Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Kester deposit
- Kester harpolith
- Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya granite Massif
- Yana-Adycha Region
- Yana River Basin
- Verkhoyansk District
- Sakha
- Russia
67.2417°, 134.2000°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- Pnma
- Cell parameters
- a = 10.6286(4) Å · b = 18.3700(6) Å · c = 5.0206(2) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.728 : 0.472
- Type-locality form
Tabular colorless crystals.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2021-033
- Sergeysmirnoviet
- Unnamed (Mg-analogue of Hopeite)
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2021-033 · Sergeysmirnovit
- Russian
- Сергейсмирновит
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.CD
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.CPhosphates without additional anions, with H2ODivision
- 8.CDWith only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:2Group
- 8.CDSergeysmirnoviteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1991Haussühl, S., Middendorf, B., Dörffel, M. (1991) Structure and properties of hopeites (MgxZn1-x)3(PO4)2·4(H2O). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 93 (1). 9-16 doi:10.1016/0022-4596(91)90268-mDOI: 10.1016/0022-4596(91)90268-m
- 2018Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataliya G., Panikorovskii, Taras L., Bazai, Ayya, Mikhailova, Julia A., Bocharov, Vladimir N., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu., Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2018) Batagayite, CaZn2(Zn,Cu)6(PO4)4(PO3OH)3·12H2O, a new phosphate mineral from Këster tin deposit (Yakutia, Russia): occurrence and crystal structure. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (4) 591-601 doi:10.1007/s00710-017-0551-x DOI: 10.1007/s00710-017-0551-x
- 2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) Newsletter 62. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (4) 634-638 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.62DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2021.62
- 2022Yakovenchuk, V. N., Pakhomovsky, Y. A., Konopleva, N. G., Panikorovskii, T. L., Bazai, A. V., Mikhailova, J. A., Bocharov, V. N., Krivovichev, S. V. (2022) Sergeysmirnovite, MgZn2(PO4)2·4H2O, a new mineral from the Kester deposit (Sakha-Yakutia, Russia) Doklady Earth Sciences, 505 (2) 549-552 doi:10.1134/s1028334x22080177DOI: 10.1134/s1028334x22080177
- 2022Krivovichev, Sergey V., Panikorovskii, Taras L., Yakovenchuk, Victor N. (2022) The crystal structure of sergeysmirnovite, MgZn2(PO4)2·4H2O, and complexity of the hopeite group and related structures. Crystals, 12 (8) 1120 doi:10.3390/cryst12081120 DOI: 10.3390/cryst12081120
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Sergeysmirnovite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/sergeysmirnovite-55546},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}