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Name: Sorosite
Sor
IMA Chemistry: Cu1+x(Sn,Sb)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Sorosite contains elements:
Copper (Cu)
Tin (Sn)
Antimony (Sb)
Country of Type Locality: Russia
Year First Published: 1994
IMA Status: Approved
Status Notes: Barkov A Y, Laajoki K V O, Gornostayev S S, Pakhomovskii Y A, Men'shikov Y P (1998) Sorosite, Cu(Sn,Sb), a new mineral from the Baimka placer deposit, western Chukotka, Russian Far East, American Mineralogist 83, 901-906 Chemical formula revised: Barkov A Y, Martin R F, Shi L (2006) New data on type–locality sorosite: Compositional variations, zoning, and a revised formula, The Canadian Mineralogist 44, 1469-1480
Structural Group Name: Nickeline
Fleischer's Group Name: nickeline
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 89.9 Million Years Ago
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