Kalininite

kalininite

ZnCr2S4

Kalininite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Kalininite (ZnCr2S4) is a thiospinel mineral found in Russia in 1985 in the Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region. It was named for P. V. Kalinin, Russian mineralogist and petrologist, investigator of the southern Baikal region.

Scientific references

Kalininite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3812609 Link
Kalininite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalininite Link

Physical properties

Chemical formula: ZnCr2S4
IMA status: approved mineral and/or valid name (A)
Mineral class: 2.DA.05
Crystal system: cubic
Specific gravity: 3.951
Colour: black

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Kalininite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source
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How to Identify Kalininite | Properties, Meaning & Uses — via rubyglint.com · Source
Kalininite — Wikipédia — via fr.wikipedia.org · Source
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Kalininite: Properties and Occurrences - Assignment Point — via assignmentpoint.com · Source
Sharygin, V.V.; Ripp, G.S.; Yakovlev, G.A.; Seryotkin, Y.V.; Karmanov, N.S.; Izbrodin, I.A.; Grokhovsky, V.I.; Khromova, E.A. / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Source

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