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Olenite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Olenite, etc.

Olenii Ridge, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Olenite, etc.

Trastallhof, Fohra, Kottes-Purk, Zwettl District, Lower Austria, Austria

Olenite, etc.

Palelni mine, Khetchel village, Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar

Olenite, etc.

Olenii Ridge, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Olenite, etc.

Trastallhof, Fohra, Kottes-Purk, Zwettl District, Lower Austria, Austria

Olenite, etc.

Palelni mine, Khetchel village, Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar

Olenite, etc.

Olenii Ridge, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Olenite, etc.

Trastallhof, Fohra, Kottes-Purk, Zwettl District, Lower Austria, Austria

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About OleniteHide

Formula:

NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)

Colour:

Light pink, blue, pale bluish, pale greenish, colourless

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

3.010

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Tourmaline Group

Name:

Named for the type locality area, an unspecified granite pegmatite on the small Olenii Ridge, Kola Peninsula, Russia.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Olenii Ridge (Oleny), Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

A very Al-rich member of the Tourmaline Group.
Forms solid solutions with elbaite and schorl, also with alumino-oxy-rossmanite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2972

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2972:4

Similar NamesHide

Allanita	A synonym of 'Allanite'
Allanite	A synonym of Allanite Group
Allanite-(Ce)	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	(CaCe)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Allanite-(La)	A valid IMA mineral species	(CaLa)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Allanite-(Nd)	A valid IMA mineral species	(CaNd)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Allanite-(Sm)	A valid IMA mineral species	(CaSm)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Allanite-(Y)	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	(CaY)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Allenite	A synonym of Pentahydrite
Alunite	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
Odenite	A synonym of Biotite
Oenite	A valid IMA mineral species	CoSbAs
Okenite	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆ · 18H₂O
Okenite (of Rink)	A synonym of Wollastonite
Ollenite	A rock subtype
Olsenite	A valid IMA mineral species	KFe₄(PO₄)₃
Owenite	A synonym of 'Thuringite'

IMA Classification of OleniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(O₃)OH

Approval year:

1985

First published:

1986

Type description reference:

Sokolov, P.B., Gorskaya, M.G., Gordienko, V.V., Petrova, M.G., Kretser, Y.L., and Frank-Kamenetskii, V.A. (1986) Olenite, Na1-xAl3Al6B3Si6O27(O,OH)4 - a new high-alumina mineral of the tourmaline group. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 115: 119-123.

Classification of OleniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

9.CK.05

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
C : Cyclosilicates
K : [Si₆O₁₈]₁₂- 6-membered single rings, with insular complex anions

Dana 7th ed.:

61.3.1.9

Dana 8th ed.:

61.3.1.7

61 : CYCLOSILICATES Six-Membered Rings
3 : Six-Membered Rings with borate groups

Hey's CIM Ref.:

17.5.4

17 : Silicates Containing other Anions
5 : Borosilicates

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Ole	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of OleniteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Light pink, blue, pale bluish, pale greenish, colourless

Comment:

Hue depends mainly on Fe and Mn contents.

Streak:

White

Hardness:

7 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀₀=676 - 820 kg/mm² - Vickers

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

3.010(2) g/cm³ (Measured) 3.12 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of OleniteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.654 n_ε = 1.635

Max. Birefringence:

δ = 0.019
Based on recorded range of RI values above.

Interference Colours:
The colours simulate birefringence patterns seen in thin section under crossed polars. They do not take into account mineral colouration or opacity.

Michel-Levy Bar The default colours simulate the birefringence range for a 30 µm thin-section thickness. Adjust the slider to simulate a different thickness.

Grain Simulation You can rotate the grain simulation to show how this range might look as you rotated a sample under crossed polars. Each grain retains its interference colour (retardation) while its brightness falls to black at extinction and reaches a maximum between extinction positions.

Thickness: 30 µm Order divisions

Rotation:

Surface Relief:

High (positive)
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).

This shows the grain boundary and Becke line effect under plane-polarised light, based on the contrast between this mineral's average refractive index and the mounting medium. It does not take into account mineral colouration.

