Lagonite
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A Mixture Of:
A yellow, earthy material as encrustations at the Tuscan lagoons.
“lagonite” is a mixture of sassolite with minor santite, gypsum and larderellite. Iron rustlike phases were clearly present in the “lagonite” hand specimen, but they are not represented in the diffraction pattern, because they are below the detection limit or possibly amorphous.
“lagonite” is a mixture of sassolite with minor santite, gypsum and larderellite. Iron rustlike phases were clearly present in the “lagonite” hand specimen, but they are not represented in the diffraction pattern, because they are below the detection limit or possibly amorphous.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
30006
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:30006:7
Similar Names
Synonyms of Lagonite
Other Language Names for Lagonite
French:Borate de Fer
German:Lagunit
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Lagonite
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References for Lagonite
Localities for Lagonite
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- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
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Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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| Perchiazzi et al. (2016) |
