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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: (Mg7Al2)(Si4Al2)O15(OH)12
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 834.48 gm
   Magnesium  20.39 %  Mg   33.81 % MgO
   Aluminum   12.93 %  Al   24.44 % Al2O3
   Silicon    13.46 %  Si   28.80 % SiO2
   Hydrogen    1.45 %  H    12.95 % H2O
   Oxygen     51.77 %  O
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             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Mg7Al4Si4O15(OH)12
Help on Environment: Environment: Altered skarn near a copper-gold-silver ore zone. Cr-rich serpentinite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1995
Help on Locality: Locality: Ertsberg East complex, Carstensz Mountains, central Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Wood Chrome mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the Dutch geologist Jean-Jacques Dozy (1908 - 2004), who discovered the Ertzberg mineral deposits.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Dozyite Say DOZYITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 77351
  IMA1993-042
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