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Natalyite Mineral Data
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General Natalyite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Na(V+++,Cr+++)Si2O6 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 226.36 gm |
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Sodium 10.16 % Na 13.69 % Na2O |
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Vanadium 16.88 % V 24.83 % V2O3 |
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Chromium 5.74 % Cr 8.39 % Cr2O3 |
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Silicon 24.81 % Si 53.09 % SiO2 |
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Oxygen 42.41 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
NaV3+0.75Cr0.25Si2O6 |
| Environment: |
In Cr, V-rich diopside-quartz rocks that are part of a Precambrian metamorphic complex (Slyudyanka complex, Russia). |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1985 |
| Locality: |
From the Pereval marble quarry, near Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Nataliya Vasil'evna Frolova (1907-1960), geologist, Irkutsk University, Irkutsk, Russia. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Natalyite + Pronunciation  |
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