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| Colour: | violet, black | ||
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| Name: | After a theoretical compound called antozone, which was considered responsible for the odor of the material. | ||
| Synonym of: | Stink-fluss | ||
A variety of fluorite containing free fluorine. When broken there is a smell of ozone. The fluorine reacts with water vapor to form ozone and hydrogen fluoride. Originally described from Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. | |||
References for Antozonite | |
| Reference List: | Schöbein (1861) Journal prakt. Chem.: 83: 95. Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 29. |
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