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Name: Imogolite
Imo
IMA Chemistry: Al2SiO3(OH)4
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Imogolite contains elements:
Aluminum (Al)
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Japan
Year First Published: 1962
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Insufficiently defined, and so rejected by IMA: Yoshinaga N, Aomine S (1962) Imogolite in some Ando soils. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 8, 114-121 Approved as a mineral species: Bayliss P (1987) Mineralogical notes: mineral nomenclature: imogolite, Mineralogical Magazine 51, 327-327
Structural Group Name: Allophane
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems:
Oldest Known Age: 1600 Million Years Ago
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