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| Colour: | Brown, ocher-yellow, ... | |||||||||||||||||||
| Name: | After Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1783-1858), German mineralogist. | |||||||||||||||||||
Classification of Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
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Physical Properties of Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lustre: | Resinous, Dull, Earthy | |||||||||||||||||
| Diaphaneity (Transparency): | Translucent, Opaque | |||||||||||||||||
| Colour: | Brown, ocher-yellow, brown-black, black, dull green | |||||||||||||||||
| Streak: | Ocher-yellow to brown | |||||||||||||||||
| Fracture: | Irregular/Uneven, Conchoidal | |||||||||||||||||
| Comment: | Variable, low. | |||||||||||||||||
Crystallography of Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morphology: | Stalactitic; incrusting; earthy. Minute, intertwined red fibers (Silesia). | |||||||||||||||||
Chemical Properties of Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
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| All elements listed in formula: | Fe, H, O, S | |||||||||||||||||
Other Names for Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Glockerite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: | Berzelius (1816) Afhandl. Fys. Kem. Min.: 5: 157 (as Vitriolocker). Berzelius, J.J. (1819) Nouveau système de Minèralogie. Translated from the Swedish. 8vo, Paris (as Fer sous-sulfaté terreux). Beudant, F.S. (1824), Trailé élémentaire de Minéralogie, 8vo, Paris: 447 (as Pittizite). Erdmann (1831) Journal für Chemie und Physik, Nuremberg: 62: 104. Jordan (1836) Journal für praktische Chemie, Leipzig: 9: 95. Naumann, C.F. (1855) Elemente der Mineralogie. Leipzig. 9 editions, 4th. ed.: 254 (as Glockerit). Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 970. Church (1895) Mineralogical Magazine: 11: 13. Greenly (1919) Memoires of the Geological Survey of Great Britain: 2: 832 (as Hydroglockerite). Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 80. Eyerman cited in: Gordon, S.G. (1922) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. 255pp., Philadelphia. Posnjak and Merwin (1922) Journal of the American Chemical Society: 44: 1965. Hintze, Carl (1929) Handbuch der Mineralogie. Berlin and Leipzig. 6 volumes: 1 [3B]: 4441. Vertushkov (1940) Mem. Soc. russe min.: 69: 485. 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.: 587-588. | |||||||||||||||||
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