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Bafertisite Group

A group of related mineral species
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About Bafertisite GroupHide

Formula:
APDPMO4MH2(Si2O7)2(XOm)2(XOa)2XPm
A group in the Seidozerite Supergroup.
TS block: Ti (+ Nb) = 2 apfu, Ti occurs in the H sheets.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
50369
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:50369:1

IMA Classification of Bafertisite GroupHide

IMA status notes:
IMA Approved Group Name
Approval history:
Established by IMA in August 2016.

Chemistry of Bafertisite GroupHide

Mindat Formula:
APDPMO4MH2(Si2O7)2(XOm)2(XOa)2XPm

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0007327JinshajiangiteSokolova E, Camara F, Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y (2009) From structure topology to chemical composition. VII. Titanium silicates: the crystal structure and crystal chemistry of jinshajiangite European Journal of Mineralogy 21 871-8832009Norra Karr, Tonkoping province, Sweden0293
0012410JinshajiangiteRastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Rozenberg K (2008) A crystal structure of jinshajiangite from the Norra Karr complex (Sweden) Crystallography Reports 53 553-5562008Norra Karr alkaline complex, Sweden0293
0012376BusseniteZhou H, Rastsvetaeva R K, Khomyakov A P, Ma Z, Shi N (2002) Crystal structure of new micalike titanosilicate - bussenite, Na2Ba2Fe2+[TiSi2O7][CO3]O(OH)(H2O)F Crystallography Reports 47 43-462002Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia0293
0012356PerraultiteYamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V (1998) Crystal structure of perraultite from the coastal region of the Sea of Azov Crystallography Reports 43 401-4101998Sea of Azov, Mariupol massif, Ukraine0293
0020129HejtmaniteRastsvetaeva R K, Tamazyan R A, Sokolova E V, Belakovskii D I (1991) Crystal structures of two modifications of natural Ba, Mn-titanosilicate Soviet Physics Crystallography 36 186-1891991Inyl'chek ridge, southeast Kirgiziya0293
0020128HejtmaniteRastsvetaeva R K, Tamazyan R A, Sokolova E V, Belakovskii D I (1991) Crystal structures of two modifications of natural Ba, Mn-titanosilicate Soviet Physics Crystallography 36 186-1891991Inyl'chek ridge, southeast Kirgiziya0293
0005651YoshimuraiteMcDonald A M, Grice J D, Chao G Y (2000) The crystal structure of yoshimuraite, a layered Ba-Mn-Ti silicophosphate, with comments on five-coordinated Ti The Canadian Mineralogist 38 649-65620000293
0012443BafertisiteGuan Y S, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1963) The crystal structure of bafertisite BaFe2TiO[Si2O7](OH)2 Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 149 1416-141919630293
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Relationship of Bafertisite Group to other SpeciesHide

Other Members of Seidozerite Supergroup:
Ferroinnelite Ba4Ti2Na(NaFe2+)Ti(Si2O7)2[(SO4)(PO4)]O2[O(OH)]Tric. 1 : P1
Lamprophyllite GroupAP2MH2MO4(Si2O7)2(XOm)2(XOa)2
Murmanite GroupAP2MH2MO4(Si2O7)2(XOm,a)4 (XPm,a)4
Nacareniobsite-(Nd) Ca2(CaNd)Na3Nb(Si2O7)2(OF)F2Mon. 2/m : P21/b
Rinkite GroupAP2MH2MO4(Si2O7)2(XOm)2(XOa)2
Bafertisite Group Members:
Bafertisite Ba2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2Tric.
Bobshannonite Na2KBa(Mn,Na)8(Nb,Ti)4(Si2O7)4O4(OH)4(O,F)2Tric.
Bussenite Na2Ba2Fe2+Ti(Si2O7)(CO3)(OH)3FTric. 1 : P1
Cámaraite Ba3Na(Fe2+,Mn)8Ti4(Si2O7)4O4(OH,F)7Tric. 1
Hejtmanite Ba2Mn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2Tric. 1
Horiite Ba2Mn2Mn4Ti2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O2(OH)2Tric. 1 : P1
Jinshajiangite BaNaFe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2FTric. 1 : P1
Perraultite BaNaMn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2FTric. 1
Yoshimuraite Ba2Mn2Ti(Si2O7)(PO4)O(OH)Tric. 1 : P1
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Localities for Bafertisite GroupHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Austria
 
  • Salzburg
    • Tamsweg District
      • Tweng
[Hejtmanite] Kolitsch et al. (2021)
Canada
 
  • Québec
    • Montérégie
      • La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
        • Mont Saint-Hilaire
[Bobshannonite, Perraultite] Chao (1991) +1 other reference
    • Nord-du-Québec
      • Nunavik
[Bafertisite] Mitchell et al. (2017)
          • Ashram Zone
[Bafertisite] Mitchell et al. (2017)
[Bafertisite] Miller (1990) +4 other references
China
 
