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Rare organic mineral
Wampenite
General
CategoryOrganic mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		C18H16
IMA symbolWpn
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP21/a
Unit cella = 6.73 Å, b = 8.69 Å
c = 23.71 Å, β = 90.12 (approximated)
Identification
References

Wampenite is a rare organic mineral with the formula C18H16, found in Wampen, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany.

Similar minerals

Although structurally unique, chemically wampenite is similar to other minerals, like fichtelite, kratochvílite, ravatite, retene/phylloretene, and simonellite.

References

  1. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Mills, S.J., Kampf, A.R., Nestola, F., Williams, P.A., Leverett, P., Hejazi, L., Hibbs, D.E., Mrorsko, M., Alvaro, M., and Kasatkin, A.V., 2015. Wampenite, IMA 2015-061. CNMNC Newsletter No. 27, October 2015, 1229; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1229–1236
  3. "Wampenite: Wampenite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. "Fichtelite: Fichtelite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  5. "Kratochvílite: Kratochvílite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  6. "Ravatite: Ravatite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  7. "Phylloretine: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  8. "Simonellite: Simonellite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.


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