| Name: | Potassiccarpholite Pcar |
| IMA Chemistry: | K(Mn2+,Li)2Al4Si4O12(OH,F)8 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Potassiccarpholite contains elements: Potassium (K) Manganese (Mn) Lithium (Li) Aluminum (Al) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) Fluorine (F) |
| Country of Type Locality: | USA |
| Year First Published: | 2002 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Pinch W W (2004) Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, U.S.A., The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 121-124 Name changed from potassic-carpholite: Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135 |
| Structural Group Name: | Carpholite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | carpholite |
| Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 47 Million Years Ago |
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