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Name: Potassic-sadanagaite
Psdg
IMA Chemistry: KCa2(Mg3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Potassic-sadanagaite contains elements:
Potassium (K)
Calcium (Ca)
Magnesium (Mg)
Aluminum (Al)
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Japan
Year First Published: 1982
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Shimazaki H, Bunno M, Ozawa T (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan, American Mineralogist 69, 465-471 Redefined, name changed from magnesio-sadanagaite to magnesiosadanagaite: Banno Y, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S, Makino K, Bunno M, Yamada S, Kamiya T (2004) Magnesiosadanagaite, a new member of the amphibole group from Kasuga-mura, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, European Journal of Mineralogy 16, 177-183 Name changed from magnesiosadanagaite to potassic-magnesiosadanagaite: Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1355-1362 Name changed from potassic-magnesiosadanagaite: Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup. American Mineralogist 97, 2031-2048
Structural Group Name: Amphibole
Fleischer's Group Name: amphibole-group 2 Ca
Crystal Systems: monoclinic
Oldest Known Age: 541 Million Years Ago
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