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Florenskyite Mineral Data
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General Florenskyite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
(Fe,Ni)TiP |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 134.03 gm |
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Titanium 30.36 % Ti |
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Iron 40.83 % Fe |
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Nickel 5.69 % Ni |
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Phosphorus 23.11 % P |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe0+0.98Ni0.13Ti0.85P |
| Environment: |
Inclusion in serpentine in a carbonaceous, enstatitic, and Rumaruti type chondrodite meteorite. Anti-PbCl2 structure. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Kaidum chondritic meteorite, which fell in South Yemen in 1980. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Cyrill P. Florensky (1915-19820, Russian geochemist, who is one of the founders of Colleagues in the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology. |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 89711 |
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IMA1999-013 |
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