Zircophyllite

Zircophyllite

Zircophyllite is a complex mineral, formula (K,Na)3(Mn,Fe)7(Zr,Ti,Nb)2Si8O24(OH,F)7. It crystallizes in the triclinic - pinacoidal crystal class as dark brown to black micaceous plates. It has perfect 001 cleavage, a Mohs hardness of 4 to 4.5 and a specific gravity of 3.34. Its indices of refraction are nα=1.708 nβ=1.738 nγ=1.747 and it has a 2V optical angle of 62°.

It occurs with natrolite in alkali pegmatites. It was discovered in 1972 in the Korgeredabinsh massif, Tuva, Russia and is named for its zirconium content and its relationship to astrophyllite. It is also known from the Mt Saint-Hilaire intrusive complex of Québec, Canada.

References

* [http://webmineral.com/data/Zircophyllite.shtml Webmineral data]
* [http://www.mindat.org/min-4423.html Mindat with location data]
* [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zircophyllite.pdf Mineral Data Publishing, PDF]


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