Hazenite Mineral Data

General Hazenite Information
Chemical Formula:	KNaMg2(PO4)2•14H2O
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 552.85 gm
	Potassium 7.07 % K 8.52 % K₂O
	Sodium 4.16 % Na 5.61 % Na₂O
	Magnesium 8.79 % Mg 14.58 % MgO
	Phosphorus 11.21 % P 25.67 % P₂O₅
	Hydrogen 5.10 % H 45.62 % H₂O
	Oxygen 63.67 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	KNaMg₂(PO₄)₂•14(H₂O)
Environment:	Found in dried-out or decomposed algae on porous calcium-carbonate (calcite and aragonite) substrates. Precipitated by microbes. Struvite group
IMA Status:	Proposed IMA 2007
Locality:	South shore of Mono Lake, California, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Robert M. Hazen, Senior Research Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington�s Geophysical Laboratory and the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at Georg e Mason University.
Synonym:	IMA2007-061