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Name and first discovery : Named after the type locality in the Altai Mountains in eastern Kazakhstan, where altaite was first discovered in 1829 by Gustav Rose during Alexander von Humboldt's expedition through Russia. Wilhelm Ritter von Haidinger named it altaite in 1845.
Abbreviation : Alt
literature
Berry, L.G., & Thompson, R.M. (1962). X-ray powder data for ore minerals: the Peacock atlas (Vol. 85). Geological Society of America.
