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Shirokshinit

Bildbreite: 12 mm; Fundort: Kirovskii, Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russland

Pavel M. Kartashov

Contribution: slugslayer 2009-06-15

Locality: Kirovsky Mine (Kirovskii Apatit Mine, Kirov) / Kukisvumchorr / Chibiny (Khibiny) / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

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Shirokshinit

Bildbreite: 4 mm, Fundort: Kirovskii, Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russland

Luigi Chiappino

Contribution: thdun5 2010-10-30

Locality: Kirovsky Mine (Kirovskii Apatit Mine, Kirov) / Kukisvumchorr / Chibiny (Khibiny) / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color

farblos bis silbergrau auch grünlich

Streak color

weiß

Lustre

Perlmuttglanz- bis Glasglanz

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

Cleavages

vollkommen {001}

Fracture

lamellar

Crystal System

monoklin, C2/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

KNaMg₂[F₂|Si₄O₁₀]

Chemical composition

Magnesium, Natrium, Silicium, Fluor, Kalium, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 421.0314267 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 20

Info

Empirical formula:

KNaMg₂[F₂Si₄O₁₀]

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Oxygen	O	38.00	10	50.00	15.9994300	159.9943000
Fluorine	F	9.02	2	10.00	18.9984033	37.9968065
Sodium	Na	5.46	1	5.00	22.9897702	22.9897702
Magnesium	Mg	11.55	2	10.00	24.3050600	48.6101200
Silicon	Si	26.68	4	20.00	28.0855300	112.3421200
Potassium	K	9.29	1	5.00	39.0983100	39.0983100

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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.EC.20

9: Silikate (Germanate)
E: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate)
C: Schichtsilikate (Phyllosilikate) mit Glimmer Tafeln, zusammengesetzt aus tetrahedralen oder octahedralen Netzen
20:Phlogopit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.11-035

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
11: Glimmerartige Schicht-silikate mit Baugruppen [Si4O10] 4- und verwandte Strukturen; Glimmer-Gruppe; Lithionit/Biotit-Reihe

Classification by Hölzel

9.ED.400

9: SILICATES
E: Phyllosilicates
D: Biotite-Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color	farblos bis silbergrau auch grünlich
Streak color	weiß
Lustre	Perlmuttglanz- bis Glasglanz
max. Birefringence	0.027
	$Birefringence chart\! Shirokshinite title=Birefringence chart Shirokshinite$ Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.
RI value α / ω / n	1.526
RI value β	1.553
RI value γ / ε	1.553
Ri mean	1.544
2V angle	Biaxial (-) 17°

Crystallography

Crystal System	monoklin
Class (H-M)	2/m
Space Group number	12
Space Group	C2/m
Cell parameters a (Å)	5.269
Cell parameters b (Å)	9.092
Cell parameters c (Å)	10.198
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	0.580
Cell parameters c/b	1.122
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	100.12
Cell parameters γ	90°
Z	2
Volumne (Å³)	480.942
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	10.0(70), 3.67(60), 3.36(90), 2.59(90), 2.41(100), 2.14(60), 1.665(80), 1.522(100)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	2.5
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	53 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	2.92
	2.907 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Cleavages	vollkommen {001}
Fracture	lamellar
Tenacity	blättrig flexibel, aber nahezu nicht elastisch

(Co-)Type locality

Russland /Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis /Murmansk, Oblast /Kola-Halbinsel /Chibiny (Khibiny)/Kukisvumchorr /Kirovsky Mine (Kirovskii Apatit Mine, Kirov)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Pekov & Chukanov & Ferraris & Ivaldi & Pushcharovskiy & Zadov, 2002

