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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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