Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Kalima
- Maniema
- DR Congo
-2.7149°, 26.2895°
57recorded occurrences
Physical
Crystallography
- Comment
No crystallography available
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Souxit
- Souxita
- Souxite
- Varlamoffiet
In other languages
- German
- Varlamoffit
- Italian
- Varlamoffite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.DB.05
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.DMetal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similarDivision
- 4.DBWith medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedraGroup
- 4.DB.05VarlamoffiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.04.04.02.01
- 04Simple OxidesClass
- 04.04AX2Type
- 04.04.02— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 04.04.02.01VarlamoffiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1947Buttgenbach, H. (1947) Les Minéraux de Belgique et du Congo belge. Dunod. 573pp.
- 1948Varlamoff, N. (1948) Materiaux pour l'étude du mineral d'étain (varlamoffite) occurrences, géologie et origine du minéral. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique.
- 1949Fleischer, M. (1949) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 34 (7-8). 618-620
- 1952Niggli, E. (1952). Untersuchungen an Varlamoffit. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 17(1), 207-214.
- 1952Russell, A., Vincent, E.A. (1952) On the occurrence of varlamoffite (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society: 29(216): 817-826.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Varlamoffite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/varlamoffite-4157},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}