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. This discovery was made by Japanese geochemists Tetsuya Torii and Joyo Ossaka. It w
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Halide mineral
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarcticite
date created:
2009-08-04T01:50:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:22:22Z
main entity:
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