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| Name: | After Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945), Russian geochemist. | ||
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| 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 | |
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| Explanation of status: | Shown to be a pseudomorph of antlerite after dolerophanite. | |
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| 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: | 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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