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Grayscale image showing fragments of minerals from a corundum grain against a black background. Materials are clearly delineated and labeled, including toledoite, xifengite, khamrabaevite, and naquite.
Back-scattered electron image showing naquite (bottom right) and other minerals in a corundum grain

Naquite is a mineral of iron monosilicide, FeSi. It was discovered in the 1960s in Donetsk Oblast in Soviet Union, and named fersilicite, but was not approved by the International Mineralogical Association. It was later rediscovered in the Nagqu area of Tibet and given the name naquite. Naquite occurs together with other rare iron silicide minerals, xifengite (Fe5Si3) and linzhiite (FeSi2).[3]

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. ^ Naquite. Mindat
  3. ^ a b Fersilicite. webmineral.com