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Bialite

A synonym of Wavellite
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Name:
After Lucian Bia (Liège, Belgium, December 2 1852 - Tenke, DRCongo August 30 1892), an explorer of the Belgian Congo.
Synonym:
A synonym of Wavellite
A sample with a mineral occuring as spherules composed of white needles on a dense phospate matrix originating from Mushishimano, Democratic Republic of the Congo was analyzed, described and named as a new mineral with the name bialite by Buttgenbach in 1927-28. The sample was provided by Emile Richet.
The mineral was later found to be identical with wavellite and descredited.


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
6572 (as Bialite)
4250 (as Wavellite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:6572:2 (as Bialite)
mindat:1:1:4250:1 (as Wavellite)

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BaulitA synonym of 'Krablite'
BauliteA rock subtype
BeliteA synonym of Larnite
BelliteA variety of MimetitePb5(AsO4,CrO4,SiO4)3Cl
BelloiteA valid IMA mineral speciesCu(OH)Cl
BiehliteA valid IMA mineral species((Sb,As)O)2[MoO4]
BlueiteA variety of Marcasite(Fe,Ni)S2
BoleiteA valid IMA mineral species - grandfatheredKPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
BoyleiteA valid IMA mineral speciesZnSO4 · 4H2O
Dialite
HybliteA synonym of 'Thorogummite'
TialiteA synonym of 'Tieilite'

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