Kazanskyite, Ba & TiNbNa 3Ti(Si 2O 7) 2O 2(OH) 2(H 2O) 4, a Group-III Ti-disilicate mineral from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia : description and crystal structure

• Published in: Mineralogical Magazine
• Main Authors: F. Cámara, E. Sokolova, F. C. Hawthorne
• Other Authors: F.C. Hawthorne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mineralogical Society of Great Britain 2012
• Subjects: crystal structure; Group III; kazanskyite; Khibiny alkaline massif; Kola Peninsula; new mineral; Russia; Ti-disilicate; TS block; Settore GEO/06 - Mineralogia; Khibiny; Kukisvumchorr; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/474904; https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2012.076.3.03

Kazanskyite, Ba&TiNbNa 3Ti(Si 2O 7) 2O 2(OH) 2(H 2O) 4, is a Group-III TS-block mineral from the Kirovskii mine, Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The mineral occurs as flexible and commonly bent flakes 2-15 μm thick and up to 330 μm across. It is colourless t...