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# Eakerite (IMA1969-019) 9.CG.0

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Earlandite Earlandite, a3(C6H5O7)2(H2O)22H2O, is the mineral form of calcium citrate tetrahydrate. It was first reported in 1936 and named after the English microscopist and oceanographer Arthur Earland FRSE. Earlandite occurs as warty fine-grained nodule ...
(citrate: 1936) 10.AC.1


(IUPAC: calcium citrate tetrahydrate) # Earlshannonite (arthurite: IMA1983-010) 8.DC.1


(IUPAC: manganese(II) diiron(III) dihydro diphosphate tetrahydrate) # Eastonite (mica: IMA1998 s.p., 1925 Rd) 9.EC.2

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(IUPAC: potassium aluminium dimagnesium (dialuminodisilicate) decaoxy dihydroxyl) # Ecandrewsite (corundum: IMA1978-082) 4.CB.0


(IUPAC: zinc titanium trioxide) # Ecdemite (Y: 1877) 3.DC.6


(IUPAC: hexalead heptaoxodiarsenate(III) tetrachloride) # Eckerite (xanthoconite: IMA2014-063) 2.

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(IUPAC: disilver copper trisulfa arsenide) # Eckermannite a-amphibole: IMA2013-136, IMA2012 s.p., 19429.DE.2

# Eckhardite (tellurium oxysalt: IMA2012-085) 7.C?

o o# Eclarite (kobellite: IMA1982-092) 2.HB.10


(IUPAC: (copper,iron) nonalead octaicosasulfa dodecabismuthide) # Écrinsite (sartorite: IMA2015-099) 2.

o o# Eddavidite (IMA2018-010

o o# Edenharterite (IMA1987-026) 2.HD.3


(IUPAC: thallium lead hexasulfa triarsenide) # Edenite a-amphibole: IMA2012 s.p., 18399.DE.1

# Edgarbaileyite (IMA1988-028) 9.BC.2


(IUPAC: tri(dimercury) heptaoxydisilicate) # Edgarite (IMA1995-017) 2.DB.2


(IUPAC: iron triniobium hexasulfide) # Edgrewite (humite: IMA2011-058) 9.

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(IUPAC: nonacalcium tetra(tetraoxosilicate) difluoride) # Edingtonite (zeolitic tectosilicate: 1825) 9.GA.1


(IUPAC: barium (dialuminotrisilicate) decaoxy tetrahydrate) # Edoylerite (IMA1987-008) 7.FB.2


(IUPAC: trimercury(II) tetraoxochromate(VI) disulfide) #
Edscottite Edscottite is an iron carbide mineral, with the formula Fe5C2. It was previously known to occur during iron smelting, but in 2019 was identified as occurring in nature, but not naturally occurring on earth, when it was discovered in a meteorite. Th ...
(carbide: IMA2018-086a) 1.0 o o o
(IUPAC: pentairon dicarbide) # Edtollite (IMA2016-010) 8.

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(IUPAC: dipotassium sodium pentacopper iron(III) dioxotetrarsenate) # Edwardsite (IMA2009-048) 7.DD.3

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(IUPAC: tricopper dicadmium hexahydro disulfate tetrahydrate) #
Effenbergerite Effenbergerite is the natural occurrence of the color Han blue.It was first found in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Effenbergerite was approved as a valid mineral species by the IMA in 1993. Effenberergite has the che ...
(gillespite: IMA1993-036) 9.EA.0

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(IUPAC: barium copper decaoxotetrasilicate) #
Efremovite Efremovite is a rare ammonium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3. It is a white to gray cubic mineral. This anhydrous sulfate occurs as constituent in sulfate crusts of burning coal dumps. It is hygroscopic and when expo ...
(langbeinite: IMA1987-033a) 7.AC.1


(IUPAC: diammonium dimagnesium trisulfate) # Eggletonite (IMA1982-059) 9.EG.3

# Eglestonite (Y: 1904) 3.DD.0


(IUPAC: tri(dimercury) hydro oxotrichloride) # Ehrleite (IMA1983-039) 8.CA.1


(IUPAC: dicalcium zinc beryllium diphosphate hydroxophosphate(V) tetrahydrate) # Eifelite (milarite: IMA1980-097) 9.CM.0


