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MELNIKOVITE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Origins and Composition of Coal
DEF

... a microlithotype containing 5-20% by volume of iron disulphide(pyrite, marcasite and melnikovite)...

CONT

Pyrite with no apparent maceral association is classed as carbominerite. Convention would classify virtually all pyrite-bearing assemblages as the carbopyrite microlithotype.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Origine et constitution des charbons
DEF

Mélange intime de microlithotypes et de sulfures de fer dont le volume oscille entre 5 et 20 %.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
Fe3S4
formula, see observation
FeFe2S4
formula, see observation
OBS

Linnaeite group. Iron thyospinel always in small xls to. 03 mm and as an x-ray amorphous colloidal precipitate from a sulfide gel known as the melnikovite of Doss.

OBS

greigite: Named after J.W. Greig (1895-1977), a mineralogist and physical chemist at Pennsylvania State University ... USA.

OBS

Chemical formula: Fe3S4 or FeFe2S4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Fe3S4
formula, see observation
FeFe2S4
formula, see observation
DEF

Sulfure de fer cristallisant dans le système cubique.

OBS

Formule chimique : Fe3S4 ou FeFe2S4

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Finely layered sulfide gel of pyrite or marcasite and sometimes alternating between the two species.

OBS

Not the melnikovite of Doss, which is greigite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Il existe dans les sédiments plusieurs sulfures de fer : un monosulfure [...], l'hydrotroilite, amorphe, et des bisulfures : [...] la melnikovite noire, finement grenue, la pyrite et la marcassite.

Spanish

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