Zakharovite
# Zakharovite

Zakharovite is a mineral, a silicate of sodium and manganese; formula $Na_4Mn_5Si_{10}O_{24}(OH)_6·6H_2O.$ It has a yellow colour with a pearly lustre. Discovered in 1982 in the Kola peninsula of Northern Russia, it is named after Evgeny Evgenevich Zakharov (1902–1980), the director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration.

