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kalininite

Geology; Minerals

Kalininite (ZnCr 2 S 4 ) is a thiospinel mineral found in Russia in 1985 in the Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia ...

kambaldaite

Geology; Minerals

Kambaldaite, NaNi 4 (CO 3 ) 3 (OH) 3 ·3H 2 O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossanous material associated with Kambalda type ...

pyrrhotite

Geology; Minerals

Pyrrhotite is an unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content: Fe (1-x) S (x = 0 to 0.2). The FeS endmember is known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic ...

shortite

Geology; Minerals

Shortite is a sodium - calcium carbonate mineral, with the chemical formula Na 2 Ca 2 (CO 3 ) 3 . It was discovered by J. J. Fahey in well cuttings from the Green River Formation, ...

berlinite

Geology; Minerals

Berlinite (aluminium phosphate, chemical fomula AlPO 4 ) is a rare phosphate mineral. It has the same crystal structure as quartz with a low temperature polytype isostructural ...

ajoite

Geology; Minerals

Ajoite is a hydrated sodium potassium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide mineral. Ajoite has the chemical formula (Na,K)Cu 7 AlSi 9 O 24 (OH) 6 ·3(H 2 O), and minor Mn, Fe and Ca ...

althupite

Geology; Minerals

Althupite is a rare aluminium thorium uranyl phosphate mineral with complex formula written as AlTh(UO 2 ) 7 (PO 4 ) 4 O 2 (OH) 5 ·15H 2 O, from a granitic pegmatite. It's named ...