White aggregates of the very rare selenium mineral sofiite from the famous Tolbachik volcano (Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation) associated to a brown unknown mineral. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY 4.0
Sofiite
Sofiite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the halide class, with the chemical formula Zn₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)Cl₂.
It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Pccn).
IMA symbol Sof, IMA status: approved, named in 1987.
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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