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Florenskyite

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Formula:
FeTiP
System:OrthorhombicLustre:Metallic
Name:Named for Cyrill P. Florensky (1915-1982), Russian geochemist, who is one of the founders of Colleagues in the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology.
This page provides mineralogical data about Florenskyite.

Classification of Florenskyite

IMA status:Approved 1999
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.11-05
Strunz 9th edition ID:1.BD.15
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.BD.15

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
D : Phosphides
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.32.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
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Type Occurrence of Florenskyite

Type Locality:Kaidun meteorite, South Yemen, Yemen

Physical Properties of Florenskyite

Lustre:Metallic

Crystallography of Florenskyite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Chemical Properties of Florenskyite

Formula:
FeTiP
Essential elements:Fe, P, Ti
All elements listed in formula:Fe, P, Ti

Relationship of Florenskyite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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1.BD.05Schreibersite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
P
1.BD.05Nickelphosphide
(Ni,Fe)
 
3
P
1.BD.10Barringerite
(Fe,Ni)
 
2
P
1.BD.10Monipite
MoNiP
1.BD.15Allabogdanite
(Fe,Ni)
 
2
P
1.BD.15Andreyivanovite
FeCrP
1.BD.20Melliniite
(Ni,Fe)
 
4
P

Other Names for Florenskyite

Synonyms:
IMA1999-013
Other Languages:
German:Florenskyit
Spanish:Florenskyita

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 Florenskyite

Reference List:

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Ivanov, A.V., Zolensky, M.E., Saito, A., Ohsumi, K., Yang, S.V., Kononkova, N.N., and Mikouchi, T. (2000) Florenskyite, FeTiP, a new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite. American Mineralogist: 85: 1082-1086.

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    		[MinRec 32:213, Am. Min. (2000) 85, 1082–1086]; Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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