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Florenskyite
A valid IMA mineral species
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Cyrill P. Florensky
Formula:
FeTiP
Lustre:
Metallic
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Member of:
Name:
Named in honor of Cyrill Pavlovich Florensky (Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский) (27 December 1915, Sergiyev Posad, Russian Empire - 9 April 1982, Moscow, Russia), geochemist and planetologist, and one of the founders of the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He was given many awards and the Florensky Crater on the Moon is also named after him.
Type Locality:
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
6947
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:6947:8
IMA Classification of Florenskyite
Approved
Approval year:
1999
First published:
2000
Classification of Florenskyite
1.BD.15
1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Hydrides
D : Phosphides
1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Hydrides
D : Phosphides
1.1.32.1
1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
| Symbol | Source | Reference for Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Fsk | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
Physical Properties of Florenskyite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Chemistry of Florenskyite
Mindat Formula:
FeTiP
Element Weights:
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Florenskyite
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm(2/m2/m2/m) - Dipyramidal
Cell Parameters:
a = 6.007(1) Å, b = 3.602(1) Å, c = 6.897(1) Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 1.668 : 1 : 1.915
Unit Cell V:
149.23 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
4
Comment:
Space Group: Pnma; (Synthetic FeTiP)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
| d-spacing | Intensity |
|---|---|
| 2.301 Å | (100) |
| 2.188 Å | (88) |
| 2.307 Å | (47) |
| 1.938 Å | (45) |
| 1.801 Å | (45) |
| 1.115 Å | (38) |
| 1.923 Å | (34) |
Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
| Paragenetic Mode | Earliest Age (Ga) |
|---|---|
| Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration | 4.566-4.550 |
| 6 : Secondary asteroid phases | 4.566-4.560 |
Type Occurrence of Florenskyite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Isolated grains to 14 micrometers
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Meteorite Curation Facility,NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Synonyms of Florenskyite
Other Language Names for Florenskyite
Relationship of Florenskyite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of Florenskyite Group:
| Allabogdanite | (Fe,Ni)2P | Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma |
| Andreyivanovite | FeCrP | Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma |
| Grammatikopoulosite | NiVP | Orth. |
| Nickolayite | FeMoP | Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
| 1.BD. | Murashkoite | FeP |
| 1.BD. | Orishchinite | Ni2P |
| 1.BD. | Nickolayite | FeMoP |
| 1.BD. | Grammatikopoulosite | NiVP |
| 1.BD. | Negevite | NiP2 |
| 1.BD. | Halamishite | Ni5P4 |
| 1.BD. | Transjordanite | Ni2P |
| 1.BD. | Zuktamrurite | FeP2 |
| 1.BD.05 | Nickelphosphide | (Ni,Fe)3P |
| 1.BD.05 | Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| 1.BD.10 | Barringerite | (Fe,Ni)2P |
| 1.BD.10 | Monipite | MoNiP |
| 1.BD.15 | Allabogdanite | (Fe,Ni)2P |
| 1.BD.15 | Andreyivanovite | FeCrP |
| 1.BD.20 | Melliniite | (Ni,Fe)4P |
| 1.BD.35 | Nazarovite | Ni12P5 |
| 1.BD.45 | Polekhovskyite | MoNiP2 |
| 1.BD.50 | Tsikourasite | Mo3Ni2P1+x |
| 1.BD.60 | Badengzhuite | TiP |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Florenskyite
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References for Florenskyite
Reference List:
Ivanov, Andrei V., Zolensky, Michael E., Saito, Akihiro, Ohsumi, Kazumasa, Yang, S. Vincent, Kononkova, Nataliya N., Mikouchi, Takashi (2000) Florenskyite, FeTiP, a new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite. American Mineralogist, 85 (7) 1082-1086 doi:10.2138/am-2000-0725
Localities for Florenskyite
Showing 2 localities.
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(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Poland | |
| Kruszewski et al. (2012) |
Yemen (TL) | |
| [MinRec 32:213 (2000) +1 other reference |
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