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New minerals, nomenclature, and classification
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11 Feb 2025
New minerals, nomenclature, and classification |
| 11 Feb 2025
| 11 Feb 2025
Andreybulakhite, Ni(C2O4) ⋅ 2H2O, the first natural nickel oxalate
Oleg S. Vereshchagin
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Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Sergey N. Britvin
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Str. 14, Apatity, 184200, Russia
Dmitrii V. Pankin
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Marina S. Zelenskaya
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Maria A. Kuz'mina
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Natalia S. Vlasenko
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya
Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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Andreybulakhite, ideally Ni(C2O4) · 2H2O, is a new oxalate mineral, which was discovered on the Kola Peninsula, Russia. Andreybulakhite forms segregations of crystals up to 2 × 1 × 1 mm in size disseminated within the fruiting bodies of Lecanora cf. polytropa lichen, whose colonies overgrow the oxidized surfaces of pyrrhotite–pentlandite–chalcopyrite ore. Andreybulakhite is named in honour of Andrey Glebovich Bulakh of Saint Petersburg State University.
Andreybulakhite, ideally Ni(C2O4) · 2H2O, is a new oxalate mineral, which was discovered on the...
