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Pakhomovskyite Mineral Data
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General Pakhomovskyite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Co3(PO4)2•8(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 504.18 gm |
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Magnesium 1.83 % Mg 3.04 % MgO |
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Manganese 1.85 % Mn 2.39 % MnO |
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Iron 0.33 % Fe 0.43 % FeO |
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Cobalt 27.82 % Co 35.37 % CoO |
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Nickel 0.47 % Ni 0.59 % NiO |
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Phosphorus 12.35 % P 28.29 % P2O5 |
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Hydrogen 3.34 % H 29.84 % H2O |
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Oxygen 52.01 % O |
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100.00 % 99.95 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Co2.38Ni0.04Fe2+0.03(PO4)2.01•8.35(H2O)Mg0.38Mn2+0.17 |
| Environment: |
Found in leached fissures within dykes of dolomite carbonatite in the "Anomalous" ore of the Iron-Ore complex. Vivianite group |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Yakov A. Pakhomovsky (b. 1948), a mineralogist of the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2004-021 |
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