Florenskyite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Cyrill P. Florensky

Formula:

FeTiP

Lustre:

Metallic

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Member of:

Florenskyite Group

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:

ⓘ Kaidun meteorite, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen

First approved Ti phosphide mineral, second to badengzhuite; compare 'UM1986-25-P:Ti'.

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Mindat ID:

6947

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:6947:8

GUID
(UUID V4):

eb0893f6-8354-4793-9bf6-0b7844c9f3f9

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Reference List:

Ivanov, A.V., Zolensky, M.E., Saito, A., Ohsumi, K., Yang, S.V., Kononkova, N.N., Mikouchi, T. (2000) Florenskyite, FeTiP, a new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite. American Mineralogist: 85: 1082-1086.

Ivanov, A.V., Zolensky, M.E., Saito, A., Ohsumi, K., Yang, S.V., Kononkova, N.N., Mikouchi, T. (2000) Florenskyite, FeTiP, a new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite. American Mineralogist: 85: 1082-1086.

Mandarino, J.A. (2002) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 1215-1234.

Mikouchi, T., Zolensky, M., Tachikawa, O., Komatsu, M., Ivanova, M.A., Le, L., Gounelle, M. (2006) Electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of two unusual minerals in carbonaceous chondrites. Lunar and Planetary Science: 37: 1855-1855.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Poland
Silesian Voivodeship Rybnik County Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny ⓘ Dębieńsko Mine heap ?	Kruszewski, Ł., Ciesielczuk, J., Misz-Kennan, M. (2012): What have meteorites to do with coal fires? A case of Upper and Lower Silesian Basins. Mineralogia Special Papers 40: 28-30
Yemen (TL)
Hadhramaut Governorate ⓘ Kaidun meteorite (TL)	[MinRec 32:213, Am. Min. (2000) 85, 1082–1086] Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)