Komkovite Mineral Data

General Komkovite Information
Chemical Formula:	BaZrSi3O9•3(H2O)
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 510.85 gm
	Barium 26.88 % Ba 30.01 % BaO
	Zirconium 17.86 % Zr 24.12 % ZrO₂
	Silicon 16.49 % Si 35.29 % SiO₂
	Hydrogen 1.18 % H 10.58 % H₂O
	Oxygen 37.58 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	BaZrSi₃O₉•3(H₂O)
Environment:	Apparently altering from catapleiite, in dolomitic veinlets cutting metasomatically altered pyroxenites, in a carbonatite.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1990
Locality:	In the Vuoriyarvi carbonatite complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Aleksandr Ivanovich Komkov (1926-1987), Russian mineralogist and crystallographer, Karpinskii All-Union Research Institute of Geology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Name Pronunciation:	Komkovite + Pronunciation
Synonym:	ICSD 39541
	IMA1988-032
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