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Rinkite

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Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Verchères Co., Québec, Canada
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Formula:
Na(Na,Ca)
 
2
(Ca,Ce)
 
4
Ti[F
 
2
|(O,F)
 
2
|(Si
 
2
O
 
7
)
 
2
]
System:MonoclinicColour:Yellowish-brown, yellow
Lustre:VitreousHardness:5
Name:For H. Rink.


A mineral of controversial history and status. See also Mosandrite.

Classification of Rinkite

IMA status:Discredited 2008
Explanation of status:Discredited due to its identity with the revised definition of mosandrite. (Qv Sokolova & Camara, 2008)
Strunz 8th edition ID:8/.-25
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9..20

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
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Type Occurrence of Rinkite

Type Locality:Kangerdluarssuq (Kangerdluarssuk; Kangerdluarsuk) Firth, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
Year of Discovery:1884

Physical Properties of Rinkite

Lustre:Vitreous
Colour:Yellowish-brown, yellow
Hardness (Mohs):5

Crystallography of Rinkite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 5.67Å, b = 7.41Å, c = 18.83Å
β = 101.26°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.765 : 1 : 2.541
Unit Cell Volume:V 775.91 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
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Radiation - Copper Kα
Data Set:
Horizontal Axis: ° to ° Vertical Axis: % Source Data: Filtered Data: Peaks:
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Optical Data of Rinkite

Type:Biaxial (+)
RI values: nα = 1.665 nβ = 1.668 nγ = 1.681
2V:Measured: 43° , Calculated: 52°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.016

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

Chemical Properties of Rinkite

Formula:
Na(Na,Ca)
 
2
(Ca,Ce)
 
4
Ti[F
 
2
|(O,F)
 
2
|(Si
 
2
O
 
7
)
 
2
]
Essential elements:Ca, F, Na, O, Si, Ti
All elements listed in formula:Ca, Ce, F, Na, O, Si, Ti
Common Impurities:Zr,Th,Y,La,Fe,Mn,Mg,K,H2O

Relationship of Rinkite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9..Alumino-ferrowinchite
9..Illite
K
 
0.65
A
 
2.0
 [][Al
 
0.65
Si,
 
3.35
O
 
10
](OH)
 
2
9..Tetranatrolite
9..Shkatulkalite

Other Names for Rinkite

Other Languages:
German:Rinkit
Russian:Ринкит
Spanish:Rinkita

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 Rinkite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1958): 43: 795.

Gottardi, G. (1966). X-ray crystallography of rinkite. American Mineralogist, 51: 1529-1535.

Galli, E. & Alberti, A. (1971). The crystal structure of Rinkite. Acta Crystallographica, B27: 1277-1284.

Soviet Physics, Crystallography (1991): 36(3): 349-351.

American Mineralogist (1992): 77: 674.

Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh & Nichols (1995), Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. II: 689.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (2000), 496.

Bellezza, M. (2005): Crystal-chemical study of Zr,Ti,Nb,REE-disilicates with general formula M16(Si2O7)4(O,OH,F)8, belonging to the cuspidine, gotzenite-rosenbuschite-seidozerite and rinkite families. Plinius, 31, 51-54.

Can. Mineral. 44 (2006) 1273

Sokolova, E. & Camara, F. (2008) Min. Mag., 72, 887-897.

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    Localities for Rinkite

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    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Poços de Caldas plateau
    		No reference listed
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Verchères Co.
        • Varennes & St-Amable
          • Saint-Amable sill
    China
     
    • Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
      • Dandong Prefecture
        • Fengcheng Co.
    		http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-189/of02-189.xls
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
        • Igaliku (Igaliko)
          • Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk)
        • Ilimaussaq complex
    		Soerensen, H. (2001): The Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland: status of mineralogical research with new results, Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 190, GEUS
            • Head of Kangerdluarssuq
    		Bohse, H., Petersen, O., Niedermayr, G. (2001): Notes on Leucophanite from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 190, 119-121
            • Qeqertaussaq Island
    		Soerensen, H. (1962): On the occurrence of Steenstrupine in the Ilimaussaq massif, southwest Greenland, Meddelelser om Groenland, Reitzels Forlag Koebenhavn
    Soerensen, H. (1962): On the occurrence of Steenstrupine in the Ilimaussaq massif, southwest Greenland, Meddelelser om Groenland, Reitzels Forlag Koebenhavn
          • Tunugdliarfik Firth (Eriksfjord)
    		Boeggild, O.B. (1953): The Mineralogy of Greenland, Meddelelser om Groenland, Vol. 149/3, Reitzels Forlag Koebenhavn
            • Tuperssuatsiat Bay
    		Robles, E., Fontan, F., Monchoux, P., Soerensen, H. (2001): Hiortdahlite II from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, South Greenland, Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 190, 131-137
    Guinea
     
    Morocco
     
    • Meknès-Tafilalet Region
      • Khénifra Province
        • High Atlas Mts
          • Tamazeght complex
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Tuva Republic
        • Sangilen Upland
          • Balygtyg-Khem River
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Men’shikov, Y.P., Konopleva, N.G., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 732-745.
    Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.
    Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V., Kononkova, N.N., Zubkova, N.V., Rabadanov, M.K., and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 749-754.; 33 IGC excursion No 47, July 22 – August 2, 2008 Stop 2-2
            • Kukisvumchorr Mt
              • Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirov Mine)
    		American Mineralogist (2005): 90: 1467-1468.
    American Mineralogist, Volume 92, pages 1525-1530, 2007
    Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.
    Pavel M. Kartashov data
    Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.
    Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.
    Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
    South Africa
     
    • Gauteng Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Sweden
     
    • Småland
      • Jönköping
        • Gränna
    		No reference listed
    Tajikistan
     
    • Region of Republican Subordination
      • Tien Shan Mts
        • Alai (Alayskiy) Range
    		http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/dara.htm
    USA
     
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski Co.
        • Little Rock
    • Montana
      • Meagher Co.
    		Chakhmouradian A.R. & Mitchell R.H. (2002) The mineralogy of Ba- and Zr-rich alkaline pegmatites from Gordon Butte, Crazy Mountains (Montana, USA): comparisons between potassic and sodic agpaitic pegmatites. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 143, 93-114. ; Chakhmouradian, A. R. & Mitchell, R. H. (2002): The mineralogy of Ba- and Zr-rich alkaline pegmatites from Gordon Butte, Crazy Mountains (Montana, USA): comparisons between potassic and sodic agpaitic pegmatites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 143, 93-114.
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