Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas
Usturite |
Collectors Summary
Crystal System | kubisch, Ia3d |
Chemism
Chemical formula |
{Ca3}[Sb5+Zr](Fe3+3)O12 |
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Additional chem. information |
Antimon-Granat |
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Chemical composition |
Antimon, Calcium, Eisen, Zirconium, Sauerstoff |
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Analysis wt% |
SiO2 : 1.52, Sb2O5 : 18.79, TiO2 : 2.39, ZrO2 : 15.92, SnO2 : 6.15, Al2O3 : 8.29, Fe2O3 : 18.74, FeO : 0.87, UO3 : 0.64, CaO : 25.54 (Ref: American Mineralogist 2010) |
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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates |
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9: Silikate (Germanate) |
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Lapis Classification |
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IV: OXIDE |
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Classification by Hölzel |
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4: OXIDES |
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IMA status |
anerkannt, Neue Mineralien - IMA Web-Seite, Okt. 2009 |
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Mineral status |
anerkanntes Mineral |
IMA Classification
IMA Classification |
Garnet supergroup ⇒ Oxide garnets; Bitikleite group (Z charge 9) |
Optical Properties
max. Birefringence |
0.000 |
RI value α / ω / n |
1.90 |
Ri mean |
1.900~ |
2V angle |
Isotropisch |
Crystallography
Crystals 3D
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Physical Properties
4.470 (berechnet) |
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4.723 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas ) |
(Co-)Type locality
(Co-)Type locality |
Russland/Nordkaukasus, Föderationskreis/Kabardino-Balkarien, Republik/Obere vulkanische Chegem-Struktur (Verkhnechegemskaya Caldera) |
Preface
Author (Name, Year) |
Irina O. Galuskina et al., 2010 |
Additional Information |
Raman Spektrum ähnlich denen von Kimzeyit und Toturit (siehe Erstbeschreibung) |
References
IMA group assignments
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Other languages
German |
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Spanish |
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English |
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Russian |
Устурит |
old name
German |
Bitikleit-(ZrFe) |
Grew, E.S., Locock, A.J., Mills, S.J., Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Halenius, U., 2012; Counting garnets: a new nomenclature of the garnet supergroup; European Mineralogical Conference; Vol. 1, EMC2012-21-2 |
Spanish |
Bitikleita-(ZrFe) |
Grew, E.S., Locock, A.J., Mills, S.J., Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Halenius, U., 2012; Counting garnets: a new nomenclature of the garnet supergroup; European Mineralogical Conference; Vol. 1, EMC2012-21-2 |
English |
Bitikleite-(ZrFe) |
Grew, E.S., Locock, A.J., Mills, S.J., Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Halenius, U., 2012; Counting garnets: a new nomenclature of the garnet supergroup; European Mineralogical Conference; Vol. 1, EMC2012-21-2 |
CNMNC (IMA)-Number
IMA 2009-053 |
CNMNC symbol
Symbol |
Ust |
Automatic Links to external internet sources (Responsibility is with the operator)
German pages |
DeWikiPedia - search for: Usturit Google-Bilder-Suche - search for: Usturit Mineralienatlas.de (Forum) - search for: Usturit |
English pages |
Mindat - search for: Usturite Webmineral - search for:Usturite Handbook-of-Mineralogy - search for: Usturite RRUFF - Raman, XRD and other mineral data - search for: Usturite RRUFF - References and PDF downloads - search for: Usturite American-Mineralogist-Crystal-Structure-Database - search for: Usturite Strahlen.org - search for: Usturite |
Russian pages |
Webmineral.ru - search for: Устурит |
Mineral Dealer
German pages |
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