[Rockhounds] New Mineral Named After Haroun Tazieff

[Frederick Olmstead]

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Erich Kern wrote:

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>Dear all,
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>The new mineral tazieffite (IMA 2008-12) has been recently approved by
>International Mineralogical Association. This is a rare sulfosalt with
>a complex composition Pb10Cd(As,Bi)11S25Cl5, which grows at high
>temperature volcanic fumaroles. The name of the mineral is after
>Haroun Tazieff (Warszawa, May 11, 1914 - Paris, February 6, 1998)
>famous volcanologist who was a pioneer in field observation of active
>volcanoes. He was not a mineralogist, but he devoted his life for
>volcanic gas studying. The new mineral forms as a sublimates directly
>from volcanic gases, so it will be a good memorial for a man and a
>scientist like him.
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>The only known location of the mineral is so far Kamchatka peninsula,
>Mytnovsky volcano.
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>Ragards,
>Michael Zelenski <zelen at iem.ac.ru>
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