Focus:

In focus

Interference Figure:

This shows the idealized uniaxial interference figure - the conoscopic (convergent-light, Bertrand-lens-in) view, for a grain cut with the optic axis centred and vertical. The coloured rings are isochromatics, computed with the same physics as the Michel-Lévy bar above; the dark cross is the isogyre.

For a genuinely uniaxial mineral viewed this way, that cross stays perfectly stationary if you rotate the stage - unlike a biaxial mineral, where it splits apart on rotation. That invariance is itself the standard diagnostic test for telling uniaxial and biaxial minerals apart at the microscope.

Thickness: 30 µm

Pleochroism:

Weak

Comments:

O = bright pink; E = pinkish yellow

Chemistry of OleniteHide

Mindat Formula:

NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
O	51.463 %
Al	25.197 %
Si	17.485 %
B	3.365 %
Na	2.385 %
H	0.105 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Al, B, H, Na, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ti,Zn,Li,Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,K,F,H₂O

Crystallography of OleniteHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Class (H-M):

3m - Ditrigonal Pyramidal

Space Group:

R3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 15.803(3) Å, c = 7.086(1) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 0.448

Unit Cell V:

1,532.54 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Very B-rich, synthetic olenite can have very low unit-cell parameters (a ~ 15.0, c ~ 7.02 Å).

