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Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
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Formula:
Ca
 
12
Mg
 
4
(BO
 
3
)
 
7
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
(OH)
 
2
Cl
Colour:Colourless, gray to ...Hardness:5
Name:From Sakha, the name for Siberia in the language of Yakutsk.
This page provides mineralogical data about Sakhaite.

Classification of Sakhaite

IMA status:Approved 1965
Strunz 8th edition ID:5/G.06-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:6.AB.65

6 : BORATES
A : Monoborates
B : BO3, with additional anions; 1(D) + OH, etc.
Dana 8th edition ID:27.1.4.1

27 : COMPOUND BORATES
1 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:10.4.4

10 : Borates with other anions
4 : Borates with carbonate
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Type Occurrence of Sakhaite

Type Locality:Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1966

Physical Properties of Sakhaite

Lustre:Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:Colourless, gray to grayish white
Hardness (Mohs):5

Chemical Properties of Sakhaite

Formula:
Ca
 
12
Mg
 
4
(BO
 
3
)
 
7
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
(OH)
 
2
Cl
Essential elements:B, C, Ca, Cl, H, Mg, O
All elements listed in formula:B, C, Ca, Cl, H, Mg, O

Relationship of Sakhaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
6.AB.05Hambergite
Be
 
2
(BO
 
3
)(OH)
6.AB.10Berborite
Be
 
2
(BO
 
3
)(OH,F) · H
 
2
O
6.AB.15Jeremejevite
Al
 
6
(BO
 
3
)
 
5
(F,OH)
 
3
6.AB.20Warwickite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
Ti(BO
 
3
)
 
2
O
 
2
6.AB.20Yuanfuliite
Mg(Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Al,Ti,Mg)(BO
 
3
)O
6.AB.25Karlite
Mg
 
7
(BO
 
3
)
 
3
(OH,Cl)
 
5
6.AB.30Azoproite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Ti,Mg)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.30Bonaccordite
Ni
 
2
Fe
3+
 
(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.30Fredrikssonite
Mg
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.30Ludwigite
Mg
 
2
Fe
3+
 
(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.30Vonsenite
Fe
2+
2
Fe
3+
 
(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.35Pinakiolite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
Mn
3+
 
(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.40Blatterite
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Sb
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.40Chestermanite
Mg
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Mn
3+
 
,Al,Sb
3+
 
)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.40Orthopinakiolite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
Mn
3+
 
(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.40Takéuchiite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.45Hulsite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Sn)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.45Magnesiohulsite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Sn,Mg)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.45Aluminomagnesiohulsite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Al,Mg,Sn)(BO
 
3
)O
 
2
6.AB.50Fluoborite
Mg
 
3
(BO
 
3
)(F,OH)
 
3
6.AB.50Hydroxylborite
Mg
 
3
(BO
 
3
)(OH)
 
3
6.AB.55Shabynite
Mg
 
5
(BO
 
3
)(OH)
 
5
(Cl,OH)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
6.AB.55Wightmanite
Mg
 
5
(BO
 
3
)O(OH)
 
5
 · 2H
 
2
O
6.AB.60Gaudefroyite
Ca
 
4
Mn
3+
2-3
(BO
 
3
)
 
3
(CO
 
3
)(O,OH)
 
3
6.AB.70Harkerite
Ca
 
12
Mg
 
4
Al(BO
 
3
)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
5
 · H
 
2
O
6.AB.75Pertsevite-(F)
Mg
 
2
(BO
 
3
)(F,OH)
6.AB.75Pertsevite-(OH)
Mg
 
2
(BO
 
3
)(OH)
6.AB.80Jacquesdietrichite
Cu
 
2
(H
 
2
BO
 
3
)(OH)
 
3
6.AB.85Painite
CaZrAl
 
9
(BO
 
3
)O
 
15
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
10.4.1Canavesite
Mg
 
2
(HBO
 
3
)(CO
 
3
) · 5H
 
2
O
10.4.2Carboborite
Ca
 
2
Mg[B(OH)
 
4
]
 
2
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
10.4.3Borcarite
Ca
 
4
Mg(B
 
4
O
 
6
(OH)
 
6
)(CO
 
3
)
 
2
10.4.5Moydite-(Y)
Y[B(OH)
 
4
](CO
 
3
)
10.4.6Gaudefroyite
Ca
 
4
Mn
3+
2-3
(BO
 
3
)
 
3
(CO
 
3
)(O,OH)
 
3

Other Names for Sakhaite

Synonyms:
IMA1965-035
Other Languages:
German:Sakhait
Russian:Сахаит
Simplified Chinese:萨哈石
Spanish:Sakhaita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Sakhaite

Reference List:

- +
Ostrovskaya I.V., Pertsev N.N., Nikitina I.B. (1966) Sakhaite, a new carbonate-borate of calcium and magnesium, - ZVMO, 95(2), 193-202 (in Rus.)

American Mineralogist (1966): 51: 1817.

Soviet Physics – Doklady: 23: 225-226.

Mineralogical Magazine (1990): 54: 105.

Grew, E.S., and Anovitz, L.M. (1996) BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, second edition, as revised (2002).

Xiangwen Liu, Guangming Yang, Huamin Zou, Jing Qu, and Wenxia Zhao (2004): Electron microscopy study of the sakhaite from endogenous borate deposit in Hunan, China. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 47(3), 232-238.

Yakubovich O. V., Still I. M., Gavrilenko P. G. and Urusov V. S. (2005) Crystal Structure of Sakhaite from the Solongo Deposit in Connection with the Crystallochemical Interpretation of the Sakhaite-Harkerite Mineral Series, - Crystallography Reports: 50: 194.

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    • Localities for Sakhaite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    China
     
    • Hunan Province
      • Hengyang Prefecture
        • Changning Co.
          • Dayishan Sn-polymetallic ore field
    		Rongwen Zhou and Zhishun Chen (1991): Geology and Prospecting 27(3), 29-31
    Yang Guangming, Peng Zhizhong, and Pan Zhaolu (1985): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5(2), 97-101; Aleksandrov, S.M. (1998): Geochemistry of skarn and ore formation in dolomites. VSP (Utrecht, Tokyo), 300 pp.
    Namibia
     
    • Otjozondjupa Region
      • Grootfontein District
        • Kombat
    		Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.
    North Korea
     
    • North Hwanghae Province
      • Suan-gun
    		Handbook of Mineralogy, v5
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Zheleznogorsk
    		Mazurov, M.P., Grishina, S.N., Istomin, V.E., and Titov, A.T. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(4), 271-284.; Mazurov et al (2007) Geology of Ore Deposits, 49, 271–284.
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Polar Yakutia
          • Dogdo River Basin
            • Tas-Khayakhtakh Range
              • Izvestkovyi Stream
    		Galuskina I.O., Kadiyski M., Armbruster T., Galuskin E.V., Pertsev N.N., Dzierzanowski P., Wrzalik R. (2008) A new natural phase in the system Mg2SiO4-Mg2BO3F-Mg2BO3(OH): composition, paragenesis and structure of OH-dominant pertsevite, - Eur. J. Mineral., 20, p. 951-964.
    I.V. Ostrovskaya, N.N. Pertsev, I.B. Nikitina: ZVMO 95:193-202 (1966); Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic
          • Vitim Plateau
    		[AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
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