Siderotil

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| name = Siderotil

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| category = Sulfate minerals

| formula = Fe²⁺SO₄·5H₂O

| IMAsymbol = Sdt{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 7.CB.20

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| system = Triclinic

| class = Pinacoidal ({{overline|1}})
(same H-M symbol)

| symmetry = P{{overline|1}}

| unit cell = a = 6.26 Å, b = 10.63 Å
c = 6.06 Å; α = 97.25°
β = 109.67°, γ = 75°; Z = 2

| color = Pale green, yellowish, white

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| habit = Fibrous to powdery, rarely as acicular crystals

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| mohs = 2.5

| luster = Vitreous or silky

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| diaphaneity = Transparent to translucent

| gravity = 2.1 - 2.2

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| opticalprop = Biaxial (-)

| refractive = n_α = 1.513 - 1.515 n_β = 1.525 - 1.526 n_γ = 1.534 - 1.536

| birefringence = δ = 0.021

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| 2V = Measured: 50°, calculated: 80° to 86°

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| solubility = Soluble in water

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| references = [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Siderotil.shtml Webmineral data]

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Siderotil is an iron(II) sulfate hydrate mineral with formula: FeSO₄·5H₂O which forms by the dehydration of melanterite.[http://www.mindat.org/min-3643.html Mindat.org] Copper commonly occurs substituting for iron in the structure. It typically occurs as fibrous or powdery encrustations, but may also occur as acicular triclinic crystals.

It was first described in 1891 for an occurrence in the Idrija Mine, Idrija, Slovenia. Its name derives from the Greek sideros (iron) and tilos (fiber) in reference to its iron content and typical fibrous form. However, the material at the Idrija location may not be siderotil, but the mineral has been authenticated from a wide variety of worldwide locations.[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/siderotil.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]