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Nikmelnikovite, Ca12Fe2+Fe33+Al3(SiO4)6(OH)20: A New Mineral from the Kovdor Massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

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DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 488, Issue 2, Pages 1200-1202

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MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X19100143

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  1. Federal Research Center Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences [0226-2019-0051, 0186-2019-0011]
  2. Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences [I-48]
  3. Council for Grants of the President of the Russian Federation for Support of Leading Scientific Schools [NSh-3079.2018.5]

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Nikmelnikovite, Ca12Fe2+Fe Al3(SiO4)6(OH)20, a new mineral from the Kovdor massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia), is described. It is the first trigonal representative of the garnet supergroup. The mineral is named in honor of Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Melnikov (1938-2018), an outstanding Soviet and Russia mining engineer, long-time (1981-2015) director of the Mining Institute of the Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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