Zakharovite is a
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. ( ...
, a silicate of sodium and manganese; formula
Na4 Mn5 Si10 O24(O
H)
6·6
H2O. It has a yellow colour with a pearly lustre. Discovered in 1982 in the
Kola peninsula
sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк
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of Northern
Russia
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, it is named after Evgeny Evgenevich Zakharov (1902–1980), the director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration.
See also
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List of minerals
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References
Webmineral data
Sodium minerals
Manganese(II) minerals
Phyllosilicates
Geology of Russia
Trigonal minerals
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