Caryochroite, a new heterophyllosilicate mineral species related to nafertisite from the Lovozero massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

• Main Authors: KARTASHOV P. M, SOBOLEVA S. V, CHUKANOV N. V., FERRARIS, Giovanni
• Other Authors: KARTASHOV P.M, FERRARIS G, SOBOLEVA S.V, CHUKANOV N.V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mineralogical Association of Canada:Cityview 78087, Meriline Pos Outl, Ottawa Ontario K2E 1B1 Canada:[phone], EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.mineralogicalassocaition.ca, Fax: [phone]
• Subjects: caryochroite; new mineral; heterophyllosilicate; nafertisite; titanosilicate; Kola Peninsula; Lovozero massif; bitumen catalysis; Alluaiv; Lovozero; Umbozero; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/5304

Caryochroite, ideally (Na,Sr)3(Fe3+,Mg)10[Ti2Si12O37](H2O,O,OH)17, is monoclinic with cell parameters a 16.47, b 5.303, c 24.39 Å, β 93.5º; Z = 2. It was collected in dumps of the Umbozero mine (Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia) and is associated with albite, elpidite, epididym...