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Boussingaultite from
Orgueil meteorite, Orgueil, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Boussingaultite
Formula:(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Comments:nickeloan
Habit:euhedral isometric, isolated faceted crystals and their intergrowths up to 30 μm in size
Colour:colorless with a distinct greenish tint
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:		water soluble
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Boussingaultite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orgueil meteorite, Orgueil, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1774475
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1774475:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Britvin, Sergey N.; Vereshchagin, Oleg S.; Vlasenko, Natalia S.; Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G.; Ivanova, Marina A.; Volkova, Irina A. (2025) The first meteoritic ammonium mineral: discovery of boussingaultite in the Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous chondrite. American Mineralogist. doi:10.2138/am-2025-9851
 
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