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andrémeyerite

sorosilicate mineral
Class type of: melilite Q523795

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
melilite[4]
Chemical formula
BaFe²⁺₂(Si₂O₇)[3]
Crystal system
monoclinic crystal system[5]
Described by source
Andremeyerite, a new barium iron silicate, from Nyiragongo, Zaire[12]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Amy[14]
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A), renamed mineral (Rn)[6][7]
Mohs' hardness
+5.5[11]
Named after
André Marie Meyer[2]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.BB.20[10]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.BB.20[9]
Space group
space group P2₁/c[8]
Type locality (geology)
Mount Nyiragongo[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en andremeyerite en andrémeyerite en IMA1972-005 de Andrémeyerit it Andremeyerite
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Andrémeyerite.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
56.2.6c.6
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12322xlfp
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1972-005
Mindat mineral ID
12009, 225
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Andremeyerite"]

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Crystal system 1
monoclinic crystal system
Subclass of 1
melilite
Type locality (geology) 1
Mount Nyiragongo
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Summary

andrémeyerite is a mineral species[1].

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → 5.5
    Described by source → Andremeyerite, a new barium iron silicate, from Nyiragongo,
    Instance of → mineral species
    Named after → André Marie Meyer
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Mohs' hardness: 5.5, batch #270249"
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