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| Name: | Cadmium Cd |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #757: Smithsonite var. Cadmium Yunnan, China |
| IMA Chemistry: | Cd |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Cadmium contains elements: Cadmium (Cd) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
| Year First Published: | 1818 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | The element is discovered and named: Stromeyer F (1818) Untersuchungen über das Kadmium, Journal für Chemie und Physik 22, 362-377 Novgorodova M I, Zhivtsov D A, Gorshkov A I, Trubkin N V, Tsepin A I (1982) Native cadmium from southern Verkhoyan'ya. Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111, 304-315 |
| Structural Group Name: | |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | zinc |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 173.8 Million Years Ago |
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