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Kupletskite-Kupletskite-(Cs) Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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About Kupletskite-Kupletskite-(Cs) SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Series Formula:

K₂NaMn₇²⁺Ti₂[Si₄O₁₂]₂O₂(OH)₄F to Cs₂NaMn₇²⁺Ti₂[Si₄O₁₂]₂O₂(OH)₄F

A series between Kupletskite and Kupletskite-(Cs)

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8733

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8733:5

Crystallography of Kupletskite-Kupletskite-(Cs) SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0005804	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Gjerdingen intrusion, Norway	293
0005807	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0005808	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0005810	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005811	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005812	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005813	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005814	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005815	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005816	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005817	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005820	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	altered nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0006907	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2001) Kupletskite polytypes from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Kupletskite-1A and kupletskite-Ma2b2c European Journal of Mineralogy 13 973-984	2001	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0006908	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2001) Kupletskite polytypes from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Kupletskite-1A and kupletskite-Ma2b2c European Journal of Mineralogy 13 973-984	2001	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0006310	Kupletskite-(Cs)	Camara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1-16	2010	Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Tien-Shan mountains, northern Tajikistan	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Kupletskite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Piilonen P C'
'McDonald A M'
'Lalonde A E'
_journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 41 
_journal_year 2003
_journal_page_first 27
_journal_page_last 54
_publ_section_title
;
 Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry
 Note: sample NOR17, alkali granite
;
_database_code_amcsd 0005804
_chemical_compound_source 'Gjerdingen intrusion, Norway'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Mn6.266 Na.903 (Ti1.8 Nb.2) Si8 K1.742 Ca.059 O30 F.5 H4'
_cell_length_a 5.3784
_cell_length_b 11.9085
_cell_length_c 11.7236
_cell_angle_alpha 112.964
_cell_angle_beta 94.697
_cell_angle_gamma 103.112
_cell_volume 661.081
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.161
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
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  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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Mn(1)   0.84940   0.20507   0.47814   0.89800   0.00960
Na(1)   0.84940   0.20507   0.47814   0.10200   0.00960
Mn(2)   0.27970   0.06681   0.48767   0.98500   0.01070
Mn(3)   0.42220   0.35156   0.48427   1.00000   0.01070
Mn(4)   0.00000   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   0.00970
Ti   0.08010   0.08649   0.19765   0.90000   0.00850
Nb   0.08010   0.08649   0.19765   0.10000   0.00850
Si(1)   0.67880   0.27190   0.23130   1.00000   0.00950
Si(2)   0.81410   0.54670   0.25460   1.00000   0.01020
Si(3)   0.37980   0.67580   0.25660   1.00000   0.01020
Si(4)   0.50740   0.93180   0.23530   1.00000   0.00930
K(1a)   0.13320   0.26160   0.99540   0.87100   0.04510
Na(1b)   0.09700   0.18900   0.99700   0.12900   0.04510
Na   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.44100   0.01370
Ca   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.05900   0.01370
O(1)   0.72830   0.31870   0.38320   1.00000   0.01200
O(2)   0.14840   0.15990   0.36860   1.00000   0.01290
O(3)   0.12860   0.39220   0.59360   1.00000   0.01160
O-H(4)   0.29720   0.46240   0.39900   1.00000   0.01300
O-H(5)   0.99270   0.11850   0.59380   1.00000   0.01370
O(6)   0.55720   0.25790   0.59130   1.00000   0.01220
O(7)   0.57470   0.01400   0.38780   1.00000   0.01230
O(8)   0.07440   0.59190   0.20270   1.00000   0.01560
O(9)   0.24670   0.03990   0.82730   1.00000   0.03280
O(10)   0.42840   0.41340   0.79830   1.00000   0.01540
O(11)   0.12620   0.80770   0.83050   1.00000   0.03320
O(12)   0.26310   0.95720   0.17170   1.00000   0.03180
O(13)   0.26820   0.60660   0.80630   1.00000   0.02200
O(14)   0.57200   0.22150   0.80200   1.00000   0.02180
O(15)   0.38220   0.19050   0.16830   1.00000   0.03230
F(16)   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.50000   0.01630
loop_
_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Mn(1) 0.00820 0.00850 0.01170 0.00160 0.00200 0.00420
Na(1) 0.00820 0.00850 0.01170 0.00160 0.00200 0.00420
Mn(2) 0.00940 0.00990 0.01390 0.00250 0.00370 0.00590
Mn(3) 0.00940 0.00990 0.01400 0.00280 0.00350 0.00610
Mn(4) 0.00810 0.00730 0.01280 0.00090 0.00170 0.00400
Ti 0.00610 0.00810 0.01100 0.00150 0.00160 0.00420
Nb 0.00610 0.00810 0.01100 0.00150 0.00160 0.00420
Si(1) 0.00950 0.00700 0.01080 0.00090 0.00170 0.00330
Si(2) 0.01020 0.00780 0.01170 0.00140 0.00180 0.00400
Si(3) 0.00990 0.00770 0.01280 0.00130 0.00230 0.00490
Si(4) 0.00940 0.00820 0.01020 0.00120 0.00150 0.00460
Na 0.02070 0.01110 0.00760 0.00330 0.00180 0.00290
Ca 0.02070 0.01110 0.00760 0.00330 0.00180 0.00290
O(1) 0.01280 0.01060 0.01120 0.00210 0.00240 0.00360
O(2) 0.01300 0.01070 0.01040 0.00160 0.00050 0.00120
O(3) 0.01020 0.01160 0.01120 0.00160 0.00070 0.00410
O-H(4) 0.00950 0.01340 0.01630 0.00280 0.00220 0.00650
O-H(5) 0.01180 0.01350 0.01440 0.00410 0.00260 0.00420
O(6) 0.01100 0.01180 0.01240 0.00200 0.00170 0.00450
O(7) 0.01320 0.01280 0.01010 0.00250 0.00300 0.00440
O(8) 0.00960 0.01840 0.01540 0.00020 0.00180 0.00570
O(9) 0.02660 0.02890 0.01890 -0.01750 0.01100 -0.00190
O(10) 0.01190 0.02020 0.01600 0.00800 0.00210 0.00760
O(11) 0.05300 0.04590 0.01970 0.04290 0.01410 0.01600
O(12) 0.04330 0.03090 0.01600 0.02830 -0.00810 -0.00250
O(13) 0.03760 0.00920 0.01670 0.00240 0.00160 0.00570
O(14) 0.03680 0.01120 0.01740 0.00380 0.00450 0.00770
O(15) 0.02010 0.04460 0.01680 -0.01860 -0.00550 0.01430
F(16) 0.01630 0.01560 0.01820 0.00590 0.00480 0.00740

