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Zavaritskite Mineral Data
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General Zavaritskite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
BiOF |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 243.98 gm |
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Bismuth 85.66 % Bi 95.49 % Bi2O3 |
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Oxygen 6.56 % O |
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Fluorine 7.79 % F 7.79 % F |
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F -3.28 % -O=F2 |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
BiOF |
| Environment: |
Alteration product of bismuthinite in bismuth-bearing hydrothermal ore deposits in quartz-topaz-siderophyllite greisens cutting a granite pluton. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1962 |
| Locality: |
Mt. Sherlova, Chita region, eastern Transbaikal, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Aleksandr Nikolayevich Zavaritskii (1884-1952), Russian petrographer. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Zavaritskite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 201620 |
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PDF 22-114 |
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