(IUPAC: potassium disodium (magnesium sodium) (trimagnesium dodecasilicate) triacontaoxy) # Eirikite (leifite: IMA2007-017) 9.EH.2

# Eitelite (Y: 1955) 5.AC.0


(IUPAC: disodium magnesium dicarbonate) #
Ekanite Ekanite is an uncommon silicate mineral with chemical formula or . It is a member of the steacyite group. It is among the few gemstones that are naturally radioactive. Most ekanite is mined in Sri Lanka, although deposits also occur in Russia an ...
(amorphous: IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 9.EA.1


(IUPAC: dicalcium thorium icosaoxoctasilicate) # Ekaterinite (IMA1979-067) 6.H0.4


(IUPAC: dicalcium dichloro heptaoxotetraborate dihydrate) # Ekatite (ellenbergite: IMA1998-024) 4.JB.7

o# Ekebergite (IMA2018-088) 4.

o o# Ekplexite (valleriite: IMA2011-082) 2.

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# Elasmochloite (IMA2018-015) 7.

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Elbaite Elbaite, a sodium, lithium, aluminium boro-silicate, with the chemical composition Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4, is a mineral species belonging to the six-member ring cyclosilicate tourmaline group. Elbaite forms three series, with dravite, ...
(tourmaline: 1913) 9.CK.0

# Elbrusite (garnet: IMA2012 s.p., IMA2009-051) 4.

o o# Eldfellite (zinkosite: IMA2007-051) 7.AC.1


(IUPAC: sodium iron(III) disulfate) # Eldragónite (IMA2010-077) 2.

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(IUPAC: hexacopper bismuth tetraselenide diselenide) # Eleomelanite (IMA2015-118) 7.

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(IUPAC: (dipotassium lead) tetracopper dioxotetrasulfate) #
Elgoresyite Elgoresyite, first discovered during the crystallographic study of the Suizhou meteorite, is a naturally occurring, high-pressure iron-magnesium silicate mineral. High-pressure poly morphs of magnesium silicates have been rarely discovered on Eart ...
(IMA2020-086

o o# Eliopoulosite (IMA2019-096) 2.

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(IUPAC: heptavanadium octasulfide) # Eliseevite (IMA2010-031) 9.DB.1

o o# Ellenbergerite (ellenbergerite: IMA1984-066) 9.AF.8

# Ellinaite (IMA2019-091) 4.

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(IUPAC: calcium dichromium tetraoxide) # Ellingsenite (IMA2009-041) 9.E?

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# Elliottite (IMA2021-113) 8.DD

o o# Ellisite (IMA1977-041) 2.JC.0


(IUPAC: trithallium arsenide trisulfide) # Elpasolite (double perovskite: 1883) 3.CB.1


(IUPAC: dipotassium sodium hexafluoroaluminate) # Elpidite (Y: 1894) 9.DG.6

# Eltyubyuite (mayenite: IMA2011-022) 9.AD.2

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# Elyite (IMA1971-043) 7.DF.6


(IUPAC: copper tetralead sulfate monohydrate) # Embreyite (IMA1971-048) 7.FC.2


(IUPAC: pentalead dioxo tetrahydro dichromate diphosphate monohydrate) # Emeleusite (IMA1977-021) 9.DN.0


(IUPAC: disodium lithium iron(III) pentadecaoxohexasilicate) # Emilite (meneghinite: IMA2001-015) 2.HB.05

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( Cu10.7Pb10.7Bi21.3S48) # Emmerichite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA2013-064) 9.BE

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Emmonsite Emmonsite, also known as durdenite, is an iron tellurite mineral with the formula: Fe2(TeO3)3·2(H2O). Emmonsite forms triclinic crystals. It is of a yellowish-green color, with a vitreous luster, and a hardness of 5 on the Moh scale. Emmonsite ...
(tellurite: 1885) 4.JM.1


(IUPAC: diiron(III) tritellurate(IV) dihydrate) # Emplectite (chalcostibite: 1855) 2.HA.0


(IUPAC: copper(I) disulfa bismuthide) #
Empressite Empressite is a mineral form of silver telluride, AgTe. It is a rare, grey, orthorhombic mineral with which can form compact masses, rarely as bipyramidal crystals. Recent crystallographic analysis has confirmed that empressite is a distinct miner ...
(IMA1964 s.p., 1914 Rd) 2.CB.8


(IUPAC: silver telluride) #
Enargite Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word , "distinct". Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as ...
(wurzite: 1850) 2.KA.0


(IUPAC: tricopper tetrasulfa arsenide) # Engelhauptite (polyvanate: IMA2013-009) 8.

