Hectorfloresite
Hectorfloresite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the iodate class, with the chemical formula Na₉(IO₃)(SO₄)₄.
It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P2_1/a).
Key properties: Mohs hardness 2; specific gravity 2.8; [Adamantine.] luster; optically biaxial.
IMA symbol Hfl, IMA status: approved, named in 1987.
Found in dessication cavities in a nitrate deposit; may be more widespread than this single locality indicates.
It is found associated with Glauberite, nitratine, blödite, darapskite, halite.
The mineral was named to honor Professor Hector Flores W. (1906–1984), Chilean economic geologist and teacher, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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