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|   |   | Name: Gladiusite RRUFF ID: R070432 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2Fe2+4(PO4)(OH)11·H2O Locality: Kovdor mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S104714 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bundles of olive green fibers on dolomite matrix Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | 
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| REFERENCES for Gladiusite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Liferovich R P, Sokolova E V, Hawthorne F C, Laajoki K V O, Gehör S, Pakhomovsky Y A, Sorokhtina N V (2000) Gladiusite, Fe3+2(Fe2+,Mg)4(PO4)(OH)11(H2O), a new hydrothermal mineral species from the phoscorite-carbonatite unit, Kovdor Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1477-1485 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1112-1115 [view file] | |
| Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, McCammon C, Liferovich R P (2001) The crystal structure of gladiusite, (Fe2+,Mg)4Fe3+2(PO4)OH11(H2O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1121-1130 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020 [view file] | |
| Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] | |
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