baratovite
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Baratovite is a very rare cyclosilicate mineral named after Rauf Baratovich Baratov from Tajikistan. It was discovered in 1974 at Dara-Pioz glacier, Tajikistan, and was approved by the International Mineralogical Association only a year later in 1975. The glacier gives home to 133 valid species, and is the type locality of 33 minerals, one of which is baratovite.
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- Named after
- Rauf Baratof
- Image
- Baratovite-266512.jpg
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- chemical formula
- KCa₇(Ti,Zr)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₆F₂
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.CJ.25
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.CJ.25
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Commons category
- Baratovite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Btv
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Properties
- Occurrences
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Baratovite is a very rare cyclosilicate mineral named after Rauf Baratovich Baratov from Tajikistan. It was discovered in 1974 at Dara-Pioz glacier, Tajikistan, and was approved by the International Mineralogical Association only a year later in 1975. The glacier gives home to 133 valid species, and is the type locality of 33 minerals, one of which is baratovite.
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