Kalininite (
Zn Cr2 S4) is a
thiospinel mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2 ...
found in
Russia
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in 1985 in the Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region. It was named for P. V. Kalinin, Russian mineralogist and petrologist, investigator of the southern Baikal region.
References
MindatWebmineralHandbook of Mineralogy
Chromium minerals
Zinc minerals
Thiospinel group
Geology of Russia
Cubic minerals
Minerals in space group 227
Minerals described in 1985
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