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Zirsinalite-Lovozerite Subgroup

A group of related mineral species

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Kazakovite

Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tisinalite

Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tisinalite, etc.

Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kazakovite

Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tisinalite

Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tisinalite, etc.

Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kazakovite

Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tisinalite

Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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About Zirsinalite-Lovozerite SubgroupHide

Member of:

Lovozerite Group

This page provides mineralogical data about Zirsinalite-Lovozerite Subgroup.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

52601

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:52601:8

IMA Classification of Zirsinalite-Lovozerite SubgroupHide

IMA status notes:

IMA Approved Group Name

Approval year:

2009

First published:

2009

Approval history:

Approved by IMA in January 2009 (Pekov et al. 2009)

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0010016	Combeite	Ohsato H, Maki I, Takeuchi Y (1985) Structure of Na2CaSi2O6 Acta Crystallographica C41 1575-1577	1985	synthetic high-temperature form	293
0010031	Combeite	Ohsato H, Takeuchi Y, Maki I (1986) Structure of Na4Ca4[Si6O18] Acta Crystallographica C42 934-937	1986	synthetic low-temperature form	293
0010050	Combeite	Fischer R X, Tillmanns E (1987) Revised data for combeite, Na2Ca2Si3O9 Acta Crystallographica C43 1852-1854	1987	synthetic low-temperature form	293
0010051	Combeite	Fischer R X, Tillmanns E (1987) Revised data for combeite, Na2Ca2Si3O9 Acta Crystallographica C43 1852-1854	1987	synthetic high-temperature form	293
0019534	Combeite	Fischer R X, Tillmanns E (1983) Die Kristallstrukturen von naturlichem Na2Ca2Si3O9 vom Mt.Shaheru (Zaire) und aus dem Mayener Feld (Eifel) Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1983 49-59	1983	Mayener Feld, Eifel, Germany	293
0019535	Combeite	Fischer R X, Tillmanns E (1983) Die Kristallstrukturen von naturlichem Na2Ca2Si3O9 vom Mt.Shaheru (Zaire) und aus dem Mayener Feld (Eifel) Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1983 49-59	1983	Mt. Shaheru, Zaire	293
0012462	Kazakovite	Voronkov A A, Pudovkina Z V, Blinov V A, Ilyukhin V V, Pyatenko Y A (1979) Crystal structure of kazakovite Na6Mn{Ti[Si6O18]} Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 245 106-109	1979		293
0012374	Lovozerite	Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V (2001) Refined crystal structure of lovozerite Na2CaZr[Si6O12(OH,O)6]H2O* Crystallography Reports 46 937-941	2001	Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0015541	Lovozerite	Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1960) Derivation of the structure of lovozerite from sections of the three-dimensional Patterson function Soviet Physics Crystallography 5 186-198	1960		293
0012385	Tisinalite	Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V, Shchegol'kova L V (2003) Crystal structure of tisinalite Na2(Mn,Ca)1-x(Ti,Zr,Nb,Fe3+)[Si6O8(O,OH)10] Crystallography Reports 48 551-556	2003	Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0012464	Zirsinalite	Pudovkina Z V, Chernitsova N M, Voronkov A A, Pyatenko Yu A (1980) Crystal structure of zirsinalite Na6Ca{Zr(Si6O18)} Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 250 865-867	1980	Koashva Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0012370	Litvinskite	Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V, Ekimenkova I A (2001) Crystal structure of litvinskite: A new natural member of the lovozerite group Crystallography Reports 46 190-193	2001	Alluaiv mountain, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0012498	Kapustinite	Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V, Shchegol'kova L V (2004) Crystal structure of kapustinite Na5.5Mn0.25Zr[Si6O16(OH)2] - a new mineral of the lovozerite group Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 396 680-685	2004		293
0005045	Townendite	Grey I E, Macrae C M, Mumme W G, Pring A (2010) Townendite, Na8ZrSi6O18, a new uranium-bearing lovozerite group mineral from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, Southern Greenland American Mineralogist 95 646-650	2010	the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, Southern Greenland	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Combeite'
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_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section C'
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_journal_page_last 1577
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 Structure of Na2CaSi2O6
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_database_code_amcsd 0010016
_chemical_compound_source 'synthetic high-temperature form'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Na2.914 Ca1.543 Si3 O9'
_cell_length_a 10.500
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_cell_length_c 13.184
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 1258.799
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.827
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R -3 m'
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Na1   0.00000   0.00000   0.24850   0.70500   0.01317
Ca1   0.00000   0.00000   0.24850   0.29500   0.01317
Na2   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.97200   0.03407
Na3   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   0.50100   0.01697
Ca3   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   0.49900   0.01697
Ca4   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   1.00000   0.01026
Si   0.15020  -0.15020   0.56360   1.00000   0.00735
O1   0.25330   0.01310   0.51470   0.50000   0.03559
O2   0.11610  -0.11610   0.67340   1.00000   0.03394
O3   0.23730  -0.23730   0.55100   1.00000   0.03318

Relationship of Zirsinalite-Lovozerite Subgroup to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Lovozerite Group

Other Members of Lovozerite Group:

Imandrite Subgroup
Koashvite Subgroup

Zirsinalite-Lovozerite Subgroup Members:

