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Kuliokite-(Y)

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Høydalen (Høydalen seter), Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
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Formula:
Y
 
4
Al(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
F
 
5
Hardness:4 - 5
Name:For the Kuliok River, Kola Peninsula, Russia, and the "-(Y)" suffix for the yttrium in its composition.
This page provides mineralogical data about Kuliokite-(Y).

Classification of Kuliokite-(Y)

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:8/B.19-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.AG.50

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
G : Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] +- [6] coordination
Dana 8th edition ID:78.7.8.1

78 : Unclassified Silicates
7 :
Hey's CIM Ref.:17.2.8

17 : Silicates Containing other Anions
2 : Silicates with fluoride
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Type Occurrence of Kuliokite-(Y)

Type Locality:Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
General Appearance of Type Material:White crusts on fluorite.
Associated Minerals at type locality:
Fluorite

Physical Properties of Kuliokite-(Y)

Hardness (Mohs):4 - 5

Optical Data of Kuliokite-(Y)

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.656 nβ = 1.700 nγ = 1.703
2V:Measured: 19° to 29°, Calculated: 28°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.047

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:r > v

Chemical Properties of Kuliokite-(Y)

Formula:
Y
 
4
Al(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
F
 
5
Essential elements:Al, F, H, O, Si, Y
All elements listed in formula:Al, F, H, O, Si, Y

Relationship of Kuliokite-(Y) to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.AG.05Abswurmbachite
CuMn
3+
6
O
 
8
(SiO
 
4
)
9.AG.05Braunite
Mn
2+
 
Mn
3+
6
[O
 
8
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.05Neltnerite
CaMn
3+
6
[O
 
8
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.05Braunite-II
CaMn
3+
14
SiO
 
24
9.AG.10Långbanite
(Mn
2+
 
,Ca)
 
4
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
9
Sb
5+
 
[O
 
8
|SiO
 
4
]
 
2
9.AG.15Malayaite
CaSn[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.15Titanite
CaTi[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.15Vanadomalayaite
CaV
4+
 
[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.20Cerite-(Ce)
(Ce,Ca)
 
9
(Fe,Mg)(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
[SiO
 
3
(OH)]
 
4
(OH)
 
3
9.AG.20Cerite-(La)
(La,Ce,Ca)
 
9
(Fe,Ca,Mg)(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
[SiO
 
3
(OH)]
 
4
(OH)
 
3
9.AG.20Aluminocerite-(Ce)
(Ce,La,Ca)
 
9
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
[SiO
 
3
(OH)]
 
4
(OH)
 
3
9.AG.25Trimounsite-(Y)
Y
 
2
Ti
 
2
[O
 
5
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.25Yftisite-(Y)
(Y,Dy,Er)
 
4
(Ti,Sn)O(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(F,OH)
 
6
9.AG.30Sitinakite
KNa
 
2
Ti
 
4
Si
 
2
O
 
13
(OH)·2H
 
2
O
9.AG.35Kittatinnyite
Ca
 
2
Mn
 
2
Mn(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
4
·9H
 
2
O
9.AG.40aNatisite
Na
 
2
Ti[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.40bParanatisite
Na
 
2
Ti[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.45Törnebohmite-(Ce)
(Ce,La)
 
2
Al(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
OH
9.AG.45Törnebohmite-(La)
(La,Ce)
 
2
Al(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
OH
9.AG.55Chantalite
CaAl
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.60Mozartite
CaMn
3+
 
[OH|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.60Vuagnatite
CaAl[OH|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.65Hatrurite
Ca
 
3
[O|SiO
 
4
]
9.AG.70Jasmundite
Ca
 
11
[O
 
2
|S|(SiO
 
4
)
 
4
]
9.AG.75Afwillite
Ca
 
3
[HSiO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
9.AG.80Bultfonteinite
Ca
 
2
[F|HSiO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
9.AG.85Zoltaiite
BaV
4+
2
V
3+
12
Si
 
2
O
 
27
9.AG.90Tranquillityite
(Fe
2+
 
,Ca)
 
8
(Zr,Y)
 
2
Ti
 
3
[O
 
4
|SiO
 
4
]
 
3
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
17.2.1Topaz
Al
 
2
[(F,OH)
 
2
|SiO
 
4
]
17.2.2Polylithionite
KLi
 
2
Al[(F,OH)
 
2
|Si
 
4
O
 
10
]
17.2.3Leifite
(Na,H
 
2
O)Na
 
6
[F
 
2
|Be
 
2
Al
 
2
(Al,Si)Si
 
15
O
 
39
]
17.2.5Meliphanite
(Ca,Na)
 
2
(Be,Al)[Si
 
2
O
 
6
(OH,F)]
17.2.6Sarcolite
Na
 
2
Ca
 
12
(Ca,K,Fe,Sr,Mg)
 
2
Al
 
8
Si
 
12
(P,Si)O
 
52
F
 
2
17.2.7Götzenite
Na
 
2
Ca
 
5
Ti[F
 
4
|(Si
 
2
O
 
7
)
 
2
]
17.2.9Zinnwaldite
KLiFe
2+
 
Al[(F,OH)
 
2
|AlSi
 
3
O
 
10
]
17.2.10Magbasite
KBa(Al,Sc)(Mg,Fe)
 
6
Si
 
6
O
 
20
F
 
2
17.2.11Eckermannite
[Na][Na
 
2
][(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
4
Al][(OH)
 
2
|Si
 
8
O
 
22
]

Other Names for Kuliokite-(Y)

Synonyms:
IMA1984-064
Other Languages:
German:Kuliokit-(Y)
Russian:Кулиокит-(Y)

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 Kuliokite-(Y)

Reference List:Voloshin et al (1986) Kuliokite-(Y), a new yttrium-aluminium fluorine-silicate from amazonite pegmatites of the Kola Peninsula. Mineral. Zhurn., 8: 94-99 (in Russ.).

Sokolova et al (1986) Crystal structure of the new Y-Al silicate kuliokite-(Y),
Y4Al(SiO4)2 (OH)2 F5 (in Russ) [English translation in Sov. Phys. Dokl. 31(8): 601-603 (1986)].

Voloshin, A.V., Ya. A. Pakhomovskii (1986) Minerals and mineral formation evolution in amazonite pegmatites of Kola peninsula, - Leningrad, Nauka, 1986, pp.168.

American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 192.

Raade, Sæbø, Austrheim & Kristiansen (1993) Kuliokite-(Y) and its alteration products kainosite-(Y) and kamphaugite-(Y) from granite pegmatite in Tørdal, Norway. European Journal of Mineralogy: 5: 691-698.

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    Localities for Kuliokite-(Y)

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    Norway
     
    • Nordland
      • Tysfjord
    		Collection of Tomas Husdal
    • Telemark
      • Drangedal
        • Tørdal
    		Raade, Sæbø, Austrheim & Kristiansen (1993): Kuliokite-(Y) and its alteration products kainosite-(Y) and kamphaugite-(Y) from granite pegmatite in Tørdal, Norway, European Journal of Mineralogy: 5: 691-698.
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Western Keivy Massif
    		Voloshin, A. V., Ya. A. Pakhomovskii (1986) Minerals and mineral formation evolution in amazonite pegmatites of Kola peninsula, - Leningrad, Nauka, 1986, pp.168.; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
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