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Allabogdanite

allabogdanite

(Fe,Ni)2P

Allabogdanite - a very rare phosphide mineral - Assignment Point

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Overview

Allabogdanite is a very rare phosphide mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)2P, found in 1994 in a meteorite. It was described for an occurrence in the Onello meteorite in the Onello River basin, Sakha Republic; Yakutia, Russia; associated with taenite, schreibersite, kamacite, graphite and awaruite. It was named for Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova. In a June 2021 study, scientists reported the discovery of terrestrial allabogdanite in a sedimentary formation. It is located in the Negev desert of Israel, just southwest of the Dead Sea.

Scientific references

  1. Allabogdanite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056068 Link
  2. Allabogdanite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allabogdanite Link