Glushinskite Mineral Data

General Glushinskite Information
Chemical Formula:	Mg(C2O4)•2(H2O)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 148.36 gm
	Magnesium 16.38 % Mg 27.17 % MgO
	Hydrogen 2.72 % H 24.29 % H₂O
	Carbon 16.19 % C 48.55 % C₂O₃
	Oxygen 64.71 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Mg(C₂O₄)•2(H₂O)
Environment:	Formed by reaction between Mg-rich minerals and oxalic acid secreted by incrusting lichen.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1987
Locality:	Mill of Johnston, six km west-southwest of Insch, Kincardineshire, and on the Island of Rhum, Inner Hebrides. Scotland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Petr Ivanovich Glushinskii (1908- ), coal geologist, Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Geology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Name Pronunciation:	Glushinskite + Pronunciation
Synonym:	Magnesium Oxalate