Kuratite

Kuratite, named for Dr. Gero Kurat (1938–2009), meteorite researcher and Curator of the Meteorite Collection at the Vienna Natural History Museum, was first recognized as a new mineral by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification in 2014 from a small meteorite sample.

Kuratite
General
Category	Inosilicates
Formula	Ca2(Fe2+5Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
IMA symbol	Kur[1]
Crystal system	Triclinic
Crystal class	Pinacoidal (1) (same H-M symbol)
Space group	P1
Unit cell	a = 10.513(7) b = 10.887(7) c = 9.004(18) [Å] α = 105.97(13)° β = 96.00(12)° γ = 124.82(4)°; Z = 1
Identification
References	[2][3]