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SMYTHITE, the rhombohedral Fe3S4 first reported in a natural occurrence in 1957 (ref. 1), has been synthesized by the reaction between siderite and sodium sulphide in aqueous solution at 25° C and 1 atm. pressure.
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RICKARD, D. Synthesis of Smythite – Rhombohedral Fe3S4. Nature 218, 356–357 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218356a0
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