lomonosovite
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=A image of a rock with Lomonisovite and bornemanite | Image of Lomonisovite(beige) and bornemanite(white) Lomonosovite is a phosphate–silicate mineral with the idealized formula Na10Ti4(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O4 early Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2 or Na2Ti2Si2O9·Na3PO4.
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Mikhail Lomonosov
- Image
- Bornemanite & Lomonosovite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.BE.32
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.BE.32
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- Commons category
- Lomonosovite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lom
- chemical formula
- Na₆Na₂Ti₂Na₂Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₄
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/B.11
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- Discovery and name
- Crystal structure
- Properties
- Origin
- References
thumb | right | alt=A image of a rock with Lomonisovite and bornemanite | Image of Lomonisovite(beige) and bornemanite(white) Lomonosovite is a phosphate–silicate mineral with the idealized formula Na10Ti4(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O4 early Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2 or Na2Ti2Si2O9·Na3PO4.
The main admixtures are niobium (up to 11.8% Nb2O5), manganese (up to 4.5 %MnO) and iron (up to 2.8%).
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