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Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye;

Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero

Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja

Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

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Formula: Na

8(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,O)

5· 14H

2O

System: Orthorhombic Colour: Rose-red

Lustre: Vitreous Hardness: 3 - 4

Member of: Xonotlite Group

Name: From Russian "zoria", meaning "the rosy radiance of the sky at dawn", alluding to its colour.

The structure of Zorite contains double dreier chains of (SiO4) tetrahedra, which are linked by Ti cations into a three-dimensional framework . A topologically identical framework is found in the structures of Haineaultite (the Ca-analogue of Zorite), Chivruaiite, and the synthetic Zorite analogue ETS-4 (Men'shikovet al., 2006).

Classification of Zorite

IMA status: Approved 1972

Strunz 8th edition ID: 8/F.22-10

Nickel-Strunz 10th

(pending) edition ID:9.DG.45

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)

D : Inosilicates

G : Inosilicates with 3-periodic single and multiple chains

Dana 8th edition ID: 66.3.1.2

66 : INOSILICATES Double-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=2)

3 : Amphiboles - Ca-Na subgroup

Hey's CIM Ref.: 16.14.1

16 : Silicates Containing Aluminum and other Metals

14 : Aluminosilicates of Ti, Zr, Sn and Pb

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Type Occurrence of Zorite

Type Locality: Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Year of Discovery: 1972

Physical Properties of Zorite

Lustre: Vitreous

Diaphaneity

(Transparency):Transparent

Colour: Rose-red

Hardness (Mohs): 3 - 4

Crystallography of Zorite

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Cell Parameters: a = 23.91Å, b = 7.23Å, c = 14.24Å

Ratio: a:b:c = 3.307 : 1 : 1.97

Unit Cell Volume: V 2,461.66 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell )

Optical Data of Zorite

Type: Biaxial

Dispersion: r > v strong

Chemical Properties of Zorite

Formula: Na

8(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,O)

5· 14H

2O

Simplified for copy/paste: Na8(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5·14H2O

Essential elements: H, Na, O, Si, Ti

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All elements listed in

formula:

H, Na, Nb, O, Si, Ti

Common Impurities: Zr,Fe,Nb,Ta,Mn,Mg,Ca,K,F,C,P

Relationship of Zorite to other Species

Member of: Xonotlite Group

Other Members of Group:

- +

Chivruaiite Ca

4(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,O)

5· 13-14H

2O

Haineaultite (Na,Ca)

5Ca(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,F)

8· 5H

2O

Xonotlite Ca

6(Si

6O

17)(OH)

2

Related Minerals -

Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +

9.DG.05 Bustamite CaMn2+

(Si

2O

6)

9.DG.05 Ferrobustamite Ca(Fe2+

,Ca,Mn

2+

)(Si

2O

6)

9.DG.05 Pectolite NaCa

2(HSi

3O

9)

9.DG.05 Sérandite Na(Mn2+

,Ca)

2(HSi

3O

9)

9.DG.05 Wollastonite CaSiO

3

9.DG.05 Wollastonite-1A CaSiO

3

9.DG.07 Cascandite Ca(Sc,Fe3+

)(HSi

3O

9)

9.DG.08 Plombièrite Ca

5

(HSi

3

O

9

)

2

· 7H

2

O

9.DG.10 Clinotobermorite Ca

5(Si

6O

17) · 5H

2O

9.DG.10 Riversideite Ca

5(HSi

3O

9)

2· 2H

2O

9.DG.10 Tobermorite Ca

4+x(H

2-2xSi

6O

17) · 5H

2O

9.DG.15 Foshagite Ca

4(Si

3O

9)(OH)

2

9.DG.20 Jennite Ca

9(Si

3O

9)

2(OH)

8· 8H

2O

9.DG.25 Paraumbite K

3Zr

2H(Si

3O

9)

2· nH

2O

9.DG.25 Umbite K

2(Zr,Ti)Si

3O

9· H

2O

9.DG.30 Sørensenite Na

4SnBe

2Si

6O

16(OH)

4

9.DG.35 Xonotlite Ca

6(Si

6O

17)(OH)

2

9.DG.40 Hillebrandite Ca

2(SiO

3)(OH)

2

9.DG.45 Chivruaiite Ca

4(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,O)

5· 13-14H

2O

9.DG.50 Haineaultite (Na,Ca)

5Ca(Ti,Nb)

5(Si

6O

17)

2(OH,F)

8· 5H

2O

9.DG.55 Epididymite Na

2Be

2Si

6O

15· H

2O

9.DG.60 Eudidymite Na

2Be

2Si

6O

15· H

2O

9.DG.65 Elpidite Na

2ZrSi

6O

15· 3H

2O

9.DG.70 Fenaksite (K,Na)

4(Fe,Mn)

2(Si

4O

10)

2(OH,F)

9.DG.70 Litidionite CuNaKSi

4O

10

9.DG.70 Manaksite KNaMnSi

4O

10

9.DG.75 Tinaksite K

2Na(Ca,Mn

2+

)

