Ashcroftine-(Y)
Appearance
Ashcroftine-(Y) is an alkali yttrium calcium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula K5Na5(Y,Ca)12Si28O70(OH)2(CO3)8·8H2O. It was first identified in southern Greenland and named after British mineral collector Frederick Noel Ashcroft.[1]
References
- ^ Ashcroftine-(Y) Archived 2019-04-06 at the Wayback Machine on mindat.org
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External links
- Ashcroftine-(Y) data sheet
- Ashcroftine-(Y) on the Handbook of Mineralogy