Kanonerovite Mineral Data
General Kanonerovite Information
Chemical Formula:
MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O)
Composition:
Molecular Weight = 590.91 gm
Sodium 11.28 % Na 15.21 % Na2 O
Manganese 9.30 % Mn 12.00 % MnO
Phosphorus 15.73 % P 36.03 % P2 O5
Hydrogen 4.13 % H 36.89 % H2 O
Oxygen 59.57 % O
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100.00 % 100.14 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:
Mn2+ Na2.9 P3 O9.9 •12.1(H2 O)
Environment:
In cavities of a granite pegmatite of muscovite-albite-microcline type cutting biotite granite-gneiss and porphyry granites. First triphosphate mineral.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added)
Locality:
Kazennitsa pegmatite vein, Alabashka pegmatite field, Middle Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Aleksandr Anatol'evich Kanonerov (1955-), mining historian at the Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Mining Industry of the Middle Urals.
Synonym:
IMA1997-016