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Puzzle #71 was danalite.

Danalite is an iron beryllium silicate sulfide mineral with formula: Fe2+4Be3(SiO4)3S.

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What the record says

Puzzle 71 ran on 24 Sep 2026 and the answer was danalite, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Crystal system - cubic; Strunz group - silicates; Elements - Be, Fe, O, S, Si; Named after - person.

Beyond the grid the record adds Formula - Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S; Named after - James Dwight Dana.

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
cubic
Strunz group
silicates
Elements
Be, Fe, O, S, Si
Named after
person

Also on the record

Formula
Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S
Named after
James Dwight Dana

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