It was first described in 1967 for an occurrence in the Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina.[2] It was named for Argentine geologist brothers, Carlos Ameghino (1865–1936) and Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911).[3]
ameghinite, h4b3o7, nab3o3, mineral, found, argentina, soft, mineral, with, mohs, hardness, monoclinic, crystal, system, generalcategorynesoboratesformula, repeating, unit, nab3o3, 4ima, symbolagh, strunz, classification6, 10crystal, systemmonocliniccrystal, c. Ameghinite Na H4B3O7 2 or NaB3O3 OH 4 3 4 is a mineral found in Argentina It is a soft mineral with a Mohs hardness of 2 3 Ameghinite has a monoclinic crystal system AmeghiniteGeneralCategoryNesoboratesFormula repeating unit NaB3O3 OH 4IMA symbolAgh 1 Strunz classification6 CA 10Crystal systemMonoclinicCrystal classPrismatic 2 m same H M symbol Space groupC2 cIt was first described in 1967 for an occurrence in the Tincalayu Mine Salar Del Hombre Muerto Salta Argentina 2 It was named for Argentine geologist brothers Carlos Ameghino 1865 1936 and Florentino Ameghino 1854 1911 3 References edit Warr L N 2021 IMA CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291 320 Bibcode 2021MinM 85 291W doi 10 1180 mgm 2021 43 S2CID 235729616 a b Mindat org a b Handbook of Mineralogy Webmineral data nbsp This article about a specific mineral or mineraloid is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ameghinite amp oldid 1153800631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
