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Yafsoanite Mineral Data
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General Yafsoanite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ca3Te2Zn3O12 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 763.60 gm |
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Calcium 15.75 % Ca 22.03 % CaO |
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Zinc 25.69 % Zn 31.98 % ZnO |
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Tellurium 33.42 % Te 41.80 % TeO2 |
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Oxygen 25.14 % O |
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100.00 % 95.81 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ca3Te2Zn3O12 |
| Environment: |
Tellurium-bearing gold quartz deposit in dolomite-calcite. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1982 |
| Locality: |
Kuranakh gold deposit, near Aldan, southern Sakha, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Yakutskii Filial Sibirskogo Otdeleniya Akademii Nauk (Yakut Filial, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences, YAFSOAN in Russian). |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Yafsoanite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 64791 |
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PDF 35-661 |
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