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Puzzle #15 was aenigmatite.

Aenigmatite, also known as cossyrite after Cossyra, the ancient name of Pantelleria, is a sodium, iron, titanium inosilicate mineral. The chemical formula is Na2Fe2+5TiSi6O20 and its structure consists of single tetrahedral chains with a repeat unit of four and complex side branches. It forms brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.

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Puzzle 15 ran on 30 Jul 2026 and the answer was aenigmatite, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Crystal system - triclinic; Strunz group - silicates; Elements - Fe, Na, O, Si, Ti; Named after - other.

Beyond the grid the record adds Formula - Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]; Named after - riddle.

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.

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Crystal system
triclinic
Strunz group
silicates
Elements
Fe, Na, O, Si, Ti
Named after
other

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Formula
Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]
Named after
riddle

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