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General Berezanskite Information

Chemical Formula:

KLi3Ti2Si12O30

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 972.69 gm

Potassium 4.02 % K 4.84 % K₂O

Lithium 2.14 % Li 4.61 % Li₂O

Titanium 9.84 % Ti 16.42 % TiO₂

Silicon 34.65 % Si 74.13 % SiO₂

Oxygen 49.35 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

KLi₃Ti₂Si₁₂O₃₀

Environment:

Occurs in a block of perialkaline pegmatite in the moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier. Possible titanium dominant analog of brannockite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

The moraine at the Dara-i-Pioz glacier in the Pamir Mountains, Garm region, Tadzhikistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan.

Synonym:

IMA1996-041

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Berezanskite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.44138

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.903, c = 14.274, Z = 2; V = 1,212.30 Den(Calc)= 2.66

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6/mcc

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.16(1), 2.895(0.95), 4.07(0.85),

Physical Properties of Berezanskite

Cleavage:

[0001] Perfect

Color:

White.

Density:

2.66

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments.

Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous - Pearly

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Berezanskite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.019 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.019 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2378,KPDmeas= 0.2378,KC= 0.2424

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.63, w=1.635, bire=0.0050.

Calculated Properties of Berezanskite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.63 gm/cc
note: r_Berezanskite=2.66 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.03075
Boson Index = 0.96925

Photoelectric:

PE_Berezanskite= 3.35 barns/electron
U=PE_Berezanskite x r_electron= 8.79 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 57.24 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Estimated Radioactivity from Berezanskite - barely detectable

Berezanskite Classification

Dana Class:

63.2.1a.15 (63)Cyclosilicate Condensed Rings

(63.2)Milarite - Osumilite type (6x2) Double Rings

(63.2.1a)Milarite - Osumilite group (Milarite - Osumilite subgroup)

63.2.1a.1 Brannockite KSn2Li3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.2 Chayesite K(Mg,Fe)4Fe(Si12O30) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.3 Darapiosite KNa2Zr[Li(Mn,Zr)2Si12O30] P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.4 Eifelite KNa3Mg4Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.5 Merrihueite (K,Na)2(Fe,Mg)5Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.6 Osumilite-(Fe) (K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.7 Osumilite-(Mg) (K,Na)(Mg,Fe)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.8 Poudretteite KNa2B3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.9 Sugilite KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.10 Yagiite (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.11 Dusmatovite K(K,Na,[])(Mn,Y,Zr)2(Zn,Li)3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.12 Milarite K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·(H2O) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.13 Sogdianite (K,Na)2(Li,Fe,Al)3ZrSi12O30 P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.14 Roedderite (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe)5Si12O30 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.15 Berezanskite ! KLi3Ti2Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.16 Shibkovite! K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-x,[]x)2ZnSi12O30(x~0.8) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.17 Trattnerite! (Fe,Mg)2(Mg,Fe)3(Si12O30) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.18 Almarudite! K([],Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30] P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

63.2.1a.19 IMA2003-045a! (Sc,Ca)2KBe3Si12O30 P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

VIII/E.22-125 VIII - Silicates

VIII/E - Cyklosilicates, double six rings [Si12O30]12-

VIII/E.22 - Millarite - Osumilite series

VIII/E.22-10 Poudretteite KNa2B3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-20 Milarite K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·(H2O) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-22 Almarudite! K([],Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30] P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-25 Trattnerite! (Fe,Mg)2(Mg,Fe)3(Si12O30) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-30 Eifelite KNa3Mg4Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-40 Roedderite (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe)5Si12O30 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-50 Chayesite K(Mg,Fe)4Fe(Si12O30) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-60 Merrihueite (K,Na)2(Fe,Mg)5Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-70 Yagiite (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 P 6/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-80 Osumilite-(Mg) (K,Na)(Mg,Fe)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-90 Osumilite-(Fe) (K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-100 Emeleusite Na4Li2Fe2Si12O30 Pnna 2/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-110 Sugilite KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-120 Sogdianite (K,Na)2(Li,Fe,Al)3ZrSi12O30 P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-125 Berezanskite KLi3Ti2Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-130 Darapiosite KNa2Zr[Li(Mn,Zr)2Si12O30] P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-133 Shibkovite! K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-x,[]x)2ZnSi12O30(x~0.8) P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-135 Dusmatovite K(K,Na,[])(Mn,Y,Zr)2(Zn,Li)3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-140 Brannockite KSn2Li3Si12O30 P 6/mcc 6/m 2/m 2/m

VIII/E.22-150 Armenite BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2(H2O) Pnc2 mm2

Other Berezanskite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin) PHYS. PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p734,1997) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Berezanskite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Berezanskite

KLi3Ti2Si12O30
Dana No: 63.2.1a.15 Strunz No: VIII/E.22-125
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