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Juonniite Mineral Data

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General Juonniite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)•4(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 388.35 gm
   Calcium     10.32 %  Ca   14.44 % CaO
   Magnesium    6.26 %  Mg   10.38 % MgO
   Scandium    11.58 %  Sc   17.76 % Sc2O3
   Phosphorus  15.95 %  P    36.55 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     2.34 %  H    20.88 % H2O
   Oxygen      53.56 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)•4(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Metasomatically reworked calcite-phlogopite-clinohumite-magnetite ores in a calcite-dolomite carbonatitic stockwork zone. The scandium dominant analog of overite and segelerite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Kovdor ultramafic alkaline complex, Yona or Juonni River (from the Russian or Finnish), Kola Peninsula, Russia). Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: The name alludes to the locality. Pronounced YO'NAITE.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Juonniite + Pronunciation Say JUONNIITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1996-060