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Novgorodovaite Mineral Data
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General Novgorodovaite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ca2(C2O4)Cl2•2(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 278.57 gm |
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Calcium 28.77 % Ca 40.26 % CaO |
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Hydrogen 1.66 % H 14.87 % H2O |
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Carbon 8.62 % C 25.85 % C2O3 |
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Chlorine 24.18 % Cl 24.18 % Cl |
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Cl -5.46 % -O=Cl2 |
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Oxygen 36.76 % O |
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100.00 % 99.71 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ca2(C2O4)Cl1.9(OH)0.2•2.2(H2O) |
| Environment: |
Marine evaporite deposits. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Drill core intersection (850-900m) of evaporitic rocks at the Chelkar salt dome deposit, western Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Margarita Ivanovna Novgorodova (1938-), director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2000-039 |
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