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Kasatkinite

About

Named to honour Anatoly Vital'evich Kasatkin (b.1970), mineralogist and systematic mineral collector from Moscow, who discovered the mineral.

Type Locality
Arsenatnaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure, Tolbachik, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Mineral Data
Ba2Ca8B5Si8O32(OH)3·6H2O
Physical Properties
Colour: 
White
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Synonyms
Synonyms: 
IMA2011-045