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as fluoro-potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite. and later in 2012 it was renamed again as potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite. It has this name as it is an arfvedsonite that has magnesium, potassium, and fluorine. Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite has 37 characters which is the longest for any
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When potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfevdsonite was first discovered in Quebec in 1985 it was named
Potassium fluor-magnesio-arfvedsonite. It was seen as a potassium rich fluor-magnesio-arfvedsonite (now renamed magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite). In 2006 it was renamed by the
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which is where some of the oldest exposed rocks are that can date back to over 4 billion years ago. Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite is also the mineral with the longest name of any mineral with 34 letters and 37 characters.
275:. It leaves a white streak of powder behind when you rub it against another surface. Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite shows perfect cleavage along the {110} plane. The calculated density is 3.174 g/cm.
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Donald D. Hogarth, George Y. Chao, Michael G. Townsend; Potassium- and fluorine-rich amphiboles from the
Gatineau area, Quebec. The Canadian Mineralogist 1987; 25 (4): 739–753. doi:
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Donald D. Hogarth; FLUORO-POTASSIC-MAGNESIO-ARFVEDSONITE, KNa2Mg5Si8O22F2, FROM THE OUTAOUAIS REGION, QUEBEC, CANADA. The
Canadian Mineralogist 2006;; 44 (1): 289. doi:
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263:. Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite is a uniquely rare mineral, as it occurs in small amounts in very few locations around the world.
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Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite is a bluish-gray mineral with a vitreous luster. It exhibits a hardness of 6 on the
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of potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfevsonite gave values of the chart above. Calculated unit cell dimensions are
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19:Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite
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682:"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols"
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226:mineral first discovered in
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297:Troms Og Finnmark, Norway
255:igneous rock with high
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333:Chemical composition
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698:2021MinM...85..291W
680:Warr, L.N. (2021).
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253:peralkaline
197:Ultraviolet
100:Bluish-Gray
83:Space group
793:2023-12-08
664:References
422:<14.52
243:Occurrence
209:References
183:3.174 g/cm
146:Mohs scale
67:Monoclinic
53:IMA symbol
716:235729616
261:Lamproite
224:amphibole
130:Splintery
808:Category
451:BaO+SrO
163:Vitreous
149:hardness
136:Tenacity
126:Fracture
116:Cleavage
106:Twinning
33:Silicate
29:Category
694:Bibcode
309:Archean
249:igneous
140:Brittle
40:Formula
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614:2.352
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576:3.183
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522:99.18
519:Total
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354:54.25
340:Oxide
303:, and
257:silica
232:Canada
228:Quebec
222:is an
169:Streak
159:Lustre
57:Pmfarf
712:S2CID
538:Face
511:–O=F
506:2.20
498:0.74
486:5.20
474:6.33
462:1.16
454:n.a.
438:0.05
430:0.32
410:8.07
395:n.a.
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365:1.08
173:White
97:Color
628:The
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459:CaO
443:MgO
435:ZnO
427:MnO
415:FeO
343:wt%
319:Name
287:are
204:None
87:C2/m
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420:tot
359:TiO
348:SiO
326:IMA
279:Age
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