akdalaite
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thumb | right | White vitreous crystal aggregates of the extremely rare Al mineral akdalaite from the TL (Solnechnoye Mine, Kara-Oba, Karazhal, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan) and only one of 6 known localities worldwide. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Akdalaite (IMA symbol: Akd) is a very rare mineral found in Kazakhstan and has the formula . It was formerly believed to be . It is therefore the same as tohdite an artificially produced phase. Studies on the crystal structure and spectra indicate that this is an aluminium oxide hydroxide.
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It sits within the topics Aluminium minerals, Hexagonal minerals and Minerals described in 1969.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- chemical formula
- Al₅O₇(OH)
- Commons category
- Akdalaite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Akd
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.FL.70
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.FL.05
- crystal system
- hexagonal crystal system
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thumb | right | White vitreous crystal aggregates of the extremely rare Al mineral akdalaite from the TL (Solnechnoye Mine, Kara-Oba, Karazhal, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan) and only one of 6 known localities worldwide. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Akdalaite (IMA symbol: Akd) is a very rare mineral found in Kazakhstan and has the formula . It was formerly believed to be . It is therefore the same as tohdite an artificially produced phase. Studies on the crystal structure and spectra indicate that this is an aluminium oxide hydroxide.
==References==
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