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(IUPAC: potassium tricopper dihydro chloro (heptaoxodivanadate)) # Englishite (Y: 1930) 8.DH.5

# Enneasartorite (sartorite: IMA2015-074) 2.

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Enstatite Enstatite is a mineral; the magnesium endmember of the pyroxene silicate mineral series enstatite (MgSiO3) – ferrosilite (FeSiO3). The magnesium rich members of the solid solution series are common rock-forming minerals found in igneous and m ...
(pyroxene: IMA1988 s.p., 1855) 9.DA.0


(IUPAC: dimagnesium hexaoxodisilicate) # Eosphorite (childrenite: 1878) 8.DD.2


(IUPAC: manganese(II) aluminium dihydro phosphate monohydrate) # Ephesite (mica: IMA1998 s.p., 1851) 9.EC.2


(IUPAC: sodium lithium dialuminium (dialumodisilicate) decaoxy dihydroxyl) # Epididymite (Y: 1893) 9.DG.5


(IUPAC: disodium diberyllium pentadecaoxohexasilicate monohydrate) #
Epidote Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral. Description Well developed crystals of epidote, Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system, are of frequent occurrence: they are commonly prismatic in habi ...
(epidote) 9.BG.05x ##Epidote (1801) 9.BG.05


(IUPAC: dicalcium (dialuminum iron(III)) heptaoxodisilicate tetraoxosilicate oxy hydroxyl) ##Epidote-(Sr) (IMA2006-055) 9.BG.0


(IUPAC: calcium strontium (dialuminum iron(III)) heptaoxodisilicate tetraoxosilicate oxy hydroxyl) # Epifanovite (andyrobertsite: IMA2016-063) 8.

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(IUPAC: sodium calcium pentacopper tetraphosphate dihydroxoarsenate(V) heptahydrate) #
Epistilbite Zeolites are microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts. They mainly consist of silicon, aluminium, oxygen, and have the general formula ・y where is either a metal ion or H+. These pos ...
(zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1826) 9.GD.4

# Epistolite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: 1901) 9.BE.3

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Epsomite Epsomite, Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula MgSO4·7H2O. Epsomite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system as rarely found acicular or fibrous crystals, the normal form is as massi ...
(epsomite: 1721) 7.CB.4


(IUPAC: magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) # Erazoite (IMA2014-061) 2.

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(IUPAC: tetracopper hexasulfa stannide) # Ercitite (IMA1999-036) 8.DJ.3

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(IUPAC: sodium manganese(III) hydro phosphate dihydrate) # Erdite (IMA1977-048) 2.FD.2


(IUPAC: sodium iron sulfide dihydrate) # Ericaite (boracite: 1950) 6.GA.0


(IUPAC: triiron(II) chloro tridecaoxoheptaborate) # Ericlaxmanite (IMA2013-022) 8.

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(IUPAC: tetracopper oxodiarsenate) # Ericssonite (lamprophyllite: IMA1966-013 Rd) 9.BE.2


(IUPAC: barium dimanganese(II) iron(III) heptaoxodisilicate oxy hydroxyl) # Erikapohlite (alluaudite: IMA2010-090) 8.

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((☐0.5Cu0.5)CuCaZn2(AsO4)3·H2O) # Erikjonssonite (IMA2018-058) 3.

o o# Eringaite (garnet, garnet: IMA2009-054) 9.AD

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(IUPAC: tricalcium discandium tri(tetraoxosilicate)) #
Eriochalcite Copper(II) chloride is the chemical compound with the chemical formula CuCl2. The anhydrous form is yellowish brown but slowly absorbs moisture to form a blue-green dihydrate. Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the ver ...
(Y: 1870) 3.BB.0


