Kamiokite: Properties and Occurrences
Kamiokite is an iron-molybdenum oxide mineral with the chemical formula Fe2Mo3O8. It is a hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal iron black mineral containing iron, molybdenum, and oxygen. The…
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Kambaldaite: Properties and Occurrences
Kambaldaite, NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossanous material associated with Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits at Kambalda,…
Gossan – Mineral Overview
Gossan is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein. It is an iron-containing…
Kamacite: Properties and Occurrences
Kamacite is an alloy of iron and nickel, which is found on Earth only in meteorites. It is a mineral consisting of iron alloyed with…
Kalsilite: Properties and Occurrences
Kalsilite (KAlSiO4) is a vitreous white to the grey feldspathoidal mineral that is found in some potassium-rich lavas, such as from Chamengo Crater in Uganda.…
Kalinite: Properties and Occurrences
Kalinite is a mineral composed of hydrated potassium aluminum sulfate (a type of alum). It is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and…
Kalininite: Properties and Occurrences
Kalininite (ZnCr2S4) is a thiospinel mineral found in Russia in 1985 in the Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Prebaikalia (Pribaikal’e),…
Kainosite: Properties and Occurrences
Kainosite is a silicate mineral that has the formula of Ca2(Y, Ce) SiO4O12(CO3)•(H2O). It is a mineral consisting of hydrous silicate and carbonate of calcium,…
Kainite: Properties and Occurrences
Kainite, formula- [KMg(SO4)Cl·3H2O] is an evaporite mineral in the class of “Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O” according to the Nickel-Strunz classification. It…
Kaersutite:: Properties and Occurrences
Kaersutite is a member of the hornblende series together with oxyhornblende and katophorite. It is a rare titanium bearing member of the Calcic Clino-Amphibole Subgroup…
Kadyrelite: Properties and Occurrences
Kadyrelite is a mineral with the chemical formula Hg4(Br, Cl)2O discovered in 1987. Although the mineral is white, the black refers to its reaction with…
Kaatialaite: Properties and Occurrences
Kaatialaite [Fe(H2AsO4)3·5H2O] is a ferric arsenate mineral found in Finland. It is a ferric arsenate mineral. It was named after the type locality in the…
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