Two Minerals — Two Fates: the History of Haitaite Discovery and the Discrediting of Eleonorite
- Authors: Rastsvetaeva R.K1
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Affiliations:
- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics”, RAS
- Issue: No 5 (2022)
- Pages: 54-56
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0032-874X/article/view/627668
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S0032874X22050076
- ID: 627668
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Abstract
There are relatively few minerals — no more than 6000; and every year this list is expanded by 50–60 new minerals discovered all over the world. Along with this, sometimes, a previously discovered mineral with a personal name is discredited for various reasons and excluded from the Mineral Cadastre with a full ban for the following use of its name for other minerals. This article reports on the recent discovery of a new mineral haitaite, a complex oxide from the crichtonite group, and the discrediting of the mineral eleonorite from the beraunite group.
About the authors
R. K Rastsvetaeva
Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics”, RAS
Email: rast.crys@gmail.com
Moscow, Russia
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