allabogdanite
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Allabogdanite is a very rare phosphide mineral with the chemical formula , found in 1994 in a meteorite. It was described for an occurrence in the Onello meteorite in the Onello River basin, Sakha Republic; Yakutia, Russia; associated with taenite, schreibersite, kamacite, graphite and awaruite. It was named for Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Allabogdanite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphide mineral
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Abg
- Mineral.strunz
- 1.BD.15
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnma
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.748, b = 3.548 c = 6.661 [Å]; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Light straw-yellow
- Mineral.habit
- Minute exolution laminae in plessite
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 5–6
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Opaque
- Mineral.gravity
- 7.11
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Allabogdanite is a very rare phosphide mineral with the chemical formula , found in 1994 in a meteorite. It was described for an occurrence in the Onello meteorite in the Onello River basin, Sakha Republic; Yakutia, Russia; associated with taenite, schreibersite, kamacite, graphite and awaruite. It was named for Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova.
In a June 2021 study, scientists reported the discovery of terrestrial allabogdanite in a sedimentary formation. It is located in the Negev desert of Israel, just southwest of the Dead Sea.
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