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Lingunite

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Formula:
(Na,Ca)AlSi
 
3
O
 
8
System:Tetragonal
Polymorph of:Albite, Kumdykolite


A hollandite-type high-pressure modification of (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8.
Compare also KAlSi3O8-hollandite, the K analogue.

Occurs in shock-melt veins in meteorites and impact rocks.

Classification of Lingunite

IMA status:Approved 2004
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.FA.70

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
F : Tektosilicates without zeolitic H2O
A : Tektosilicates without additional non-tetrahedral anions
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Type Occurrence of Lingunite

Type Locality:Sixiangkou meteorite, Sixiangkou, Gaogang District, Taizhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China

Crystallography of Lingunite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Class (H-M):4/m - Dipyramidal
Space Group:I4/m
Cell Parameters:a = 9.263Å, c = 2.706Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.292
Unit Cell Volume:V 232.18 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
6.55(66)
4.63(60)
2.931(100)
2.265(35)
2.032(85)
1.737(37)
1.543(33)
1.450(42)
Comments:From type description.

Chemical Properties of Lingunite

Formula:
(Na,Ca)AlSi
 
3
O
 
8
Idealised Formula:
NaAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
Essential elements:Al, Na, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:Al, Ca, Na, O, Si

Relationship of Lingunite to other Species

Structurally related to group(s):
Hollandite Supergroup
A
2+
 
[M
4+
6
M
3+
2
]O
 
16
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.FA.05Kaliophilite
KAlSiO
 
4
9.FA.05Kalsilite
KAlSiO
 
4
9.FA.05Nepheline
(Na,K)AlSiO
 
4
9.FA.05Panunzite
(K,Na)AlSiO
 
4
9.FA.05Trikalsilite
(K,Na)AlSiO
 
4
9.FA.05Yoshiokaite
(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)O
 
4
]
9.FA.05Megakalsilite
KAlSiO
 
4
9.FA.10Malinkoite
NaBSiO
 
4
9.FA.15Virgilite
LiAlSi
 
2
O
 
6
9.FA.25Lisitsynite
KBSi
 
2
O
 
6
9.FA.30Adularia
KAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Anorthoclase
(Na,K)AlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Buddingtonite
(NH
 
4
)AlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Celsian
BaAl
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.30Hyalophane
(K,Ba)[Al(Si,Al)Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
9.FA.30Microcline
KAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Orthoclase
KAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Sanidine
KAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Rubicline
(Rb,K)AlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.30Monalbite
NaAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.35Albite
NaAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.35Andesine
(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
9.FA.35Anorthite
CaAl
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.35Bytownite
(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
9.FA.35Labradorite
(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
9.FA.35Oligoclase
(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
9.FA.35Reedmergnerite
Na[BSi
 
3
O
 
8
]
9.FA.40Paracelsian
BaAl
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.45Svyatoslavite
CaAl
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.45Kumdykolite
NaAlSi
 
3
O
 
8
9.FA.50Slawsonite
(Sr,Ca)Al
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.55Lisetite
CaNa
 
2
Al
 
4
Si
 
4
O
 
16
9.FA.60Banalsite
BaNa
 
2
[Al
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
 
2
9.FA.60Stronalsite
SrNa
 
2
[Al
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
]
 
2
9.FA.65Danburite
CaB
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.65Maleevite
BaB
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.65Pekovite
SrB
 
2
Si
 
2
O
 
8
9.FA.75Kokchetavite
KAlSi
 
3
O
 
8

Other Names for Lingunite

Synonyms:
IMA2004-054NaAlSi3O8-hollanditeSilicate HollanditeUnnamed (Tetragonal analogue of Albite)
Other Languages:

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 Lingunite

Reference List:

- +
Liu, L. (1978): High-pressure phase transformations of albite, jadeite and nepheline. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 37, 438-444.

Gillet, P., Chen, M., Dubrovinsky, L., El Goresy, A. (2000): Natural NaAlSi3O8-hollandite in the shocked Sixiangkou meteorite. Science, 287, 1633-1636.

Tomioka, N., Mori, H., Fujino, K. (2000): Shock-induced transition of NaAlSi3O8 feldspar into a hollandite structure in a L6 chondrite. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 3997-4000.

Xie Xiande, Chen Ming, Wang Deqiang, A. El Goresy (2001): NaAlSi3O8-hollandite and other high-pressure minerals in the shock melt veins of the Suizhou meteorite. Chinese Science Bulletin 46, 1116-1125.

Liu, L. (2006): Phase relations in the system KAlSi3O8-NaAlSi3O8 at high pressure-high temperature conditions and their implication for the petrogenesis of lingunite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 246, 317-325.

Liu, L.-G. & El Goresy, A. (2007): High-pressure phase transitions of the feldspars and further characterization of lingunite. International Geology Review, 49, 854-860.

Liu, L., Lin, C.-C., Yung, Y.J., Mernagh, T.P., Irifune, T. (2009): Raman spectroscopic study of K-lingunite at various pressures and temperatures. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36, 143-149.

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    Australia
     
    • Queensland
      • Charters Towers Region
        • South Gregory
          • Tenham Station
    		Excalibur Minerals CATALOG #20506 - Vol. XXXII, No. 6; T. Ferroir, M. Miyahara, E. Ohtani, P.Beck, A. Simionovici P. Gillet and A. El Goresy 72nd Meeting of the Meteoritical Society: Abstracts Page A69 No. 5143
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    • Hubei Province
      • Suizhou Prefecture
        • Sui Co.
          • Xihe
    		Xie Xiande, Chen Ming, Wang Deqiang, A. El Goresy (2001): NaAlSi3O8-hollandite and other high-pressure minerals in the shock melt veins of the Suizhou meteorite. Chinese Science Bulletin 46, 1116-1125.; [AmMin 85:1564]
    • Jiangsu Province
      • Taizhou Prefecture
        • Gaogang District
          • Sixiangkou
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    Nigeria
     
    • Katsina State
    		Langenhorst, F. and Poirier, J.-P. (2000b): ‘Eclogitic’ minerals in a shocked basaltic meteorite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176, 259-265.
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