A rare aluminum sulfate mineral that typically forms through the weathering of sulfide deposits.
Named after Felsobánya, a town in Hungary known for its mineral deposits, with the mineralogical suffix '-ite' added. This naming convention honors the geographic location where the mineral was first identified.
Felsobanyite was named after a Hungarian mining town and is so rare that most geologists have never seen a specimen in person—it's the kind of mineral that excites rock collectors because fewer than 100 samples might exist worldwide.
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