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0019527	Olenite	Ertl A, Giester G, Ludwig T, Meyer H P, Rossman G R (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data American Mineralogist 97 1591-1597	2012	synthetic at 400 C	293
0019526	Olenite	Ertl A, Giester G, Ludwig T, Meyer H P, Rossman G R (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data American Mineralogist 97 1591-1597	2012	synthetic at 500 C	293
0019525	Olenite	Ertl A, Giester G, Ludwig T, Meyer H P, Rossman G R (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data American Mineralogist 97 1591-1597	2012	synthetic at 600 C	293
0006068	Olenite	Cempirek J, Novak M, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Rossman G R, Dyar D (2006) Fe-bearing olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Al from an abyssal pegmatite at Kutna Hora, Czech Republic: structure, crystal chemistry, optical and xanes spectra The Canadian Mineralogist 44 23-60	2006	Kutna Hora, Czech Republic	293
0007078	Olenite	Ertl A, Schuster R, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J, Koller F, Hughes J M (2004) Mn-rich tourmaline and fluorapatite in a Variscan pegmatite from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria European Journal of Mineralogy 16 551-560	2004	Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria	293
0007052	Olenite	Bosi F, Lucchesi S (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series European Journal of Mineralogy 16 335-344	2004	Cruziero, Minas Gerais, Brazil	293
0007046	Olenite	Bosi F, Lucchesi S (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series European Journal of Mineralogy 16 335-344	2004	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	293
0007045	Olenite	Bosi F, Lucchesi S (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series European Journal of Mineralogy 16 335-344	2004	Kwale, Mombasa, Kenya	293
0005974	Olenite	Ertl A, Pertlik F, Dyar M D, Prowatke S, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J (2004) Fe-rich olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Fe3+ from Eibenstein, Austria: Structural, chemical, and Mossbauer data The Canadian Mineralogist 42 1057-1063	2004	Eibenstein, Austria	293
0003449	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-beck M, Brandstatter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria American Mineralogist 89 447-454	2004	Koralpe, Austria	293
0003448	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-beck M, Brandstatter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria American Mineralogist 89 447-454	2004	Koralpe, Austria	293
0003447	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-beck M, Brandstatter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria American Mineralogist 89 447-454	2004	Koralpe, Austria	293
0003446	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-beck M, Brandstatter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria American Mineralogist 89 447-454	2004	Koralpe, Austria	293
0003445	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-beck M, Brandstatter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria American Mineralogist 89 447-454	2004	Koralpe, Austria	293
0005893	Olenite	Ertl A, Hughes J M, Brandstatter F, Dyar M D, Prasad P S R (2003) Disordered Mg-bearing olenite from a granitic pegmatite at Goslarn, Austria: A chemical, structural, and infrared spectroscopic study The Canadian Mineralogist 41 1363-1370	2003	Goslarn, Austria	293
0005892	Olenite	Ertl A, Hughes J M, Brandstatter F, Dyar M D, Prasad P S R (2003) Disordered Mg-bearing olenite from a granitic pegmatite at Goslarn, Austria: A chemical, structural, and infrared spectroscopic study The Canadian Mineralogist 41 1363-1370	2003	Goslarn, Austria	293
0003157	Olenite	Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Rossman G R, London D, Fritz E A (2003) Mn-rich tourmaline from Austria: structure, chemistry, optical spectra, and relations to synthetic solid solutions Sample P6 American Mineralogist 88 1369-1376	2003	Eibenstein an der Thaya, Lower Austria	293
0003156	Olenite	Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Rossman G R, London D, Fritz E A (2003) Mn-rich tourmaline from Austria: structure, chemistry, optical spectra, and relations to synthetic solid solutions Sample BT American Mineralogist 88 1369-1376	2003	Eibenstein an der Thaya, Lower Austria	293
0006949	Olenite	Schreyer W, Hughes J M, Bernhardt H J, Kalt A, Prowatke S, Ertl A (2002) Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in tetrahedral coordination European Journal of Mineralogy 14 935-942	2002	Olenii Range, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0006943	Olenite	Marler B, Borowski M, Wodara U, Schreyer W (2002) Synthetic tourmaline (olenite) with excess boron replacing silicon in the tetrahedral site: II. Structure analysis European Journal of Mineralogy 14 763-771	2002	synthetic	293
0006942	Olenite	Marler B, Borowski M, Wodara U, Schreyer W (2002) Synthetic tourmaline (olenite) with excess boron replacing silicon in the tetrahedral site: II. Structure analysis European Journal of Mineralogy 14 763-771	2002	synthetic	293
0005693	Olenite	Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Shearer C K, Yates M G, Guidotti C V (2000) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in a tourmaline: Boron-rich olenite from Stoffhutte, Koralpe, Austria The Canadian Mineralogist 38 861-868	2000	Stoffhutte, Koralpe, Austria	293
0018673	Olenite	Ertl A, Pertlik F, Bernhardt H J (1997) Investigations on olenite with exess boron from Koralpe, Styria, Austria Anzeiger der Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 134 3-10	1997	Koralpe, Styria, Austria	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data
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NaX   0.00000   0.00000   0.24320   0.76000   0.03900
AlY   0.12201   0.06101  -0.34110   0.88000   0.01020
LiY   0.12201   0.06101  -0.34110   0.12000   0.01020
AlZ   0.29718   0.26055  -0.37280   1.00000   0.00650
B   0.10880   0.21760   0.47300   1.00000   0.00780
SiT   0.19084   0.18941   0.01968   0.80000   0.00600
BT   0.19084   0.18941   0.01968   0.20000   0.00600
H3   0.25200   0.12600   0.43000   1.00000   0.03000
O1   0.00000   0.00000  -0.20490   1.00000   0.01850
O2   0.06004   0.12008   0.51160   1.00000   0.01210
O3   0.26060   0.13030  -0.47170   1.00000   0.01220
O4   0.09390   0.18780   0.09170   1.00000   0.01440
O5   0.18580   0.09290   0.11460   1.00000   0.01650
O6   0.19430   0.18390  -0.20470   1.00000   0.00900
O7   0.28510   0.28520   0.09360   1.00000   0.00870
O8   0.20940   0.26970   0.45700   1.00000   0.00790

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
7.80 Å	(5)
6.33 Å	(30)
4.91 Å	(20)
4.56 Å	(8)
4.18 Å	(40)
3.95 Å	(70)
3.43 Å	(80)
3.394 Å	(70)
3.081 Å	(8)
2.986 Å	(10)
2.924 Å	(30)
2.869 Å	(3)
2.585 Å	(5)
2.551 Å	(100)
2.352 Å	(20)
2.322 Å	(15)
2.280 Å	(5)
2.166 Å	(7)
2.145 Å	(8)
2.097 Å	(15)
2.085 Å	(4)
2.021 Å	(30)
2.000 Å	(4)
1.899 Å	(20)
1.853 Å	(10)
1.834 Å	(7)
1.813 Å	(4)
1.758 Å	(14)
1.673 Å	(5)
1.641 Å	(5)
1.628 Å	(10)
1.581 Å	(6)
1.574 Å	(8)
1.569 Å	(6)
1.542 Å	(3)
1.488 Å	(10)
1.460 Å	(6)
1.437 Å	(15)
1.406 Å	(7)
1.392 Å	(10)
1.2587 Å	(10)

Comments:

Gorskaya, M. G.; Frank-Kamenetskaya, O. V.; Rozhdestvenskaya, I. V.; Frank-Kamentskii, V. A. (1982): Refinement of crystal structure of aluminum-rich elbaite and some problems of the crystal chemistry of tourmalines. Kristallografiya 27(1), 107-112 (in Russian). [English version in Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 27, 63-66.]