Combeite	Na_4.5Ca_3.5Si₆O_17.5(OH)_0.5	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Kapustinite	Na₆ZrSi₆O₁₆(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Kazakovite	Na₆Mn²⁺Ti(Si₆O₁₈)	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Litvinskite	Na₂(◻,Na,Mn)ZrSi₆O₁₂(OH,O)₆	Mon. m : Bm
Lovozerite	Na₂Ca(Zr,Ti)(Si₆O₁₂)[(OH)₄O₂] · H₂O	Trig. 3 : R3
Tisinalite	Na₃H₃(Mn,Ca,Fe)TiSi₆(O,OH)₁₈ · 2H₂O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m)
Townendite	Na₈ZrSi₆O₁₈	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Zirsinalite	Na₆(Ca,Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)Zr(Si₆O₁₈)	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m

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References for Zirsinalite-Lovozerite SubgroupHide

Reference List:

Pekov, Igor V., Krivovichev, Sergey V., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Yakovenchuk, Viktor N., Armbruster, Thomas, Pakhomovsky, Yakov A. (2009) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of the lovozerite group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21 (5) 1061-1071 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1957

Localities for Zirsinalite-Lovozerite SubgroupHide

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- 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.


Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	[Lovozerite] Grice (1989) +1 other reference
Montréal Mont Royal ⓘ Corporation (Forsyth's) quarry	[Lovozerite] Chao et al. (1997)

DR Congo
North Kivu Nyiragongo Territory ⓘ Nyiragongo Volcano	[Combeite] Richard +15 other references
ⓘ Mount Shaheru	[Combeite] Sahama et al. (1957) +1 other reference

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Mayen Seekante ⓘ Xenolith CS-020	[Combeite] Skrzyńska et al. (2023)
ⓘ Xenolith CS-090 (Hopmannite type locality)	[Combeite] Juroszek et al. (Ti 5 Fe)

Greenland
Kujalleq ⓘ Ilímaussaq complex	[Lovozerite] Petersen (2001) +1 other reference
Kangerluarsuk Fjord ⓘ Head of Kangerluarsuk	[Lovozerite] Sørensen et al. (2001)
Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld) ⓘ Kvanefjeld deposit	[Townendite] Grey et al. (2010)

Italy
Lazio Rieti Province Rieti Santa Rufina ⓘ Cupaello Quarry	[Combeite] Sabatini (1903) +5 other references

Romania
Harghita County ⓘ Ditrău Complex	[Lovozerite] Hirtopanu (2006)

Russia
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Kugda massif	[Combeite] Henderson et al. (1999)
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Khibiny Massif	[Kazakovite] ...
Eveslogchorr Mt ⓘ Wadeite point	[Lovozerite] Arzamastsev et al. (2008)
Koashva Mt ⓘ Koashva Open Pit	[Kazakovite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	[Lovozerite] Pekov et al. (2004)
ⓘ Rasvumchorr Mt	[Tisinalite] Konopleva et al. (2008)
Rasvumchorr Mine ⓘ Apatitovyi Tsirk	[Lovozerite] [World of Stones 95:5-6 +1 other reference
ⓘ Tsentral'nyi Mine	[Kazakovite] Pekov I.V. et al. (2010)
ⓘ Vuonnemiok River Valley	[Zirsinalite] Pekov (1998)
Yukspor Mt ⓘ Material'naya Adit	[Zirsinalite] Khomyakov et al. (1983) +1 other reference
ⓘ Lovozero Massif	[Lovozerite] Mikhailova et al. (2022)
ⓘ Mt. Kuetnyuchorr	[Lovozerite] Mokrushina et al. (2023)
Lovozersky District ⓘ Alluaiv Mountain	[Kazakovite] Pekov (1998)
Umbozero mine ⓘ Shkatulka pegmatite	[Litvinskite] Pekov et al. (2000) +1 other reference
ⓘ Angvundaschorr Mt	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain	[Kazakovite] Khomyakov A. P. et al. (1974) +1 other reference
ⓘ Karnasurt mine	[Townendite] Identification by Dr. Igor Pekov.
ⓘ Palitra pegmatite	[Kazakovite] Pekov (2005)
ⓘ Natrolite Stock	[Lovozerite] ...
Second Eastern Stream ⓘ Pegmatite No. 60	[Lovozerite] Pekov (2000)
ⓘ Kedykverpakhk Mountain	[Lovozerite] [World of Stones 95:5-6 +2 other references
ⓘ Mannepakhk Mountain	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Parguaiv Mountain	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Pyalkimpor Mountain	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Selsurt Mountain	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Upper Elmaraiok River	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Vavnbed Mountain	[Lovozerite] Pekov (1998)

Sweden
Jönköping County Jönköping Gränna ⓘ Norra Kärr ?	[Lovozerite] Geochemistry International 19

Tanzania
Arusha region Ngorongoro District ⓘ Ol Doinyo Lengai	[Combeite] ... +3 other references

USA
New Mexico Otero County Cornudas Mountains ⓘ Wind Mountain	[Lovozerite] Dr. W. Stoll (private communication 2001 & 2004)

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