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Lobanovite R120068

Name: Lobanovite
RRUFF ID: R120068
Ideal Chemistry: K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄
Locality: Apatitovaya Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive transparent golden sheets associated with light green aegirine
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Devitoite (2) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R120068

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120068.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.377(4)Å b: 23.194(7)Å c: 5.335(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 99.63(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1265.8(8)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Lobanovite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Peng C C, Ma C S (1963) The discovery of a new type of Si-O chain radical - X-ray analysis of astrophyllite, Scientia Sinica, 12, 272-276
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]
Shi N, Ma Z, Li G, Yamnova N A, Pushcharovsky D Y (1998) Structure refinement of monoclinic astrophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, B54, 109-114
Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26 [view file]
Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54 [view file]
Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]
Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of magnesium astrophyllite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 253-260
Cámara 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 [view file]
Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882 [view file]
Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 26. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947 [view file]
Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Uvarova Y (2017) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 102, 1565-1571 [view file]
Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153
Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Semenov E I, Ciriotti M E (2017) Lobanovite, K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄, a new mineral of the astrophyllite supergroup and its relation to magnesioastrophyllite, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 175-181 [view file]
Zhitova E S, Zolotarev A A, Hawthorne F C, Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Goncharov A G (2019) High-temperature Fe oxidation coupled with redistribution of framework cations in lobanovite, K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄ – the first titanosilicate case, Acta Crystallographica, B75, 578-590

REFERENCES for Lobanovite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Peng C C, Ma C S (1963) The discovery of a new type of Si-O chain radical - X-ray analysis of astrophyllite, Scientia Sinica, 12, 272-276

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]

Shi N, Ma Z, Li G, Yamnova N A, Pushcharovsky D Y (1998) Structure refinement of monoclinic astrophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, B54, 109-114

Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26 [view file]

Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54 [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of magnesium astrophyllite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 253-260

Cámara 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 [view file]

Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882 [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 26. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947 [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Uvarova Y (2017) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 102, 1565-1571 [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153

Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Semenov E I, Ciriotti M E (2017) Lobanovite, K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄, a new mineral of the astrophyllite supergroup and its relation to magnesioastrophyllite, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 175-181 [view file]

Zhitova E S, Zolotarev A A, Hawthorne F C, Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Goncharov A G (2019) High-temperature Fe oxidation coupled with redistribution of framework cations in lobanovite, K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄ – the first titanosilicate case, Acta Crystallographica, B75, 578-590