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Native Element

Florenskyite

FeTiP
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
ClassNative Element

Florenskyite

Florenskyite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the native element class, with the chemical formula FeTiP.

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Pnma). It is a member of the Barringerite structural group.

Key properties: Metallic luster.

IMA symbol Fsk, IMA status: approved, named in 1999.

Found in one polished section from a meteorite breccia containing a huge variety of fragments of different chondritic types (e.g. CR, CM, CI, R, EH, and EL classes of carbonaceous, Rumaruti, and enstatite chondrites).

It is found associated with Fe-rich serpentine, pentlandite, andreyivanovite.

The mineral was named to honor Cyrill P. Florensky (1915-1982), Russian geochemist, a founder of planetology (Colleagues in the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology, 1985).

Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet. Browse more F minerals or help write this entry.