Jinshajiangite | |
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![]() Jinshajiangite crystals. Locality: Luku Mine,
Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, China | |
General | |
Category | Sorosilicate |
Formula (repeating unit) | BaNaFe4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F |
IMA symbol | Jsh [1] |
Strunz classification | 9.BE.67 |
Crystal system | Monoclinic |
Crystal class | Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) |
Space group | C2/m |
Unit cell | a = 10.6785, b = 13.786 c = 20.700 [Å], β = 94.937° |
Identification | |
References | [2] [3] |
Jinshajiangite is a rare silicate mineral named after the Jinshajiang river in China. [4] [3] Its currently accepted formula is BaNaFe4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F. [5] It gives a name of the jinshajiangite group. [3] The mineral is associated with alkaline rocks. In jinshajiangite, there is a potassium-to-barium, calcium-to-sodium, manganese-to-iron and iron-to-titanium diadochy substitution. Jinshajiangite is the iron-analogue of surkhobite [5] and perraultite. [6] It is chemically related to bafertisite, cámaraite [3] and emmerichite. [7] Its structure is related to that of bafertisite. Jinshajiangite is a titanosilicate with heteropolyhedral HOH layers, where the H-layer is a mixed tetrahedral-octahedral layer, and the O-layer is simply octahedral. [5]
The mineral has only two known places of natural occurrences; a dyke near Jinshajiang River, Sichuan Province and the intrusion of Norra Kärr in Sweden. [8] [5]