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Fluorcanasite

fluorcanasite

K3Na3Ca5Si12O30F4·H2O

Photographs of mineral No. 42323: Fluorcanasite (IMA 2007-31) from ...

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Overview

Fluorcanasite is a rare calcium, potassium and sodium fluoride silicate mineral. It was discovered in 2003, in the Kirovsk mine's dumps in Russia, and was approved by the IMA in 2007. The name fluorcanasite is a portmanteau, and was made by blending fluorine, a chemical element that can be found in the mineral, and canasite, as the mineral is close to canasite in several ways: it is an analogue of said mineral and a member of the canasite group. Fluorcanasite is also close to frankamenite.

Scientific references

  1. Fluorcanasite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19833666 Link
  2. Fluorcanasite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorcanasite Link