Name: | Megawite Mgw |
IMA Chemistry: | CaSnO3 |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Megawite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Tin (Sn) Oxygen (O) |
Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
Year First Published: | 2009 |
IMA Status: | Approved |
Status Notes: | Galuskin E V, Galuskina I O, Gazeev V M, Dzierzanowski P, Prusik K, Pertsev N N, Zadov A E, Bailau R, Gurbanov A G (2011) Megawite, CaSnO_3_: a new perovskite-group mineral from skarns of the Upper Chegem caldera, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia, Mineralogical Magazine 75, 2563-2572 |
Structural Group Name: | Perovskite |
Fleischer's Group Name: | |
Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
Oldest Known Age: | 3 Million Years Ago |
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