ashcroftine-(Y)
Sign in to saveAshcroftine-(Y) is an alkali yttrium calcium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula KNa(Y,Ca)SiO(OH)(CO)·8HO. It was first identified in southern Greenland and named after British mineral collector Frederick Noel Ashcroft.
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It sits within the topics Calcium minerals, Carbonate minerals and Hydroxide minerals.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- inosilicate
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DN.15
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.DN.15
- Commons category
- Ashcroftine-(Y)
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Acf-Y
- chemical formula
- K₅Na₅Y₁₂Si₂₈O₇₀(OH)₂(CO₃)₈·8H₂O
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Ashcroftine-(Y) is an alkali yttrium calcium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula KNa(Y,Ca)SiO(OH)(CO)·8HO. It was first identified in southern Greenland and named after British mineral collector Frederick Noel Ashcroft.
== References ==
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