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Krinovite

krinovite

Na2Mg4Cr³⁺2(Si6O18)O2

Table 1 from The crystal structure of the meteoritic mineral krinovite ...

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Overview

Krinovite (pronounced kreen'-off-ite) is an emerald-green triclinic meteorite mineral, containing chromium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium, of the aenigmatite group. "It has been discovered within graphite nodules in three iron meteorites," specifically the Canyon Diablo, Wichita County, and Youndegin meteorites. It was named in honour of Evgeny Leonidovich Krinov, Russian investigator of meteorites. It is a decaoxotrisilicate in the sorosilicate subclass.

Scientific references

  1. Krinovite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3816999 Link
  2. Krinovite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krinovite Link