# Romeite

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{{infobox mineral
|name = Romeite
|image = Romeite-290541.jpg
|imagesize = 200px
|system = [hexoctahedral](/source/Cubic_(crystal_system))
|color = Honey-yellow
|formula = {{chem2|(Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F)}}
|mohs = 5.5–6.0
}}

'''Roméite''' is a [calcium](/source/calcium) [antimonate](/source/antimonate) mineral with the chemical formula {{chem2|(Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F)}}. It is a honey-yellow mineral crystallizing in the [hexoctahedral](/source/Cubic_(crystal_system)) [crystal system](/source/crystal_system). It has a [Mohs hardness](/source/Mohs_hardness) of 5.5-6.0.  It occurs in [Algeria](/source/Algeria), [Australia](/source/Australia), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [China](/source/China), [Europe](/source/Europe), [Japan](/source/Japan), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), and the [United States](/source/United_States) in [metamorphic](/source/metamorphic_rock) [iron](/source/iron)-[manganese](/source/manganese) [deposits](/source/Deposition_(geology)) and in [hydrothermal](/source/hydrothermal) [antimony](/source/antimony)-bearing [veins](/source/vein_(geology)).

Its type locality is [Prabornaz Mine](/source/Prabornaz_Mine), [Saint-Marcel](/source/Saint-Marcel%2C_Italy), [Aosta Valley](/source/Aosta_Valley), [Italy](/source/Italy).  It was named after [Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle](/source/Jean-Baptiste_L._Rom%C3%A9_de_l'Isle).  Brugger, et al. (1997) used [infrared](/source/infrared) [spectroscopy](/source/spectroscopy) to measure water content in Roméite crystals.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Brugger, J., R. Gieré, [Stefan Graeser](/source/Stefan_Graeser), Nicolas Meisser, The crystal chemistry of roméite, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 127, Numbers 1-2 / March, 1997, pp. 136–146
*Dana, James Dwight (1853) ''Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of Ores and the Application of the Science to the Arts'', Durrie and Peck (5th edition), p. 303
*romeine. (n.d.). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/romeine
*[http://webmineral.com/data/Romeite.shtml Webmineral data]
*[http://www.mindat.org/min-3443.html Mindat with location data]
*Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Christy, A. G., Gieré, R., & Kartashov, P. M. (2010). The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48(3), 673-698.[http://doi/:%2010.3749/canmin.48.3.673 doi: 10.3749/canmin.48.3.673]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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