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Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | Na4Mn5Si10O24(OH)6·6H2O |
IMA symbol | Zak[1] |
Crystal system | Trigonal |
Identification | |
Color | Yellow |
Cleavage | Perfect {0001} |
Fracture | Conchoidal |
Mohs scale hardness | 2 |
Luster | Waxy, pearly, dull |
References | [2] |
Zakharovite is a mineral, a silicate of sodium and manganese; formula Na4Mn5Si10O24(OH)6·6H2O. It has a yellow colour with a pearly lustre. Discovered in 1982 in the Kola peninsula of Northern Russia, it is named after Evgeny Evgenevich Zakharov (1902–1980), the director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration.
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