elkinstantonite
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Elkinstantonite is a mineral with formula that was first generated in a laboratory in the 1980s and first identified from natural origins in 2022, when the official mineral designation was also given. It is monoclinic, with space group P21/c (space group 14).
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Vinony files it under Iron(II) minerals, Meteorite minerals and Minerals in space group 13.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
- Named after
- Lindy Elkins-Tanton
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Elk
- chemical formula
- Fe₄(PO₄)₂O
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Elkinstantonite is a mineral with formula that was first generated in a laboratory in the 1980s and first identified from natural origins in 2022, when the official mineral designation was also given. It is monoclinic, with space group P21/c (space group 14).
== History == Elkinstantonite was first identified in nature by scientists from the University of Alberta who were given a 70-gram piece of an ancient 15-ton El Ali meteorite that landed in Somalia and was first noticed by the international scientific community in 2020. Elkinstantonite was named after NASA scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
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