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Daubreelite Mineral Data

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General Daubreelite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Fe++Cr2S4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 288.10 gm
   Chromium  36.10 %  Cr
   Iron      19.38 %  Fe
   Sulfur    44.52 %  S
            ______ 
            100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe2+Cr2S4
Help on Environment: Environment: In small amounts in many meteorites.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876
Help on Locality: Locality: In iron meteorites, such as the Cosby's Creek, Toluca, Cranbourne, and Mundrabilla octahedrites, and the Coahuila, North Chile, and Scottsville hexahedrites. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Professor Gabriel Auguste Daubree (1814-1896), of Paris, France.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Daubreelite + Pronunciation Say DAUBREELITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 36251
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