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4a: Earth’s earliest continental crust	>4.4-3.0
19 : Granitic intrusive rocks
Near-surface Processes
23 : Subaerial aqueous alteration by non-redox-sensitive fluids (see also #47)
26 : Hadean detrital minerals
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
34 : Complex granite pegmatites
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
40 : Regional metamorphism (greenschist, amphibolite, granulite facies)

Type Occurrence of OleniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Olenii Ridge (Oleny), Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

The outer zone, to 3 mm thick, of acicular crystals with elbaite cores.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 580-8/1.
A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 87568.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Synonyms of OleniteHide

IMA1985-006

Other Language Names for OleniteHide

Dutch:Oleniet

German:Olenit

Japanese:オレニ電気石
オウレン電気石
オーレン電気石

Russian:Оленит

Spanish:Olenita

Varieties of OleniteHide

Iron-bearing Olenite	A Fe-bearing "variety" of olenite. This material contains significant amounts of Fe at the Y site, and significant amounts of [4]Al (~0.4 apfu) instead of [4]B in the T site. Further, the O1 site (W site) is only or mainly occupied by O and not by OH. Thu...
Lithian excess-boron olenite	A lithium-bearing and excess boron variety of olenite. Forms a solid solution with magnesian schorl. This variety likely corresponds to Koralpe tourmaline containing tetrahedral boron beside the triangular one (Kutzschbach et al., 2016).

Relationship of Olenite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Tourmaline Group

Other Members of Tourmaline:

Adachiite	CaFe₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Alumino-oxy-rossmanite	◻Al₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Celleriite	◻(Mn²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Chromium-dravite	NaMg₃Cr³⁺₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Chromo-alumino-povondraite	NaCr₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Darrellhenryite	Na(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Dravite	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Dutrowite	Na(Fe²⁺_2.5Ti_0.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Ertlite	NaAl₃Al₆(Si₄B₂O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Ferro-bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Fe²⁺₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Feruvite	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-buergerite	NaFe³⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-dravite	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-rossmanite	◻(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
Fluor-schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-tsilaisite	NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Foitite	◻(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Lucchesiite	CaFe²⁺₃ Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Magnesio-dutrowite	Na(Mg_2.5Ti_0.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Magnesio-foitite	◻(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Magnesio-lucchesiite	CaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Maruyamaite	K(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-chromium-dravite	NaCr₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-dravite	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-foitite	◻(Fe²⁺Al₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
Oxy-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-vanadium-dravite	NaV₃(V₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Povondraite	NaFe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Princivalleite	Na(Mn₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Rossmanite	◻(LiAl₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Tsilaisite	NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
'UM2000-64-SiO:BFeHKMg'	(K,Na)Fe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
'UM2008-52-SiO:AlBCaFFeHLiMgNa'	(Ca,Na,◻)(Al,Li,Fe,Mg)₃Al₆[Si₆O₁₈](BO₃)₃(OH,O)₃(F,O)
'Unnamed (F analogue of feruvite)'	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
'Unnamed (Mn2+-F-analogue of foitite)'	◻(Mn²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F ?
'Unnamed (Pb-analogue of Fluor-liddicoatite)'	Pb(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
Uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite	NaV₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Vanadio-oxy-dravite	NaV₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m

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Associations Based on Photo Data:

