kryzhanovskiten.
/krɪʒəˈnɒvskʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A greenish-brown hydrated basic phosphate of manganese and ferric iron, MnFe2(PO4)2(OH)2·H2O, found in Kazakhstan.
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1951 Mineral. Abstr. XI. 189 Kryzhanovskite, a new mineral in the group of phosphates... Rough crystals (2–3 cm.) of prismatic habit occur..in the oxidation zone of pegmatite.
1971 Amer. Mineralogist 56 5 Since kryzhanovskite is predominantly the ferric equivalent of the phosphoferrite group, the species has valid status and the name is to apply to all members of the phosphoferrite group containing an excess of 50 mol percent Fe3+ in the octahedral sites.
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