{{Infobox mineral | name = Petrovite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | struct image = | struct caption = | struct imagesize = | struct2 image = | struct2 caption = | struct2 imagesize= | SMILES = | Jmol = | category = | formula = Na<sub>10</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>8</sub> | IMAsymbol = | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = Blue, green | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }} '''Petrovite''' is a blue and green mineral, with the chemical formula of Na<sub>10</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>8</sub>. It contains atoms of oxygen (O), sodium (Na), sulphur (S), calcium (Ca) and copper (Cu) in a porous framework. It has potential as a cathode material in sodium-ion rechargeable batteries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Newly discovered mineral petrovite could revolutionize batteries|url=https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/newly-discovered-mineral-petrovite-could-revolutionize-batteries?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5?rebelltitem=5|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Big Think|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Petrovite: Scientists discover a new mineral in Kamchatka|url=https://phys.org/news/2020-11-scientists-mineral-kamchatka.html|access-date=2021-01-16|website=phys.org|language=en}}</ref>
It was discovered in volcanic lava flows in the Kamchatka region of Russia's far east and first described in 2020.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Filatov|first1=Stanislav K.|last2=Shablinskii|first2=Andrey P.|last3=Krivovichev|first3=Sergey V.|last4=Vergasova|first4=Lidiya P.|last5=Moskaleva|first5=Svetlana V.|date=October 2020|title=Petrovite, Na10CaCu2(SO4)8, a new fumarolic sulfate from the Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|language=en|volume=84|issue=5|pages=691–698|doi=10.1180/mgm.2020.53|bibcode=2020MinM...84..691F |s2cid=225662607 |issn=0026-461X|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Category:Sodium minerals Category:Calcium minerals Category:Copper minerals Category:Sulfate minerals Category:Minerals described in 2020
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