Tatarinovite
A valid IMA mineral species
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About Tatarinovite
Formula:
Ca3Al(SO4)[B(OH)4](OH)6 · 12H2O
Colour:
Colorless
Lustre:
Vitreous
Hardness:
3
Specific Gravity:
1.79
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Member of:
Name:
Named in memory of the Russian geologist and petrologist Pavel Mikhailovich Tatarinov (Павел Михайлович Татаринов) (6 November 1895, Trubchevsk, Russian Empire – 15 August 1976, Leningrad, USSR), a well-known specialist in chrysotile asbestos deposits. He taught at the Leningrad Mining Institute and was President of the All-Union Mineralogical Society.
This page provides mineralogical data about Tatarinovite.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
46816
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:46816:7
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
a7f68fe0-bf24-4511-8918-46897d1951dc
IMA Classification of Tatarinovite
Approved
Approval year:
2015
First published:
2016
Classification of Tatarinovite
7.DG.15
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
G : With large and medium-sized cations; with NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 or IO3
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
G : With large and medium-sized cations; with NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 or IO3
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
Symbol | Source | Reference |
---|---|---|
Tat | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
Physical Properties of Tatarinovite
Vitreous
Colour:
Colorless
Hardness:
3 on Mohs scale
Hardness Data:
Measured
Cleavage:
Perfect
on (100)
on (100)
Density:
1.79(1) g/cm3 (Measured) 1.777 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Tatarinovite
Type:
Uniaxial (+)
RI values:
nω = 1.475(2) nε = 1.496(2)
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.021
Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:
Moderate
Chemistry of Tatarinovite
Mindat Formula:
Ca3Al(SO4)[B(OH)4](OH)6 · 12H2O
Crystallography of Tatarinovite
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Class (H-M):
6 - Pyramidal
Space Group:
P63
Cell Parameters:
a = 11.1110(4) Å, c = 10.6294(6) Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 0.957
Unit Cell V:
1136.44 ų
Z:
2
Morphology:
Bipyramidal crystals up to 1 mm across; Granular aggregates up to 5 mm.
Epitaxi Comments:
White granular aggregates up to 5 mm in size on grossular
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
---|---|
9.63 Å | (100) |
5.556 Å | (30) |
4.654 Å | (14) |
3.841 Å | (21) |
3.441 Å | (12) |
2.746 Å | (10) |
2.538 Å | (12) |
2.186 Å | (9) |
Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
Paragenetic Mode | Earliest Age (Ga) |
---|---|
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism | |
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations |
Type Occurrence of Tatarinovite
General Appearance of Type Material:
1) As colorless, bipyramidal crystals up to 1 mm across in cavities within massive diopside. 2) As white granular aggregates up to 5 mm in size on grossular.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration numbers 4736/1 and 4736/2
Empirical Formula of Type Material:
H31.41Ca3.00(Al0.76Si0.25)Σ 1.01·(B0.72S0.65C0.59)Σ 1.96O24.55
Chemical Analysis of Type Material:
CaO | 27.40 % |
---|---|
B2O3 | 4.06 % |
A12O3 | 6.34 % |
Fe2O3 | 0.03 % |
SiO2 | 2.43 % |
SO3 | 8.48 % |
CO2 | 4.2 % |
H2O | 46.1 % |
Total: | 99.04 % |
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In cavities of rodingites
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
Chukanov, N.V., Kasatkin, A.V., Zubkova, N. V., Britvin, S.N., Pautov, L.A., Pekov, I.V., Varlamov, D.A., Bychkova, Ya. V., Loskutov, A.B., Novgorodova, E.A. (2016): Tatarinovite Са3Al(SO4)[В(ОH)4](ОH)6 · 12H2O, a new ettringite-group mineral from the Bazhenovskoe deposit, Middle Urals, Russia, and its crystal structure. Geology of Ore Deposits 58: 653-665.
