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Basiliite

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Colour:Steel-blue; blood-red in ...
Name:After the alchemist Basil Valentine, who wrote on the properties of antimony early on.
A Mixture Of:Feitknechtite, Hausmannite


Originally described from Sjö Mine, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden.

Classification of Basiliite

IMA status:Discredited 1972
Explanation of status:Found to be a mixture.
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Physical Properties of Basiliite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Steel-blue; blood-red in thin splinters
Streak:Dark brown

Other Names for Basiliite

Synonyms:
Basilite
Other Languages:
German:Basiliit
Basilit
Spanish:Basiliita
Basilita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Basiliite

Reference List:

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Igelström (1892) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm: 14: 307.

Igelström (1893) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 22: 470.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 1025.

Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm (1972): 94: 423 (discreditation).

American Mineralogist (1973): 58: 562 (abstract).

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