2Ti[O|Si

7O

18(OH)]

9.DG.75 Tokkoite K

2Ca

4Si

7O

17(O,OH,F)

4

9.DG.75 Senkevichite CsKNaCa

2Ti[O|Si

7O

18(OH)]

9.DG.80 Canasite K

2Na

4Ca

5(Si

12O

30(OH,F)

4

9.DG.80 Fluorcanasite K

3Na

3Ca

5Si

12O

30F

4· H

2O

9.DG.85 Miserite K(Ca,Ce)

4Si

5O

13(OH)

3

9.DG.90 Frankamenite K

3Na

3Ca

5(Si

12O

30)(F,OH)

4· H

2O

9.DG.92 Charoite (K,Sr)

15-16(Ca,Na)

32[Si

6O

11(O,OH)

6]

2[Si

12O

18(O,OH)

12]

2[Si

17O

25(O,OH)

18]

2(OH,F)

4· ~3H

2O

9.DG.95 Yuksporite (K,Ba)NaCa

2(Si,Ti)

4O

11(F,OH) · H

2O

9.DG.97 Eveslogite (Na,K,Ca,Sr,Ba)

48[(Ti,Nb,Mn,Fe

2+

)

12Si

48O

144(OH)

12](F,OH,Cl)

14

Related Minerals - Hey's

Index Grouping:

- +

16.14.2 Vinogradovite (Na,Ca,K)

4Ti

4AlSi

6O

23(OH) · 2H

2O

16.14.3 Rhönite Ca

2(Mg,Fe

2+

,Fe

3+

,Ti)

6[O

2|(Si,Al)

6O

18]

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16.14.4 Kaersutite {Na}{Ca 2 }{Mg 3 AlTi}(Al 2 Si 6 O 22 )O 2

16.14.5 Ferro-kaersutite {Na}{Ca

2

}{Fe2+

3

AlTi}(Al

2

Si

6

O

22

)O

2

16.14.6 Jonesite Ba

4(K,Na)

2Ti

4Al

2(Si

3O

9)

2(SiO

4)

4O

2· 6H

2O

16.14.7 Lourenswalsite (K,Ba)

2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)

4(Si,Al,Fe)

6O

14(OH)

12

16.14.8 Labuntsovite-Mn Na

4K

4(Ba,K)

2Mn

2+

(Ti,Nb)

8(Si

4O

12)

4(O,OH)

8· 10-12H

2O

16.14.9 Kimzeyite Ca

3(Zr,Ti)

2((Si,Al,Fe

3+

)O

4)

3

16.14.10 Ellenbergerite Mg

6(Mg,Ti,Zr, )

2(Al,Mg)

6Si

8O

28(OH)

10

16.14.11 Carlosturanite (Mg,Fe,Ti)

21(Si,Al)

12O

28(OH)

34•H

2O

16.14.12 Eakerite Ca

2SnAl

2Si

6O

18(OH)

2· 2H

2O

16.14.13 Plumalsite Pb

4Al

2(SiO

3)

7

16.14.14 Wickenburgite CaPb

3Al

2Si

10O

24(OH)

6

16.14.15 Maricopaite Pb

7Ca

2(Si,Al)

48O

100· 32H

2O

16.14.16 Epidote-(Pb) {CaPb}{Al

2Fe

3+

}(Si

2O

7)(SiO

4)O(OH)

16.14.17 Burckhardtite Pb

2(Fe

3+

,Mn

3+

)Te

4+

(AlSi

3O

10)O

2(OH)

2· H

2O

16.14.18 Mathewrogersite Pb

7FeAl

3GeSi

12O

36(OH,H

2O)

6

Other Names for Zorite

Synonyms: IMA1972-011

Other Languages: German: Zorit

Russian: Зорит

Simplified Chinese: 佐硅钛钠石

Spanish: Zorita

Traditional Chinese: 佐矽鈦鈉石

Other Information

Health Warning: No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Zorite

Reference List:

- +

Mer'kov, A.N., Bussen, I.V., Goiko, E.A., Kul'chitskaya, E.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P., and Nedorezova, A.P. (1973) Raite and zorite - new minerals from the

Lovozero Tundra. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 102(1): 54-62 (in Russian).

American Mineralogist (1973): 58: 1113-1114.

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials: 21: 143-153.

Soviet Physics – Crystallography (1979): 24: 686.

Men'shikov, Y.P., Krivovichev, S.V., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Mikhailova, J.A., Armbruster, T., and Selivanova, E.A. (2006)

Chivruaiite , Ca4(Ti,Nb)5[(Si6O17)2|(OH,O)5]·13-14H2O, a new mineral from hydrothermal veins of Khibiny and Lovozero alkaline massifs. American

Mineralogist 91, 922-928.

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Northern Region

Murmanskaja Oblast'

Kola Peninsula

Lovozero Massif

Karnasurt Mt

Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) (TL)

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crystal structure and refined formula of mountainite, KNa2Ca2 [Si8O19 (OH)]⊙ 6 H2O. Zeitschrift für

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