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Kanonerovite Mineral Data

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General Kanonerovite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 590.91 gm
   Sodium      11.28 %  Na   15.21 % Na2O
   Manganese    9.30 %  Mn   12.00 % MnO
   Phosphorus  15.73 %  P    36.03 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     4.13 %  H    36.89 % H2O
   Oxygen      59.57 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.14 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Mn2+Na2.9P3O9.9•12.1(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In cavities of a granite pegmatite of muscovite-albite-microcline type cutting biotite granite-gneiss and porphyry granites. First triphosphate mineral.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Kazennitsa pegmatite vein, Alabashka pegmatite field, Middle Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Aleksandr Anatol'evich Kanonerov (1955-), mining historian at the Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Mining Industry of the Middle Urals.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1997-016