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Vlasovite

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Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
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Formula:
Na
 
2
ZrSi
 
4
O
 
11
System:MonoclinicColour:Colorless, honey-brown
Hardness:6
Name:Named after Kuzma Alekseevich Vlasov (1905-1964), mineralogist and geochemist, founder of the Institute of Mineralogy (Moscow).
This page provides mineralogical data about Vlasovite.

Classification of Vlasovite

IMA status:Approved 1967
Strunz 8th edition ID:8/F.34-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.DM.25

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
M : Inosilicates with 6-periodic single chains
Dana 8th edition ID:66.2.2.1

66 : INOSILICATES Double-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=2)
2 : Amphiboles - Ca subgroup
Hey's CIM Ref.:14.10.5

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
10 : Silicates of Zr or Hf
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Type Occurrence of Vlasovite

Type Locality:Vavnbed Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Physical Properties of Vlasovite

Lustre:Greasy, Pearly
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Colorless, honey-brown
Hardness (Mohs):6

Crystallography of Vlasovite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:B2/b {B1 1 2/b} {C2/c} {C1 2/c 1}
Cell Parameters:a = 11.0390(5) Å, b = 10.0980(4) Å, c = 8.5677(4) Å
β = 100.313(1)°
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.093 : 1 : 0.848
Unit Cell Volume:V 939.6 ų
Z:4

Optical Data of Vlasovite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.607 nβ = 1.623 nγ = 1.628
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.021

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

Chemical Properties of Vlasovite

Formula:
Na
 
2
ZrSi
 
4
O
 
11
Essential elements:Na, O, Si, Zr
All elements listed in formula:Na, O, Si, Zr

Relationship of Vlasovite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.DM.05Stokesite
CaSn[Si
 
3
O
 
9
] · 2H
 
2
O
9.DM.10Calciohilairite
CaZr[SiO
 
3
]
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
9.DM.10Hilairite
Na
 
2
Zr[SiO
 
3
]
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
9.DM.10Komkovite
BaZr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·3H
 
2
O
9.DM.10Sazykinaite-(Y)
Na
 
5
YZr[SiO
 
3
]
 
6
 · 6H
 
2
O
9.DM.10Pyatenkoite-(Y)
Na
 
5
YTi[SiO
 
3
]
 
6
 · 6H
 
2
O
9.DM.15Gaidonnayite
Na
 
2
Zr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·2H
 
2
O
9.DM.15Georgechaoite
NaKZr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·2H
 
2
O
9.DM.20Chkalovite
Na
 
2
BeSi
 
2
O
 
6
9.DM.30Revdite
Na
 
16
Si
 
16
O
 
27
(OH)
 
26
·28H
 
2
O
9.DM.35Scheuchzerite
Na(Mn,Mg,Zn)
 
9
[VSi
 
9
O
 
28
(OH)](OH)
 
3
9.DM.40Terskite
Na
 
4
ZrSi
 
6
O
 
16
·2H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
14.10.1Zircon
Zr[SiO
 
4
]
14.10.2Hafnon
(Hf,Zr)[SiO
 
4
]
14.10.3Zektzerite
LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si
 
6
O
 
15
14.10.4Parakeldyshite
Na
 
2
ZrSi
 
2
O
 
7
14.10.6Keldyshite
(Na,H)
 
2
ZrSi
 
2
O
 
7
14.10.7Gaidonnayite
Na
 
2
Zr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·2H
 
2
O
14.10.8Terskite
Na
 
4
ZrSi
 
6
O
 
16
·2H
 
2
O
14.10.9Elpidite
Na
 
2
ZrSi
 
6
O
 
15
·3H
 
2
O
14.10.10Hilairite
Na
 
2
Zr[SiO
 
3
]
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
14.10.11Petarasite
Na
 
5
Zr
 
2
[(OH,Cl)|Si
 
6
O
 
18
]·2H
 
2
O
14.10.12Khibinskite
K
 
2
ZrSi
 
2
O
 
7
14.10.13Wadeite
K
 
2
Zr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]
14.10.14Dalyite
K
 
2
ZrSi
 
6
O
 
15
14.10.15Kostylevite
K
 
2
ZrSi
 
3
O
 
9
·H
 
2
O
14.10.16Umbite
K
 
2
(Zr,Ti)Si
 
3
O
 
9
·H
 
2
O
14.10.17Paraumbite
K
 
3
Zr
 
2
H(Si
 
3
O
 
9
)
 
2
·nH
 
2
O
14.10.18Georgechaoite
NaKZr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·2H
 
2
O
14.10.19Gittinsite
CaZr[Si
 
2
O
 
7
]
14.10.20Calciocatapleiite
CaZrSi
 
3
O
 
9
·2H
 
2
O
14.10.21Calciohilairite
CaZr[SiO
 
3
]
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
14.10.22Armstrongite
CaZr[Si
 
6
O
 
15
]·3H
 
2
O
14.10.23Lemoynite
(Na,K)
 
2
CaZr
 
2
Si
 
10
O
 
26
·5H
 
2
O
14.10.24Catapleiite
Na
 
2
Zr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·2H
 
2
O
14.10.25Baghdadite
Ca
 
3
(Zr,Ti)[O
 
2
|Si
 
2
O
 
7
]
14.10.26Lovozerite
Na
 
2
Ca(Zr,Ti)[Si
 
6
O
 
12
(OH,O)
 
6
]*H
 
2
O
14.10.27Låvenite
(Na,Ca)
 
2
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)(Zr,Ti)[(O,OH,F)
 
2
|Si
 
2
O
 
7
]
14.10.28Penkvilksite
Na
 
4
Ti
 
2
Si
 
8
O
 
22
·4H
 
2
O
14.10.29Darapiosite
KNa
 
2
Li(Mn,Zn)
 
2
ZrSi
 
12
O
 
30
14.10.30Bazirite
BaZr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]
14.10.31Komkovite
BaZr[Si
 
3
O
 
9
]·3H
 
2
O
14.10.32Zirsinalite
Na
 
6
(Ca,Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)Zr[Si
 
6
O
 
18
]
14.10.33Tranquillityite
(Fe
2+
 
,Ca)
 
8
(Zr,Y)
 
2
Ti
 
3
[O
 
4
|SiO
 
4
]
 
3

Other Names for Vlasovite

Other Languages:
German:Vlasovit
Russian:Власовит
Spanish:Vlasovita

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 Vlasovite

Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (1961): 137, 944-946.

American Mineralogist (1961): 46: 1202.

Canadian Mineralogist (1973): 12: 211.

Gobechiya, E. R., I. V. Pekov, D. Yu. Pushcharovski, G. Ferraris, A. Gula, N. V. Zubkova, and N. V. Chukanov (2003), New Data on Vlasovite: Refinement of the Crystal Structure and the Radiation Damage of the Crystal during the X-ray Diffraction Experiment, Crystallography Reports - September 2003: 48(5): 750-754.

Kristallografiya: 19: 252-259.

Soviet Physics – Crystallography: 19: 152-156.

Canadian Mineralogist: 44: 1349-1356 (2006)

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    Localities for Vlasovite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Canada
     
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Labrador
    		Miller (1996), Can.Min.: 34:349-371; Salvi & Williams-Jones (1995); Am.Min.: 80:1031-1040; Miller (1990), Newfoundland Dept. of Mines & Energy Geol. Sur. Report 90-1: 171-182.
    • Québec
      • Abitibi-Témiscamingue
        • Témiscamingue RCM
          • Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue
    		No reference listed
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
          • Lovozero Massif
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Saint Helena
     
    • Ascension Island
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/mm/vol36/MM36_233.pdf
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