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Alushtite

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Nauchnyi village, Bakhchisaray area, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Name:According to locality near Alushta city
A variety of Tosudite

A clay mineral with a 1:1 regular interstratification of di-trioctahedral Li-Mg chlorite Cookeite-Sudoite series (with Cookeite/Sudoite ratio close to 1:1) and dioctahedral Smectite.

Alushtite was wrongfully discredited. Tosudite was "discovered" in Alushtite specimen.

Originally described in 1914 from Kuru-Uzen' village (now Solnechnogorsk) near Alushta city (now Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine).

Classification of Alushtite

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Other Names for Alushtite

Synonyms:
AlouchtiteAlusite
Other Languages:
German:Alouchtit
Aluschtit
Alushtit
Alusit
Spanish:Alouchtita
Alushtita
Alusita

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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 Alushtite

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- Korolev Yu.M. (1963) Results of investigation of Alushtite and Allevardite by difractometrical method and some consideratons onsystematic of phyllosilicates, - Bull. IV plenum po izucheniyu glin, Moscow, pp. 85-97 (in Rus.)
- Korolev Yu.M. (1965) On structure of Crimean alushtite, - Doklady AN SSSR, 165(5), pp.1160-1163 (in Rus.)
- Korolev Yu.M. (1970) Electronographical investigation and polytypism of tosudite, - Kristallografia, 15(6), p. 1152-1157 (in Rus.)
- Kartashov P.M. (1989) On Li-bearing Alushtite from Crimea and its position in the tosudite group, - Novye Dannye o Mineralah, Moscow, "Nauka", v.36, pp. 67-83 (in Rus.)

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    • Localities for Alushtite

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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.
    Belgium
     
    • Liège Province
    		Brown G., Bourguignon P., Thorez J. (1974) A lithium-bearing aluminian mixed layer bmontmorillonite-chlorite from Huy, Belgium, - Clay Miner., 10(3), pp. 135-144. & Kartashov P.M. (1989) On Li-bearing Alushtite from Crimea and its position in the tosudite group, - Novye Dannye o Mineralah, Moscow, "Nauka", v.36, pp. 67-83 (in Rus.)
    Ukraine
     
    • Crimea Oblast'
      • Crimea peninsula
    		- Dvoichenko P.A. (1914) Minerals of Crimea, - Zapiski Krymskogo obshchestva estestvoispytatelei, v.4, part unofficial, p. 104 (in Rus.)
    Kartashov P.M. (1989) On Li-bearing Alushtite from Crimea and its position in the tosudite group, - Novye Dannye o Mineralah, Moscow, "Nauka", v.36, pp. 67-83 (in Rus.)
        • Bakhchisaray area
    		Kartashov P.M. (1989) On Li-bearing Alushtite from Crimea and its position in the tosudite group, - Novye Dannye o Mineralah, Moscow, "Nauka", v.36, pp. 67-83 (in Rus.)
        • Sudak Area
          • Morskoye Village
    		Geologiya SSSR (The geology of USSR) (1969) - Nedra (Moscou), 1969, vol. VIII, 575 p.
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