Synonyms of Tatarinovite
Relationship of Tatarinovite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Bentorite | Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Buryatite | Ca3(Si,Fe3+,Al)(SO4)B(OH)4(OH,O)6 · 12H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Carraraite | Ca3(SO4)[Ge(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O | Hex. |
Charlesite | Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH,O)12 · 26H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Chiyokoite | Ca3Si(CO3)[B(OH)4]O (OH)5 · 12H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Hielscherite | Ca3Si(SO4)(SO3)(OH)6 · 11H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Imayoshiite | Ca3Al(CO3)[B(OH)4](OH)6 · 12H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Jouravskite | Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6 · 12H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Kottenheimite | Ca 3Si(SO4)2(OH)6 · 12H2O | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
Micheelsenite | (Ca2Y)Al(PO3OH)(CO3)(OH)6 · 12H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Siwaqaite | Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Sturmanite | Ca6Fe3+2(SO4)2.5[B(OH)4](OH)12 · 25H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
UM2008-07-CO:AlBCaHSSi | Ca6(Al,Si)2(CO3,SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH,O)12 · 26H2O | |
Unnamed (possible Mn(IV) analogue of Sturmanite) | Ca6Mn4+2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH)10O2 · nH2O |
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
2 photos of Tatarinovite associated with Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
1 photo of Tatarinovite associated with Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
1 photo of Tatarinovite associated with Bakerite | Ca4(H5B5Si3O20) |
1 photo of Tatarinovite associated with Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) |
1 photo of Tatarinovite associated with Tobermorite Supergroup |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
7.DG. | Mathesiusite | K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5) · 4H2O |
7.DG.05 | Darapskite | Na3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O |
7.DG.10 | Clinoungemachite | (Na, K, Fe, SO4) |
7.DG.10 | Humberstonite | Na7K3Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2 · 6H2O |
7.DG.10 | Ungemachite | K3Na8Fe(SO4)6(NO3)2 · 6H2O |
7.DG.15 | Bentorite | Ca6Cr2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O |
7.DG.15 | Charlesite | Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH,O)12 · 26H2O |
7.DG.15 | Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O |
7.DG.15 | Jouravskite | Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6 · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Sturmanite | Ca6Fe3+2(SO4)2.5[B(OH)4](OH)12 · 25H2O |
7.DG.15 | Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Carraraite | Ca3(SO4)[Ge(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Buryatite | Ca3(Si,Fe3+,Al)(SO4)B(OH)4(OH,O)6 · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Birunite | Ca18(SiO3)8.5(CO3)8.5SO4 · 15H2O(?) |
7.DG.15 | Hielscherite | Ca3Si(SO4)(SO3)(OH)6 · 11H2O |
7.DG.15 | Kottenheimite | Ca 3Si(SO4)2(OH)6 · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Imayoshiite | Ca3Al(CO3)[B(OH)4](OH)6 · 12H2O |
7.DG.15 | Siwaqaite | Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O |
7.DG.15 | Chiyokoite | Ca3Si(CO3)[B(OH)4]O (OH)5 · 12H2O |
7.DG.20 | Rapidcreekite | Ca2(SO4)(CO3) · 4H2O |
7.DG.25 | Tatarskite | Ca6Mg2(SO4)2(CO3)2(OH)4Cl4 · 7H2O |
7.DG.30 | Nakauriite | Cu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6 · 48H2O |
7.DG.35 | Chessexite | (Na,K)4Ca2(Mg,Zn)3Al8(SO4)10(SiO4)2 · 40H2O |
7.DG.40 | Carlosruizite | K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SeO4)12(IO3)12 · 12H2O |
7.DG.40 | Fuenzalidaite | K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SO4)12(IO3)12 · 12H2O |
7.DG.45 | Chelyabinskite | (Ca,Mg)3(SO4,CO3)2[Si(OH)6] · 9H2O (?) |
7.DG.55 | Ramazzoite | [Mg8Cu12(PO4)(CO3)4(OH)24(H2O)20][(H0.33SO4)3(H2O)36] |
7.DG.60 | Witzkeite | Na4K4Ca(NO3)2(SO4)4 · 2H2O |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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Localities for Tatarinovite
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(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
China | |
| Desor (02/2021) |
Russia (TL) | |
| Chukanov et al. (2016) |
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Bazhenovsk deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia