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Name: Usturite
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IMA Chemistry: Ca3(SbZr)(FeO4)3
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Usturite contains elements:
Calcium (Ca)
Antimony (Sb)
Zirconium (Zr)
Iron (Fe)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Russia
Year First Published: 2009
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Armbruster T, Lazic B, Dzierzanowski P, Gazeev V M, Prusik K, Pertsev N N, Winiarski A, Zadov A E, Wrzalik R, Gurbanov A G (2010) Bitikleite-(SnAl) and bitikleite-(ZrFe): New garnets from xenoliths of the Upper Chegem volcanic structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia, American Mineralogist 95, 959-967 Name changed from bitikleite-(ZrFe) to usturite: Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist 98, 785-811
Structural Group Name: Garnet
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: cubic
Oldest Known Age: 3 Million Years Ago
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