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Bismutomicrolite (of Zalashkova & Kukharchik 1957)

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Synonym of:	Fluornatromicrolite

A mineral from the Altai Mountains, Russia first described as a variety of microlite and named as "bismutomicrolite" by Zalashkova & Kukharchik (1957). The mineral has the composition (Na0.94Ca0.83Bi0.08Al0.06Fe0.02)Ta2O6[F0.58(OH)0.34O0.08], the A position is mainly occupied by Na, and the Y position, mainly by F, and correspond to fluornatromicrolite (Witzke et. al 2011).

References for Bismutomicrolite (of Zalashkova & Kukharchik 1957)
Reference List: - +	Zalashkova, N.E. & Kukharchik, V. (1957): Bismutomicrolite– a new variety of microlite. Trans. Inst. Mineral., Geochem. and Crystal Chem. of Rare Elements 1, 77-79 (in Russian; Mineral. Abstr. 14, 276-277). Witzke, T., Steins, M., Doering, T., Schuckmann, W., Wegner, R., Pöllmann, H. (2011): Fluornatromicrolite, (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F, a new mineral from Quixaba, Paraíba, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1105-1110.
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