Osumilite-(Mg) from
Reference Peak, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Locality type:

Peak

Classification

Species:

Osumilite-(Mg)

Formula:

K◻₂Mg₂Al₃[Al₂Si₁₀O₃₀]

Comments:

This is actually Osumilite-(Mg) - see paper by Grew Amer Min 67 (1982)

Confirmation

Validity:

Confirmed

Confirmation Methods:

EPMA

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

826657

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:826657:6

GUID (UUID V4):

764064e1-ccd6-4eab-a64e-5d7dc5fd3af4

Nearest other occurrences of Osumilite-(Mg)

43.3km (26.9 miles)

49.2km (30.6 miles)

51.6km (32.1 miles)

52.7km (32.8 miles)

References

Grew, E. (1982): Osumilite in the Sapphirine-Quartz terrane of Enderby Land, Antarctica:…., American Mineralogist, Vol. 67, pp. 762-787

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*(2023) Osumilite-(Mg) Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America*	Report (issue)
	(K; Na)(Mg; Fe 2+ )2(Al; Fe3+ )3 (Si; Al)12 O30 Osumilite-(Mg) c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, ver...(K0:84 Na 0:09 Ca0:02 )§=0: 95 (Mg 1:69 Fe2+ 0:30Mn0: 03 )§=2:02 (Al 2: 36 Mg 0:63 Ti 0:01 ) §=3:00 (Si10:60...Riiser-Larsen, Antarctica; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (K 0:97 Na 0:09 Ca 0:02) §=1:08 (Mg 2:82 Fe2+...Fe2+ 0:13Mn0: 03 Ti 0:01 )§= 2:99 (Al 2: 59 Mg 0:41 ) §=3:00 (Si10:37 Al 1:63 )§= 12:00O 30 : Mineral...localities for material with characterized Fe2+ :Mg: From Tieveragh, Co. Antrim, Ireland. At Vikesº a
	*Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy* (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872**	Book (edition)
	and O, OH, F, and H20 Groups and Other Anions or Complex and Some Beryllosilicates 1020 1061 1106 1116...Livermore, CA 94551; and GEOREF the bibliographical reference compelation of the American Geological Institute...followed in this edition. The many and often very complex silicate minerals are here classified for the first...artifacts. 6) Structure - (GL, GT) A literature reference to a structure determination may appear next,...may be less for simple structures or more for complex ones. Typically, the projection is down the shortest