Name: | Avogadrite Avg |
IMA Chemistry: | KBF4 |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Avogadrite contains elements: Potassium (K) Boron (B) Fluorine (F) |
Country of Type Locality: | Italy |
Year First Published: | 1926 |
IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
Status Notes: | Zambonini F (1926) Sulla presenza, tra i prodotti dell' attuale attivita del Vesuvio, di una varietá cesifera del fluoborato di potassio, (On the presence, among the products of Vesuvius, of a caesium-bearing variety of potassium fluoborate), Accademia Nazionale del Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fische, Matematiche e Naturali, Rendiconti, Roma 3, 644-649 |
Structural Group Name: | Baryte |
Fleischer's Group Name: | |
Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
Oldest Known Age: | 23 Million Years Ago |
Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
Specific Gravity: | 2.9 |
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