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Ferdisilicite

Formula:
FeSi
 
2
System:TetragonalColour:Steel grey
Lustre:MetallicHardness:6 - 6½
Name:Named for the chemical composition.


Originally reported from Poltava series, Zachativsk station, Donets (Donetsk) region, Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast'), Ukraine.

Classification of Ferdisilicite

IMA status:Published without Approval
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.12-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.BB.20

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
B : Silicides
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.33.3
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Physical Properties of Ferdisilicite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Steel grey
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):6 - 6½

Crystallography of Ferdisilicite

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Chemical Properties of Ferdisilicite

Formula:
FeSi
 
2
Essential elements:Fe, Si
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Si

Relationship of Ferdisilicite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.BB.Zangboite
TiFeSi
 
2
1.BB.05Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
1.BB.05Mavlyanovite
Mn
 
5
Si
 
3
1.BB.10UM2001-18-Si:CuPtSn
(Cu,Pt)
 
4
Si
1.BB.10Perryite
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
1.BB.15Fersilicite
FeSi
1.BB.25Luobusaite
Fe
 
0.84
Si
 
2
1.BB.30Gupeiite
Fe
 
3
Si
1.BB.35Hapkeite
Fe
 
2
Si
1.BB.40Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.1.33.1Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
1.1.33.2Fersilicite
FeSi
1.1.33.4Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
1.1.33.5Gupeiite
Fe
 
3
Si

Other Names for Ferdisilicite

Synonyms:
Leboite
Other Languages:
German:Ferdisilicit
Leboit
Spanish:Ferdisilicita
Leboita

Other Information

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    Localities for Ferdisilicite

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    Ukraine
     
    • Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast')
      • Donets (Donetsk) region
        • Zachativsk station
    Am. Mineral. (1994) 79, 188
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