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Tazheranite

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Tazheranskii Massif, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
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Formula:
(Zr,Ti,Ca)O
 
2
System:IsometricColour:Orange to red-orange
Hardness:7½
Name:Named after its discovery locality, Tazheran (Tazheranskii) alkaline complex, Baikal Alkaline Province, Russia.
This page provides mineralogical data about Tazheranite.

Classification of Tazheranite

IMA status:Approved 1969
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/D.31-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.DL.10

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
L : With large (+- medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structures
Dana 8th edition ID:4.4.13.1

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
4 : AX2
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.10.7

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
10 : Oxides of Zr and Th
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Type Occurrence of Tazheranite

Type Locality:Tazheranskii Massif, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1969

Physical Properties of Tazheranite

Lustre:Adamantine, Greasy
Colour:Orange to red-orange
Hardness (Mohs):7½

Crystallography of Tazheranite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 5.1Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 132.65 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Tazheranite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Tazheranite

Formula:
(Zr,Ti,Ca)O
 
2
Essential elements:O, Zr
All elements listed in formula:Ca, O, Ti, Zr

Relationship of Tazheranite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.DL.05Cerianite-(Ce)
(Ce
4+
 
,Th)O
 
2
4.DL.05Thorianite
ThO
 
2
4.DL.05Uraninite
UO
 
2
4.DL.05Zirkelite
(Ti,Ca,Zr)O
 
2-x
4.DL.10Calzirtite
CaZr
 
3
TiO
 
9
4.DL.10Hiärneite
(Ca,Mn,Na)
 
2
(Zr,Mn
3+
 
)
 
5
(Sb,Ti,Fe)
 
2
O
 
16
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
7.10.1Baddeleyite
ZrO
 
2
7.10.2Arkelite
ZrO
 
2
7.10.3Painite
ZrCaAl
 
9
[O
 
15
|BO
 
3
]
7.10.4Srilankite
Ti
 
2
ZrO
 
6
7.10.5Zirconolite
CaZrTi
 
2
O
 
7
7.10.6Calzirtite
CaZr
 
3
TiO
 
9
7.10.8Zirkelite
(Ti,Ca,Zr)O
 
2-x
7.10.9Uhligite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Al,Zr)
 
9
O
 
20
 ?
7.10.10Thorianite
ThO
 
2

Other Names for Tazheranite

Synonyms:
IMA1969-008
Other Languages:
German:Tazheranit
Russian:Тажеранит
Spanish:Tazheranita

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 Tazheranite

Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (1969): 186: 917-920.

American Mineralogist (1970): 55: 318.

Doklady, Earth Science Sections: 186: 142-144.

Doklady Akademii Nauk: 359: 529-531.

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    Localities for Tazheranite

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    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • São Paulo
        • Cajati
    		MinRec 15:261-270
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Lake Baikal area
            • Dovyren Highlands
    		Galuskin, Evgeny V. et al. (2007) Dovyrenite Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4: Vol. 38(1) , 15-27.
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      • Sundsvall
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