Name: | Fluorstrophite Fstr |
IMA Chemistry: | SrCaSr3(PO4)3F |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Fluorstrophite contains elements: Strontium (Sr) Calcium (Ca) Phosphorus (P) Oxygen (O) Fluorine (F) |
Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
Year First Published: | 1962 |
IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
Status Notes: | Efimov A F, Kravchenko S M, Vasil’eva Z V (1962) Strontium-apatite — a new mineral, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 142, 439-442 Name changed from strontium-apatite to apatite-(SrOH): Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135 Name changed from apatite-(SrOH) to fluorstrophite, and chemical formula revised: Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy 22, 163-179 |
Structural Group Name: | Apatite |
Fleischer's Group Name: | apatite |
Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
Oldest Known Age: | 2500 Million Years Ago |
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