9 photos of Olenite associated with Elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
7 photos of Olenite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
6 photos of Olenite associated with Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
6 photos of Olenite associated with Schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
4 photos of Olenite associated with 'Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite'	(Ca,Mn²⁺)₅(PO₄)₃(F,Cl,OH) or Ca₅([P,Mn⁵⁺]O₄)₃(F,Cl,OH)
3 photos of Olenite associated with Microcline	K(AlSi₃O₈)
3 photos of Olenite associated with Rutile	TiO₂
2 photos of Olenite associated with 'Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)'	(Ca,U,Na)_2-x(Ta,Nb)₂(O,OH)₇
2 photos of Olenite associated with Tourmaline	AD₃G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z
2 photos of Olenite associated with 'Lithian excess-boron olenite'	Na(Al₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.CK.	Adachiite	CaFe₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Magnesio-dutrowite	Na(Mg_2.5Ti_0.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Darrellhenryite	Na(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Fluor-schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Princivalleite	Na(Mn₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Alumino-oxy-rossmanite	◻Al₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Dutrowite	Na(Fe²⁺_2.5Ti_0.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Ferro-bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Fe²⁺₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Celleriite	◻(Mn²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Feruvite	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Chromium-dravite	NaMg₃Cr³⁺₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-rossmanite	◻(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Dravite	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Foitite	◻(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Vanadio-oxy-dravite	NaV₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-buergerite	NaFe³⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	'Unnamed (F analogue of feruvite)'	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
9.CK.05	Ertlite	NaAl₃Al₆(Si₄B₂O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Tsilaisite	NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-tsilaisite	NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-foitite	◻(Fe²⁺Al₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
9.CK.05	Liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite	NaV₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Rossmanite	◻(LiAl₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-vanadium-dravite	NaV₃(V₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	'UM2000-64-SiO:BFeHKMg'	(K,Na)Fe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
9.CK.05	Magnesio-lucchesiite	CaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Povondraite	NaFe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Lucchesiite	CaFe²⁺₃ Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Chromo-alumino-povondraite	NaCr₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-dravite	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-dravite	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-chromium-dravite	NaCr₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	'Luinaite-(OH)'	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Mon. m : Bm
9.CK.05	Schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Magnesio-foitite	◻(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Maruyamaite	K(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.10	Abenakiite-(Ce)	Na₂₆Ce₆(Si₆O₁₈)(PO₄)₆(CO₃)₆(SO₂)O	Trig. 3 : R3
9.CK.15	Scawtite	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂CO₃ · 2H₂O	Mon. 2/m
9.CK.20	Thorosteenstrupine	(Ca,Th,Mn)₃Si₄O₁₁F · 6H₂O
9.CK.20	Steenstrupine-(Ce)	Na₁₄Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Ce₆Zr(Si₆O₁₈)₂(PO₄)₆(PO₃OH)(OH)₂ · 2H₂O	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m

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References for OleniteHide

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Gorskaya, M. G.; Frank-Kamenetskaya, O. V.; Rozhdestvenskaya, I. V.; Frank-Kamentskii, V. A. (1982): Refinement of crystal structure of aluminum-rich elbaite and some problems of the crystal chemistry of tourmalines. Kristallografiya: 27(1): 107-112 (in Russian). [English version in Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 27, 63-66.]

Jambor, John L., Grew, Edward S., Puziewicz, Jacek, Vanko, David A. (1988) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 73 (3-4) 439-445 p.441

Grew, Edward S.; Anovitz, Lawrence M. - Eds. (1996) Boron - Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy Vol. 33. Mineralogical Society of America p.862

Ertl, A., Pertlik, F. and Bernhardt, H.-J. (1997) Investigations on olenite with excess boron from the Koralpe, Styria, Austria. Österreichische Akad. Wissenschaften, Math-Naturewiss Klasse, Abt. 1, Anzeiger. 134: 3-10.

Hughes, J.M., Ertl, A., Dyar, M.D., Grew, E.S., Shearer, C.K., and Yates, M.G. (1999) Boron in the tourmaline tetrahedral site: Chemistry and structure of a boron-rich olenite. 2nd. European Workshop on Tourmaline and Borosilicates Abstracts.

