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Bitikleite-(SnFe)

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Formula:
Ca
 
3
SbSn(Fe
3+
 
O
 
4
)
 
3
System:Isometric
Member of:Garnet Structural Group
Name:For its composition and relationship to other Bitikleite series minerals.
This page provides mineralogical data about Bitikleite-(SnFe).

Classification of Bitikleite-(SnFe)

IMA status:Approved 2011
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Type Occurrence of Bitikleite-(SnFe)

Type Locality:Lakargi Mt., Verkhnechegemskaya caldera (Verkhni Chegem caldera; Upper Chegem caldera), Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, catalogue no. 4025/1.

Crystallography of Bitikleite-(SnFe)

Crystal System:Isometric
Class (H-M):m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral
Space Group:Ia3d {I41/a 3 2/d}
Space Group Setting:I41/a 3 2/d
Cell Parameters:a = 12.536(3) Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,970.05 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.432 (87)
3.134 (84)
2.803 (47)
2.559 (95)
1.982 (27)
1.675 (100)
1.402 (35)
1.336 (29)

Chemical Properties of Bitikleite-(SnFe)

Formula:
Ca
 
3
SbSn(Fe
3+
 
O
 
4
)
 
3
Essential elements:Ca, Fe, O, Sb, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Ca, Fe, O, Sb, Sn

Relationship of Bitikleite-(SnFe) to other Species

Member of:Garnet Structural Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Almandine
Fe
2+
3
Al
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Andradite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Berzeliite
NaCa
 
2
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
Bitikleite-(SnAl)
Ca
 
3
SbSn(AlO
 
4
)
 
3
Bitikleite-(ZrFe)
Ca
 
3
SbZr(Fe
3+
 
O
 
4
)
 
3
Blythite
Mn
2+
3
Mn
3+
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
Calderite
(Mn
2+
 
,Ca)
 
3
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Goldmanite
Ca
 
3
V
3+
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Grossular
Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Henritermierite
Ca
 
3
(Mn
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
4
Irinarassite
Ca
 
3
Sn
 
2
Al
 
2
SiO
 
12
Katoite
Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3-x
(OH)
 
4x
Kerimasite
Ca
 
3
Zr
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)(Fe
3+
 
O
 
4
)
 
2
Kimzeyite
Ca
 
3
(Zr,Ti)
 
2
((Si,Al,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
)
 
3
Knorringite
Mg
 
3
Cr
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Majorite
Mg
 
3
(Fe
2+
 
,Si,Al)
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Menzerite-(Y)
{(Y,REE)(Ca,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
}[(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)(Fe
3+
 
,Al)]
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
Momoiite
(Mn
2+
 
,Ca)
 
3
V
3+
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Morimotoite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Fe
2+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
((Si,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
)
 
3
Palenzonaite
(Ca,Na)
 
3
CaMn
2+
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
3
Pyrope
Mg
 
3
Al
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Schäferite
Ca
 
2
NaMg
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
3
Schorlomite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
((Si,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
)
 
3
Skiagite
Fe
2+
3
Fe
3+
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
Spessartine
Mn
2+
3
Al
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Toturite
Ca
 
3
Sn
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)(Fe
3+
 
O
 
4
)
 
2
Uvarovite
Ca
 
3
Cr
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
Yafsoanite
Ca
 
3
Zn
 
3
(TeO
 
6
)
 
2

Other Names for Bitikleite-(SnFe)

Synonyms:
IMA2010-064
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 Bitikleite-(SnFe)

Reference List:

- +
Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Kusz, J., Dzierz'anowski, P., Prusik, K., Gazeev, V.M., Pertsev, N.N. and Dubrovinsky, L. (2011): Bitikleite-(SnFe), IMA 2010-064. CNMNC Newsletter 8, 290; Mineralogical Magazine 75, 289-294.

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    • Northern Caucasus Region
      • Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
        • Verkhnechegemskaya caldera (Verkhni Chegem caldera; Upper Chegem caldera)
    		Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Kusz, J., Dzierz'anowski, P., Prusik, K., Gazeev, V.M., Pertsev, N.N. and Dubrovinsky, L. (2011): CNMNC Newsletter 8, 290
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