  • Inner Mongolia
    • Baotou City
      • Bayan Obo mining district
[Bafertisite] Fleischer (1972) +2 other references
[Bafertisite] Pavel M. Kartashov (n.d.)
[Bafertisite] Sun et al. (2026)
[Bafertisite] Gongbao Wu et al. (1982) +1 other reference
    • Lianyungang
[Bafertisite] LI et al. (2011)
  • Sichuan
    • Panzhihua
      • Yanbian County
[Jinshajiangite] Wenxing Hong and Pinqiu Fu (1981)
Egypt
 
  • South Sinai Governorate
[Bafertisite] Sallam et al. (2014)
France
 
  • Occitanie
    • Aveyron
      • Rodez
        • Sévérac-d'Aveyron
[Hejtmanite] publication date: November 2018 +1 other reference
Hungary
  • Baranya County
[Bafertisite] Harangi et al. (1993) +4 other references
India
 
  • West Bengal
    • Purulia District
[Perraultite] Chakrabarty et al. (2011) +1 other reference
Italy
 
  • Umbria
    • Terni Province
      • San Venanzo
[Bafertisite] Sharygin et al. (2013) +1 other reference
Japan
 
  • Aichi Prefecture
    • Kitashitara County
      • Shitara
[Hejtmanite, Horiite, Yoshimuraite] Yamada collection (Crystal World, Japan)
  • Iwate Prefecture
    • Kunohe-gun
      • Noda
[Yoshimuraite] Watanabe (1959) +3 other references
    • Shimohei District
      • Fudai
[Hejtmanite] Petrov (n.d.)
      • Tanohata
[Yoshimuraite] Pinch (1977)
[Yoshimuraite] luigi chiappino specimen
Kazakhstan
 
  • Abai Region
    • Tarbagatai Range
      • Akzhaylyautas Mts (Akzhailyautas Mts; Akjaylautas Mts; Akzhalautas Mts)
[Bafertisite, Cámaraite, Jinshajiangite] Pavel M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Kyrgyzstan
 
  • Batken Region
    • Sokh Valley
      • Upper Khodzhaachkan River
[Bafertisite] Leonid A. Pautov data
  • Issyk-Kul Region
    • Inyl'chek Range
      • Muzeinyi Valley
[Hejtmanite] Pekov (1998)
North Korea
 
  • Kangwon Province
    • Pyonggang County
[Bafertisite] Pavel M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Norway
 
  • Vestfold
    • Larvik Commune
      • Hedrum
        • Lågendalen
[Perraultite] Kristiansen (2013)
Romania
 
[Yoshimuraite] Hirtopanu (2006)
  • Maramureș County
    • Târgu Lăpuș
[Yoshimuraite] Paulina HIRTOPANU & Gheorghe UDUBASA (2015) +2 other references
  • Suceava County
    • Iacobeni
[Bafertisite] minerals-of-the-carpathians.eu (2008)
      • Tolovanu
[Bafertisite] Hîrtopanu (1997) +1 other reference
Russia
 
  • Buryatia
    • Mama River Basin
      • Maigunda River
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite] Bailey (1980) +1 other reference
  • Murmansk Oblast
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite, Jinshajiangite] Igor V. Pekov analytical data +2 other references
[Bafertisite] ...
[Bussenite] Khomyakov et al. (2001) +1 other reference
  • Sverdlovsk Oblast
    • Sysertsky District
[Hejtmanite] Brusnitsyn (2000)
  • Zabaykalsky Krai
    • Kalarsky District
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite] Victor Sharygin's analytical data (2013) +1 other reference
Slovakia
 
  • Košice Region
    • Rožňava District
      • Betliar
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite] Myšľan et al. (2024)
South Africa
 
  • North West
    • Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
      • Moses Kotane Local Municipality
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite] R. Liferovich -L. Horváth p.c. 2004
Sweden
 
  • Jönköping County
    • Jönköping
      • Gränna
[Jinshajiangite] Holtstam (1998)
[Jinshajiangite] Holtstam (1998)
Tajikistan
 
  • Districts of Republican Subordination
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite, Jinshajiangite, Perraultite] Agakhanov et al. (2004)
Ukraine
 
  • Donetsk Oblast
[Jinshajiangite, Perraultite] Day et al. (2020)
    • Volnovakha Raion
[Bafertisite, Hejtmanite, Jinshajiangite, Perraultite] Victor V. Sharygin analytycal data (2013)
USA
 
  • Massachusetts
    • Hampshire County
      • Plainfield
[Bafertisite] Plante (1992)
  • North Carolina
    • Pitt County
      • Fountain
[Bafertisite] Handbook of Mineralogy (localities)
Zambia
 
  • Central Province
    • Mkushi District
      • Mkushi
        • Mkushi River area
[Hejtmanite] Vrána et al. (1992)
 
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