Czochralskiite
Czochralskiite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the phosphate class, with the chemical formula Na₄Ca₃Mg(PO₄)₄.
It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Pnma). It is a member of the Aphthitalite structural group.
Key properties: Mohs hardness 4–5; specific gravity 3.132; White streak; Vitreous luster; optically biaxial.
IMA symbol Cz, IMA status: approved, named in 2015.
A primary phase in graphite-bearing nodules, in an iron meteorite.
It is found associated with Graphite, triolite, schreibersite, cohenite, merrillite, brianite, fluorapatite, kamacite, taenite, tetrataenite.
The mineral was named to honor Jan Czochralski (1885-1953), a Polish chemist, crystallographer and metallurgist.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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