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| Name: | Kupletskite Kpt |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #630: Rhodochrosite / Kupletskite / Aegirine / Albite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada |
| IMA Chemistry: | K2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Kupletskite contains elements: Potassium (K) Sodium (Na) Manganese (Mn) Titanium (Ti) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) Fluorine (F) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
| Year First Published: | 1956 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Semenov E I (1956) Kupletskite - a new mineral of the astrophyllite group, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 108, 933-936 Chemical composition revised according to: Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist 48, 1-16 |
| Structural Group Name: | Astrophyllite-Kupletskite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | astrophyllite |
| Crystal Systems: | triclinic|monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2500 Million Years Ago |
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