Category Halide mineral Strunz classification 3.AC.05 | Formula(repeating unit) AlF(OH)2 Colour Colorless | |
Crystal system Monoclinic, pseudo-orthorhombic Crystal habit Elongated prismatic cryatals, massive, drusy coatings | ||
Zharchikhite is a halide mineral, a hydroxyl fluoride of aluminium; formula AlF(OH)2. It forms colourless, transparent crystals. Discovered in 1968, it is named after its original locality, the Zharchinskoya Deposit, which is in Buryatia, Russia.
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