spadaiten.
/ˈspɑːdəʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated magnesium silicate, MgSiO3.2H2O, found as an alteration product in lavas, and occurring as amorphous masses coloured red by impurities.
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1848 J. D. Dana Man. Mineral. 149 Spadaite. A flesh~red mineral, near Schiller spar.
1931 Amer. Mineralogist 16 232 Spadaite occurs only in the ore shoots, associated with the silicates mentioned, quartz, various sulphides (chiefly chalcopyrite and bornite) and their oxidation products, and small quantities of native gold.
1968 I. Kostov Mineral. 334 Spadaite, MgSiO3.2H2O,..corresponds to hydrated enstatite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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