Mineralpedia Details for Galileiite
Galileiite
- Formula
- NaFe2+4(PO4)3
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Crystal Habit
- Microscopic Crystals
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Waxy
- Color
- very pale amber brown
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Trigonal - Rhombohedral
- Fracture
- Sectile
- Hardness
- 4
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Galileiite from Augustinovka meteorite, Dnipropetrovs'k Oblast', Ukraine
A microprobe mount with full analytical information. Galileiite is found here as inclusions from the Augustinovka meteorite, which fell in 1890. Contained here is a tiny portion of Galileiite within a troilite nodule and associated with Sarcopside and Vivianite. Please click on the Prov. tab to see SEM images and analytical information.
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