Dmitryivanovite
A calcium-aluminium oxide reported in 2009 inside a calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion in the NWA 470 meteorite.
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Dmitryivanovite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the oxides & hydroxide class, with the chemical formula CaAl₂O₄.
It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P2_1/c).
IMA symbol Div, IMA status: approved, named in 2006.
Found in a Ca, Al-rich inclusion (CAI) in a CH3 chondrite meteorite.
It is found associated with Grossite, melilite, perovskite, gehlenite.
The mineral was named to honor Dmitriy A. Ivanov (1962-1986), a geologist, mineralogist, and petrologist who died tragically on a field expedition to study igneous rocks in the Caucasus Mountains.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data and a Wikipedia introduction — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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