zharchikhite
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Zharchikhite is a halide mineral, a hydroxyl fluoride of aluminium; formula AlF(OH)2. It forms colourless, transparent crystals. Discovered in 1968, it is named after its original locality, the Zharchinskoya Deposit, which is in Buryatia, Russia.
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It is catalogued under topics including Aluminium minerals, Fluorine minerals and Monoclinic minerals.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- halide class of minerals
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 3.AC.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 3.AC.05
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Zha
- chemical formula
- Al(OH)₂F
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Zharchikhite is a halide mineral, a hydroxyl fluoride of aluminium; formula AlF(OH)2. It forms colourless, transparent crystals. Discovered in 1968, it is named after its original locality, the Zharchinskoya Deposit, which is in Buryatia, Russia.
==References== Webmineral - Zharchikhite
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