Hughes, J. M., Ertl, A., Dyar, M. D., Grew, E. S., Shearer, C. K., Yates, M. G., Guidotti, C. V. (2000) Tetrahedrally Coordinated Boron in a Tourmaline: Boron-Rich Olenite from Stoffhutte, Koralpe, Austria. The Canadian Mineralogist, 38 (4) 861-868 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.38.4.861

(2001) Olenite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Ertl, A., Pertlik, F., and Bernhardt, H.-J. (2001) Ein hell-blauer Olenit-Schörl-Dravit Mischkristall von Ebersdorf, Niederösterreich: Strukturanalyse und Chemie. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft: 146: 75-77.

Ertl, A., Hughes, J. (2002) Structural and chemical response to varying [4]B content in olenite from Koralpe, Austria. EMPG IX, Ninth International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Zürich, Switzerland, 24.-27.3 Book of Abstracts (2002): 47.

Marler, Bernd, Ertl, Andreas (2002) Nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopic study of excess-boron olenite from Koralpe, Styria, Austria. American Mineralogist, 87 (2) 364-367 doi:10.2138/am-2002-2-321

Schreyer, W., Ertl, A., Hughes, J., Bernhardt, H.-J., Kalt, A., Prowatke, S. (2002) Tetrahedral boron in olenite from the type locality: A Chemical and Structural investigation., EMPG IX, Ninth International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Zürich, Switzerland, 24.-27.3, Book of Abstracts (2002): 97.

Schreyer, Werner, Hughes, John M., Bernhardt, Heinz-Jürgen, Kalt, Angelika, Prowatke, Stefan, Ertl, Andreas (2002) Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in tetrahedral coordination. European Journal of Mineralogy, 14 (5) 935-942 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0935

Ertl, A., Hughes, J. M., Brandstatter, F., Dyar, M. D., Prasad, P. S.R. (2003) Disordered Mg-Bearing Olenite from a Granitic Pegmatite at Goslarn, Austria: a Chemical, Structural, and Infrared Spectroscopic Study. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (6) 1363-1370 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.6.1363

Hughes, John M., Ertl, Andreas, Dyar, M. Darby, Grew, Edward S., Wieden-beck, Michael, Brandstätter, Franz (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying[4]B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria. American Mineralogist, 89 (2) 447-454 doi:10.2138/am-2004-2-326

Cempirek, J., Novak, M., Ertl, A., Hughes, J. M., Rossman, G. R., Dyar, M. D. (2006) Fe-Bearing Olenite with Tetrahedrally Coordinated Al from an Abyssal Pegmatite at Kutna Hora, Czech Republic: Structure, Crystal Chemistry, Optical and Xanes Spectra. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (1) 23-30 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.23

Ertl, A., Giester, G., Ludwig, T., Meyer, H.-P., Rossman, G. R. (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data. American Mineralogist, 97 (10) 1591-1597 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4060

Kutzschbach, Martin, Wunder, Bernd, Rhede, Dieter, Koch-Müller, Monika, Ertl, Andreas, Giester, Gerald, Heinrich, Wilhelm, Franz, Gerhard (2016) Special Collection: Advances in Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Tetrahedral boron in natural and synthetic HP/UHP tourmaline: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy, EMPA, and single-crystal XRD. American Mineralogist, 101 (1) 93-104 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5341

London, David; Guttery, Brandon M. (2025) Hydrothermal Synthesis of Lithium-Bearing Tourmaline, and the Elusive Stability Field of Elbaite. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 63 (6). 905-927 doi:10.3749/2400044

Localities for OleniteHide

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Australia
South Australia Kangaroo Island Dudley Peninsula Penneshaw ⓘ Dudley pegmatite	Bottrill (2020)
Tasmania Waratah-Wynyard municipality Waratah district Waratah-Mt Bischoff ⓘ Mount Bischoff Mine	Bottrill +1 other reference
Victoria Strathbogie Shire Strathbogie Ranges ⓘ Wombat Creek	Birch et al. (2013)

