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Avogadrite
Halide mineral

Avogadrite ((K,Cs)BF4) is a potassium-caesium tetrafluoroborate in the halide class. Avogadrite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group Pnma) with cell parameters a 8.66 Å, b 5.48 Å and c Å 7.03.

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History

The mineral was discovered by the Italian mineralogist Ferruccio Zambonini in 1926. He analyzed several samples from the volcanic fumaroles close to Mount Vesuvius and from the Lipari islands. In nature, it can only be found as a sublimation product around volcanic fumaroles.1 He named it after the Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856).2

Bibliography

  • Palache, P.; Berman H.; Frondel, C. (1960). "Dana's System of Mineralogy, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. (Seventh Edition)" John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 97-98.
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References

  1. "Handbook of Mineralogy: Avogadrite" (PDF). The Mineralogical Society of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2010-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218224538/http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/AVOGADRITE.pdf

  2. Zambonini, Ferruccio (1926). "Sulla presenza, tra i prodotti dell'attuale attività del Vesuvio, di una varietà cesifera del fluoborato di potassio, (On the presence, among the products of Vesuvius, of a caesium-bearing variety of potassium fluoborate), Rend. Accad. Lincei". 6 (III): 644–649. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) /wiki/Template:Cite_journal