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Brazil
Minas Gerais Poços de Caldas ⓘ Bortolan quarry	[Kupletskite] Atencio et al. (1999)
ⓘ Poços de Caldas alkaline complex	[Kupletskite] Gomes et al. (2023)
Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia ⓘ Itatiaia alkaline complex	[Kupletskite] Rosa et al. (2018)

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)	[Kupletskite] Grice (1989) +4 other references

China
Sichuan Liangshan Yi Huili County ⓘ Baicao Nb-Ta deposit	[Kupletskite] Falu Liu and Jiahui Chen (1982)

Greenland
Kujalleq Ilímaussaq complex ⓘ Kangerluarsuk Fjord	[Kupletskite] Christiansen et al. (1998)
Northeast Greenland National Park ⓘ Werner Bjerge Complex	[Kupletskite] Brooks et al. (1982) +1 other reference
Sermersooq Kangerlussuaq Fjord Amdrup Firth ⓘ Kentbrooksite occurrence	[Kupletskite] Perchiazzi et al. (2000)
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Søndre Strømfjord) ⓘ Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex	[Kupletskite] Brooks (2011)

Guinea
Conakry Region ⓘ Los Archipelago (Los Islands)	[Kupletskite] Gerasimovskii et al. (Guinea) +8 other references
ⓘ Rouma Island	[Kupletskite] a magmatic marker of the evolution of the Central and Equatorial Atlantic. The Canadian Mineralogist (2) +2 other references

