Paragenetic Mode 18 : Minerals formed by freezing
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The Hadean hydrosphere must have hosted the earliest terrestrial examples of minerals formed by freezing of aqueous solutions, most abundantly iceStage
Minerals
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Mineral | Formula | Crystal System |
---|---|---|
Ernstburkeite | Mg(CH3SO3)2·12H2O | Trigonal |
Hydrohalite | NaCl·2H2O | Monoclinic |
Ice | H2O | Hexagonal |
Ikaite | CaCO3·6H2O | Monoclinic |
Element | Count | Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
H | Hydrogen | 4 | 100.00% |
C | Carbon | 2 | 50.00% |
O | Oxygen | 4 | 100.00% |
Na | Sodium | 1 | 25.00% |
Mg | Magnesium | 1 | 25.00% |
S | Sulfur | 1 | 25.00% |
Cl | Chlorine | 1 | 25.00% |
Ca | Calcium | 1 | 25.00% |