Achtaragdite
A discredited species name
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About Achtaragdite
Hydrogrossular-chlorite-carbonate pseudomorphs after very probably wadalite or some other hydrogarnet. The real protomineral for these pseudomorphs is not exactly known up to now.
Originally described from Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.
Originally described from Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
17
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:17:4
IMA Classification of Achtaragdite
Discredited
Approval history:
Discredited by IMA in 2006 (IMA 06–C) as a pseudomorph, cf. Burke 2006
Synonyms of Achtaragdite
Other Language Names for Achtaragdite
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Internet Links for Achtaragdite
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References for Achtaragdite
Reference List:
Galuskin, Eugeny, Galuskina, Irina (2002) Achtarandite – sponge hibschite pseudomorph after wadalite-like phase: internal morphology and mechanism of formation. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 178 (1) 63-74 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2002/0178-0063
Localities for Achtaragdite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Russia | |
| M.S. Alferova. Achtaragdite and gem varieties of garnets – derivatives of low-temperature metamorphism (Ahtarandit i samocvetnye raznovidnosti granatov – proizvodnye nizkogradnogo metamorfizma) |
| Alferova (2007) |
| Galuskina et al. (2010) |
| Clark (1993) +1 other reference |
Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia