Faustite
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faustite-244-16779566
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Faustite
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The IMA-approved mineral faustite is a member of the triclinic turquoise group of hydrous phosphates with the chemical composition ZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is named after the American mineralogist and petrologist Dr. George Tobias Faust, who workes with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Some divalent copper generally replaces the zinc position. Faustite is the zinc-rich analogue of turquoise, having almost four times as much zinc than copper in its crystal structure. Trivalent (ferric) iron ma
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustite
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2023-08-29T23:59:55Z
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