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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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