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Puzzle #10 was gaspéite.

Gaspéite, a very rare nickel carbonate mineral, with the formula (Ni,Fe,Mg)CO3, is named for the place it was first described, in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec, Canada.

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What the record says

Puzzle 10 ran on 25 Jul 2026 and the answer was gaspéite, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Crystal system - trigonal; Strunz group - carbonates-nitrates; Elements - C, Ni, O; Named after - place.

Beyond the grid the record adds Formula - NiCO₃; Named after - Gaspé Peninsula.

Mineraldle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.

How it scored

Crystal system
trigonal
Strunz group
carbonates-nitrates
Elements
C, Ni, O
Named after
place

Also on the record

Formula
NiCO₃
Named after
Gaspé Peninsula

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