Austria
Lower Austria Horn District Japons Goslarn ⓘ Olenite occurrence	Ertl et al. (2003)
Krems-Land District Mühldorf Amstall ⓘ Graphite quarry	minerals.caltech.edu (n.d.) +1 other reference
Weinzierl am Walde Maigen ⓘ Tannenfeld (Tannfeld)	Ertl (1995) +1 other reference
Melk District Klein-Pöchlarn Ebersdorf ⓘ Gneiss quarry	Ertl et al. (2001) +1 other reference
Waidhofen an der Thaya District Raabs an der Thaya Eibenstein an der Thaya ⓘ Hengl quarry	Ertl et al. (2004) +1 other reference
ⓘ Pegmatite outcrops	Ertl et al. (2004) +1 other reference
Zwettl District Kottes-Purk Fohra ⓘ Trastallhof	Löffler et al. (2018)
Styria Deutschlandsberg District Deutschlandsberg ⓘ Stoffhütte pegmatite	[var: Lithian excess-boron olenite] Österr. Akad. Wiss. +2 other references

Brazil
Minas Gerais Itinga ⓘ Jenipapo pegmatite field	XRD by Dr Thomas Witzke

Chile
Atacama Copiapó Province Copiapó ⓘ Portezuelo de Pajas Blancas deposit	Miranda-Díaz et al. (2022)

Czech Republic
Central Bohemian Region Kutná Hora District Kutná Hora ⓘ Kuklík pegmatite	[var: Iron-bearing Olenite] Cempirek et al. (2006)
South Bohemian Region Český Krumlov District ⓘ Černá v Pošumaví	Vácha et al. (2025)

Finland
Kanta-Häme Forssa ⓘ Kiimassuo pegmatite	Ilkka Mikkola data

Germany
Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Region Ortenaukreis Oberwolfach ⓘ Clara Mine	70. +1 other reference
Saxony Zwickau District Limbach-Oberfrohna Pegmatite occurrences ⓘ Wolkenburg	Uwe Kolitsch & Andreas Ertl (single-crystal structure refinements)

Italy
Lombardy Sondrio Province ⓘ Sondalo	Luigi Chiappino photo
Varese Province Curiglia con Monteviasco ⓘ ~~Curiglia~~	Pezzotta (2005) +2 other references
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trento Province Predazzo ⓘ Al Fol quarry (Sacac quarry) ?	Vecchi et al. (2013)

Japan
Iwate Prefecture Ofunato City ⓘ Sakihama pegmatite	Matsuyama and Kobayashi (1995)

Myanmar
Shan State Kyaukme District Momeik Township Molo quarter Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village) ⓘ Palelni mine ("Kat Chay mine")	Ertl et al. (2007)

Namibia
Erongo Region Karibib Constituency ⓘ Usakos	Färber (n.d.)

Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Dzierżoniów County Piława Górna ⓘ DSS Piława Górna Quarry	PIECZKA et al. 2010: Mn-Fe fractionation in tourmalines from pegmatites in the DSS mine at PiławaGórna et al. (preliminary data)
ⓘ Lithium pegmatite	Pieczka et al. (2012)
ⓘ Subtrio pegmatite	Rubio-Ordóñez et al. (2019)

Portugal
Viana do Castelo Ponte de Lima ⓘ Cabração e Moreira do Lima	Nunes (n.d.)
ⓘ ~~Monteiro Mine~~	Monteiro collection

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Karabash ⓘ Dumortierite mine	webmineral.ru (2016)
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Voron'i Tundry	Ponomareva et al. (2022)
ⓘ Okhmyl'k Mt	Ponomareva et al. (2022)
ⓘ Olenii Ridge (Oleny) (TL)	Pekov (1998)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Rezhevsky District Lipovsk pegmatite field ⓘ Lipovka Mine (Lipovskoe Mine; Lipovskaya Mine; Lipovaya Mine)	Igor.V. Pekov (2008)
Zabaykalsky Krai Krasnochikoysky District Krasnyi Chikoy ⓘ Malkhan pegmatite field	Lees et al. (2019)

Slovakia
Trenčín Region Prievidza District Nitrianske Pravno ⓘ Chvojnica metachert occurrences ?	Bacik et al. (2011)

Spain
Andalusia Málaga Cártama ⓘ Trascastillo ?	Alejandro Sánchez Jiménez

USA
Maine Oxford County Rumford ⓘ Black Mountain Quarry	Wise et al. (1992) +1 other reference
New York Essex County ⓘ Newcomb Township	Lupulescu et al. (2008)
North Carolina Yancey County Burnsville Hurricane Mountain ⓘ ~~Ray Mica Mine~~	"Mineralogy of the Ray Mica Mine

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