Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Arsenatnaya fumarole
- Second scoria cone
- Northern Breakthrough (North Breach)
- Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)
- Tolbachik Volcanic field
- Milkovsky District
- Kamchatka Krai
- Russia
55.6833°, 160.2333°
1recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Crystallography
- Space group
- Pnma
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.1865(7) Å · b = 6.3559(5) Å · c = 13.668(1) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.776 : 1.670
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2021-005
- Milkovoiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2021-005 · Milkovoit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.BB
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.BPhosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2ODivision
- 8.BBWith only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1Group
- 8.BBMilkovoiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 61. European Journal of Mineralogy, 33 (3) 299-304 doi:10.5194/ejm-33-299-2021 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-33-299-2021
- 2022(2022) Milkovoite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Milkovoite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/milkovoite-55452},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}