(IUPAC: copper dichloride dihydrate) #
Erionite Erionite is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral that belongs to a group of minerals called zeolites. It usually is found in volcanic ash that has been altered by weathering and ground water. Erionite forms brittle, wool-like fibrous masses in t ...
(zeolitic tectosilicate) 9.GD.20 ##Erionite-Ca (IMA1997 s.p.) 9.GD.2

o##Erionite-K (IMA1997 s.p.) 9.GD.2

##Erionite-Na (IMA1997 s.p., 1898) 9.GD.2

o# Erlianite (IMA1985-042) 9.HC.0


(IUPAC: tetrairon(II) diiron(III) pentadecaoxohexasilicate octahydroxyl) #
Erlichmanite Erlichmanite is the naturally occurring mineral form of osmium sulfide (OsS2). It is grey with a metallic luster, hardness around 5, and specific gravity about 9. It is found in noble metal placer deposit In geology, a placer deposit or placer ...
(pyrite: IMA1970-048) 2.EB.05


(IUPAC: osmium disulfide) # Ermakovite (IMA2020-054) 4.

o o# Ernienickelite (IMA1993-002) 4.FL.2


(IUPAC: nickel trimanganese(IV) heptaoxide trihydrate) # Erniggliite (IMA1987-025) 2.GA.4


(IUPAC: dithallium tin hexasulfa diarsenide) # Ernstburkeite (IMA2010-059) 10.

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# Ernstite (childrenite: IMA1970-012) 8.DD.2


(IUPAC: (manganese(II),iron(II)) aluminium di(hydro,oxo) phosphate) # Ershovite (IMA1991-014) 9.DF.1

# Erssonite (hydrotalcite: IMA2021-016

o o# Ertixiite (IMA1983-042) 9.HA.0


(IUPAC: disodium nonaoxotetrasilicate) #
Erythrite Erythrite or red cobalt is a secondary hydrated cobalt arsenate mineral with the formula . Erythrite and annabergite, chemical formula , or nickel arsenate form a complete series with the general formula . Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclin ...
(vivianite: 1832) 8.CE.4


(IUPAC: tricobalt diarsenate octahydrate) # Erythrosiderite (Y: 1872) 3.CJ.1


(IUPAC: dipotassium iron(III) pentachloride monohydrate) # Erzwiesite (lillianite: IMA2012-082) 2.

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o o# Esdanaite-(Ce) (IMA2018-112) 8.

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Eskebornite Eskebornite is a selenide mineral with the formula Cu Fe Se2. It crystallizes in the tetragonal system and it has a brassy colour. Eskebornite is sometimes found as thick tabular crystals, but is more often found intergrown with other selenides ...
(chalcopyrite: 1950) 2.CB.10


(IUPAC: copper iron diselenide) # Eskimoite (lillianite: IMA1976-005) 2.JB.40


(IUPAC: heptasilver decalead hexatricontasulfa pentadecabismuthide) #
Eskolaite Eskolaite is a rare chromium oxide mineral (chromium(III) oxide Cr2O3). Discovery and occurrence It was first described in 1958 for an occurrence in the Outokumpu ore deposit of eastern Finland. It occurs in chromium bearing tremolite skarns, met ...
(corundum: 1958) 4.CB.0


(IUPAC: chromium(III) oxide) # Espadaite (IMA2018-089) 8.CF

o o# Esperanzaite (IMA1998-025) 8.DM.0


(IUPAC: sodium dicalcium dialuminium tetrafluoro hydro diarsenate dihydrate) #
Esperite Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called ''calcium larsenite''. Esperite has a white, greasy appearance in daylight and is much prized for its brilliant ...
(beryllonite: IMA1964-027) 9.AB.1


(IUPAC: lead dicalcium tri inc tetraoxosilicate # Esquireite (IMA2014-066) 9.E?

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(IUPAC: barium tridecaoxohexasilicate heptahydrate) # Esseneite (pyroxene: IMA1985-048) 9.DA.1


(IUPAC: calcium iron(III) aluminohexaoxosilicate) #
Ettringite Ettringite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sulfate mineral with formula: . It is a colorless to yellow mineral crystallizing in the trigonal system. The prismatic crystals are typically colorless, turning white on partial dehydration. It is part of ...
(ettringite: IMA1962 s.p., 1874) 7.DG.1


(IUPAC: hexacalcium dialuminium dodecahydro trisulfate hexaicosahydrate) # Eucairite (Y: 1818) 2.BA.5