References

European Journal of Mineralogy 15 (2003), 447

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Annite	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
'Biotite'	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Garmite	CsLiMg₂(Si₄O₁₀)F₂ monoklin : m, 2/m : C2, Cm	9.EC.20
'Ephesite'	NaLiAl₂(Al₂Si₂)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : m : Cc	9.EC.20
Meifuite	KFe₆(Si₇Al)O₁₉(OH)₄Cl₂ triklin : 1 : P1	9.EC.20
Orlovite	KLi₂TiSi₄O₁₁F monoklin : 2 : C2	9.EC.20
Wonesite	(Na,K,☐)(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH,F)₄ triklin : 1 : C1	9.EC.20
Eastonite	KMg₂Al[(OH)₂\|Al₂Si₂O₁₀] monoklin : 2 : C2	9.EC.20
Suhailite	(NH₄)(Fe²⁺)₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : C2/m ?	9.EC.20
Norrishite	KLiMn³⁺₂Si₄O₁₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Phlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Aspidolite-1M	NaMg₃(AlSi₃)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Balestraite	KLi₂V⁵⁺Si₄O₁₂ monoklin : 2 : C2	9.EC.20
Fluorannite	KFe₃²⁺[(F,OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Gorbunovite	CsLi₂(Ti,Fe)Si₄O₁₀(F,OH,O)₂ monoklin : 2/m, 2, m : C2/m, C2, Cm	9.EC.20
Sokolovaite	CsLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin	9.EC.20
'Zinnwaldite'	KLiFe²⁺Al(AlSi₃)O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2 : C2	9.EC.20
Hendricksite	K(Zn,Mn)₃Si₃AlO₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Yangzhumingite	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Fluorotetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃Fe³⁺Si₃O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Preiswerkite	NaMg₂Al₃Si₂O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
'Shirozulite'	K(Mn²⁺,Mg)₃[(OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀]	9.EC.20
Kreiterite	CsLi₂Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m, m, 2 : C2/m, C2, Cm	9.EC.20
Masutomilite	K(Li,Al,Mn²⁺)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2 : C2	9.EC.20
Oxyphlogopite	K(Mg,Ti,Fe)₃[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](O,F)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Shirokshinite	KNaMg₂[F₂\|Si₄O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Trilithionite	KLi_1.5Al_1.5[F₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Polylithionite	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Siderophyllite	KFe₂²⁺Al(Al₂Si₂)O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2 : C2/m	9.EC.20
'Spodiophyllite'	(Na,K)₄(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Fe³⁺,Al)₂(Si₈O₂₄)	9.EC.20
'Fluorphlogopite'	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	9.EC.20
Fluorophlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃)O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
'Tetraferriannite'	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20
Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃[(F,OH)₂\|(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.EC.20

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Polylithionite	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-010
Orlovite	KLi₂TiSi₄O₁₁F monoklin : 2 : C2	VIII/H.11-012
Sokolovaite	CsLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin	VIII/H.11-015
Yangzhumingite	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-018
Tainiolite	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C/2m	VIII/H.11-020
Norrishite	KLiMn³⁺₂Si₄O₁₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-030
Shirokshinite	KNaMg₂[F₂\|Si₄O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-035
Montdorite	KMn_0.5²⁺Fe_1.5²⁺Mg_0.5[F₂\|Si₄O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-040
Trilithionite	KLi_1.5Al_1.5[F₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-050
Voloshinite	Rb(LiAl_1.5☐_0.5)(Al_0.5Si_3.5)O₁₀F₂ monoklin : C2/c	VIII/H.11-055
Masutomilite	K(Li,Al,Mn²⁺)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2 : C2	VIII/H.11-060
Aspidolite-1M	NaMg₃(AlSi₃)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-070
Oxyphlogopite	K(Mg,Ti,Fe)₃[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](O,F)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-073
'Fluorphlogopite'	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	VIII/H.11-075
Phlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-080
Fluorotetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃Fe³⁺Si₃O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-088
Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃[(F,OH)₂\|(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-090
Hendricksite	K(Zn,Mn)₃Si₃AlO₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-100
'Shirozulite'	K(Mn²⁺,Mg)₃[(OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀]	VIII/H.11-102
Fluorannite	KFe₃²⁺[(F,OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-105
Annite	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-110
'Tetraferriannite'	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-120
Suhailite	(NH₄)(Fe²⁺)₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : C2/m ?	VIII/H.11-125
'Ephesite'	NaLiAl₂(Al₂Si₂)O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : m : Cc	VIII/H.11-130
Preiswerkite	NaMg₂Al₃Si₂O₁₀(OH)₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VIII/H.11-140
Eastonite	KMg₂Al[(OH)₂\|Al₂Si₂O₁₀] monoklin : 2 : C2	VIII/H.11-150
Siderophyllite	KFe₂²⁺Al(Al₂Si₂)O₁₀(F,OH)₂ monoklin : 2 : C2/m	VIII/H.11-160

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Shirokshinite	KNaMg₂[F₂\|Si₄O₁₀] monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.ED.400
Yangzhumingite	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	9.ED.410

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German	Shirokshinit
Spanish	Shirokshinita
English	Shirokshinite
French	Shirokshinite
Russian	Широкшинит
Traditional Chinese	富鈉帶雲母
Simplified Chinese	富钠带云母

IMA Number

IMA 2001-063

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