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Name: Filatovite RRUFF ID: R070030 Ideal Chemistry: K(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8 Locality: Great Tolbachik Eruption (1976), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105093 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic single crystal embedded in epoxy, co-type material Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ feldspar (62) ] |
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REFERENCES for Filatovite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Filatov S K, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C, Vergasova L P (2004) Crystal structure of filatovite, K[(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8], the first arsenate of the feldspar group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 537-543 |
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Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1901-1927 [view file] |
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Vergasova L P, Krivovichev S V, Britvin S N, Burns P C, Ananiev V V (2004) Filatovite, K[(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8], a new mineral species from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 533-536 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file] |
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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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