It was first described in 1937[3] and received its name to honor the Swedish mineralogist and artist Gregori Aminoff (1883–1947), who was an expert in the mineralogy of Långban and worked at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Aminoffites are found as well-formed crystals in veins and cavities in massive magnetite and limonite.

It is usually found associated with other minerals such as: magnetite, goethite, fluorite, calcite and baryte.

It has also been found in the alkaline massif in Dugdu of Tuva in Russia and Taronga of New South Wales in Australia.

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