Kazakhstan
Abai Region Tarbagatai Range Akzhaylyautas Mts (Akzhailyautas Mts; Akjaylautas Mts; Akzhalautas Mts) ⓘ Verkhnee Espe Massif (Verkhnee Espe deposit)	[Kupletskite] Stepanov et al. (2012)

Malawi
Southern Region Machinga ⓘ Junguni Hill	[Kupletskite] Bloomfield (1965) +5 other references

Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Midelt Province Midelt Cercle Aït Oufella Caïdat Amersid ⓘ Jebel Bou-Agrao	[Kupletskite] Khadem Allah (1993)

Norway
Akershus Lunner ⓘ Gjerdingselva	[Kupletskite] Raade (1981) +2 other references
Nittedal ⓘ Delebekken Quarry ?	[Kupletskite] Kvamsdal (2018)
Telemark Porsgrunn Siktesøya ⓘ Brønnebukta	[Kupletskite] Larsen et al. (2010)
Vestfold Larvik Commune Hedrum Lågendalen ⓘ Bratthagen 1	[Kupletskite] Larsen et al. (2010) +1 other reference
ⓘ Bratthagen 2	[Kupletskite] Berge (n.d.)
Lysebo ⓘ Lysebo roadcut	[Kupletskite] Larsen et al. (2010)

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

Russia
Buryatia Mama River Basin Maigunda River ⓘ Burpala alkaline massif	[Kupletskite] Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Ilmen Nature Reserve	[Kupletskite-(Cs)] Агаханов А.А. et al. (2015)
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif Kihlman Mountain ⓘ Khibiny Station	[Kupletskite] Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
ⓘ Koashva Mt	[Kupletskite] PEKOV et al. (2013)
ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	[Kupletskite] Pekov et al. (2004)
ⓘ Maly Mannepakhk Mt (Malyi Mannepakhk Mt)	[Kupletskite]
Yukspor Mt ⓘ Hackman Valley	[Kupletskite] Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
ⓘ Lovchorrite Mine	[Kupletskite] Pekov et al. (2003)
Lovozersky District ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain	[Kupletskite] Pakhomovsky et al. (2014)
ⓘ Kuivchorr Mountain	[Kupletskite] World of Stones 95: 5-6 +3 other references
Seidozero Lake ⓘ Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt	[Kupletskite] Pekov (2003)
ⓘ Pegmatite No. 47	[Kupletskite] Semenov E.I. (1972) +3 other references
Tuva Sangilen Upland ⓘ Korgeredaba alkaline massif	[Kupletskite] Kapustin et al. (1965)

South Africa
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality ⓘ Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex	[Kupletskite] Mitchell et al. (2004) +1 other reference

Tajikistan
Districts of Republican Subordination ⓘ Dara-i-Pioz Massif	[Kupletskite] Agakhanov et al. (2017)

Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast ⓘ Oktyabr'skii Massif	[Kupletskite] Sharygin (2015)
Volnovakha Raion ⓘ Dmitrievskii quarry	[Kupletskite] Pekov I.V. et al. (Priazovie) +1 other reference
Mazurovskoe Zr deposit ⓘ Donskoy quarry	[Kupletskite] Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)

USA
Arkansas Hot Spring County Magnet Cove ⓘ Diamond Jo Quarry	[Kupletskite] Smith (1988)
ⓘ Jones Mill Quarry	[Kupletskite] H. Barwood - unpublished (2010)
Pulaski County Little Rock ⓘ Granite Mountain area	[Kupletskite] Smith (1988) +1 other reference
ⓘ Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry)	[Kupletskite] Smith (1988) +2 other references
ⓘ Holiday Inn Quarry	[Kupletskite] Ron Layton Collection
New Mexico Colfax County Springer Point of Rocks Mesa ⓘ Point of Rocks Quarry	[Kupletskite] Rocks & Min.:60:229. +1 other reference

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