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Vernadskite

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Name:
After Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945), Russian geochemist.
A variety of Antlerite

Initially considered as a new mineral, but later shown to be a pseudomorph of Antlerite after Dolerophanite.

Classification of Vernadskite

IMA status:Discredited 1961
Explanation of status:Shown to be a pseudomorph of antlerite after dolerophanite.
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Other Names for Vernadskite

Synonyms:
Wernadskyite
Other Languages:
Italian:Vernadskijte

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Vernadskite

Reference List:

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Zambonini, Ferruccio (1910) Mineralogia Vesuviana. 368 pp., Naples: 337 (as Vernadskijte and Wernadskyite).

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 607.

Mrose, M. E. (1961): Vernadskite discredited: pseudomorphs of antlerite after dolerophanite. Am. Mineralogist 46, 146-154.

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