(IUPAC: copper silver selenide) #
Euchlorine Euchlorine (KNaCu3(SO4)3O) is a rare emerald-green colored sulfate mineral found naturally occurring as a sublimate in fumaroles around volcanic eruptions. It was first discovered in fumaroles of the 1868 eruption at Mount Vesuvius in Campania, ...
(euchlorine: 1884) 7.BC.3


(IUPAC: potassium sodium tricopper oxotrisulfate) # Euchroite (Y: 1823) 8.DC.0


(IUPAC: dicopper hydro arsenate trihydrate) #
Euclase Euclase is a beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate mineral (BeAlSiO4(OH)). It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system and is typically massive to fibrous as well as in slender prismatic crystals. It is related to beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) and ot ...
(Y: 1792) 9.AE.1


(IUPAC: beryllium aluminium tetraoxosilicate hydroxyl) #
Eucryptite Eucryptite is a lithium bearing aluminium silicate minerals, silicate mineral with formula LiAlSiO4. It crystallizes in the Trigonal crystal system, trigonal - rhombohedral crystal system. It typically occurs as granular to massive in form and may ...
(phenakite: 1880) 9.AA.0


(IUPAC: lithium aluminium tetraoxosilicate) #
Eudialyte Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek phrase , , meaning "well decomposable", is a somewhat rare, nine member ring cyclosilicate mineral, which forms in alkaline igneous rocks, such as nepheline syenites. Its name alludes to its ready sol ...
(eudialyte: IMA2003 s.p., 1819) 9.CO.1

# Eudidymite (Y: 1887) 9.DG.6


(IUPAC: disodium diberyllium pentadecaoxohexasilicate monohydrate) # Eugenite (amalgam: IMA1981-037) 1.AD.15


(IUPAC: undecasilver dimercury amalgam) # Eugsterite (IMA1980-008) 7.CD.2


(IUPAC: tetrasodium calcium trisulfate dihydrate) # Eulytine (Y: 1827) 9.AD.4


(IUPAC: tetrabismuth tri(tetraoxosilicate)) # Eurekadumpite (tellurite-arsenate: IMA2009-072) 8.

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(IUPAC: hexadeca(copper,zinc) octadecahydro chloro ditellurate(IV) triarsenate heptahydrate) #
Euxenite-(Y) Euxenite, or euxenite-(Y) (the official mineralogical name), is a brownish black mineral with a metallic luster. Chemistry It contains calcium, niobium, tantalum, cerium, titanium, yttrium, and typically uranium and thorium, with some other meta ...
(columbite: IMA1987 s.p., 1840) 4.DG.0

# EvansiteQ (amorphous: 1864) 8.DF.1


(IUPAC: trialuminium hexahydro phosphate octahydrate) # Evdokimovite (IMA2013-041) 7.

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(IUPAC: tetrathallium tri(oxovanadate) pentasulfate pentawater) #
Eveite Eveite is a manganese arsenate mineral in the olivenite group. Its chemical formula is Mn2AsO4OH. It is found only in Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden and at the Sterling Mine in New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlan ...
(andalusite: IMA1966-047) 8.BB.3


(IUPAC: dimanganese(II) hydroarsenate) #
Evenkite Evenkite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with formula C24H50; specifically, H3C–(CH2)22–CH3, the alkane ''n''-tetracosane. It occurs as very soft (Mohs hardness 1) transparent crystals, colorless to yellow, with a waxy luster. The softness is a ...
(Y: 1953) 10.BA.5

# Evseevite (moraskoite: IMA2019-064) 8.

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(IUPAC: disodium magnesium fluoro arsenate) # Eveslogite (IMA2001-023) 9.DG.9

o# Ewaldite (IMA1969-013) 5.CC.0

# Ewingite (hydrous uranyl carbonate: IMA2016-012) 5.

o o# Eylettersite (alunite, crandallite: IMA1969-035) 8.BL.1

# Eyselite (IMA2003-052) 4.DM.2

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(IUPAC: iron(III) trigermanium(IV) hydro heptaoxide) # Ezcurrite (Y: 1957) 6.EB.1


(IUPAC: disodium trihydroheptaoxopentaborate dihydrate) # Eztlite (tellurite-tellurium oxysalt: IMA1980-072) 4.JN.2


(IUPAC: dilead hexairon(III) decahydro tritellurate(IV) hexaoxotellurate(VI) octahydrate)


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