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Calzirtite

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Gornoozerskii (Gornoe Ozero) carbonatite complex, Aldan province, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
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Formula:
CaZr
 
3
TiO
 
9
System:TetragonalHardness:6 - 7
This page provides mineralogical data about Calzirtite.

Classification of Calzirtite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/D.31-30
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:8.7.4.1

8 : MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
7 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.10.6

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

Type Locality:Gornoe Ozero alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1961

Physical Properties of Calzirtite

Hardness (Mohs):6 - 7

Crystallography of Calzirtite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 15.3Å, c = 10.2Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.667
Unit Cell Volume:V 2,387.72 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Calzirtite

Type:Uniaxial (+)
RI values: nω = 2.190 - 2.270 nε = 2.300 - 2.360
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.110

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High

Chemical Properties of Calzirtite

Formula:
CaZr
 
3
TiO
 
9
Essential elements:Ca, O, Ti, Zr
All elements listed in formula:Ca, O, Ti, Zr

Relationship of Calzirtite 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.10Tazheranite
(Zr,Ti,Ca)O
 
2
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
CaZrAl
 
9
[O
 
15
|BO
 
3
]
7.10.4Srilankite
Ti
 
2
ZrO
 
6
7.10.5Zirconolite
CaZrTi
 
2
O
 
7
7.10.7Tazheranite
(Zr,Ti,Ca)O
 
2
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 Calzirtite

Other Languages:
German:Calzirtit
Russian:Кальциртит
Spanish:Calzirtita

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 Calzirtite

Reference List:American Mineralogist: 46: 1515.

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 137: 681-684.

American Mineralogist: 71: 815-818.

Bulakh, Andrei G.; Nesterov, Alexander R.; Anastasenko, Galina F.; Anisimov, Ilija S. (1999): Crystal morphology and intergrowths of calzirtite Ca2Zr5TiO16, zirkelite (Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x, zirconolite CaZrTi2O7 in phoscorites and carbonatites of the Kola Peninsula (Russia). Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh. 1999, 11-20.

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    Localities for Calzirtite

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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.
    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Tapira
      • São Paulo
        • Cajati
    		No reference listed
    Italy
     
    • Campania
      • Naples Province
    		Pascal, M.-L., Di Muro, A., Boudouma, O., Fointeilles, M., Principe, C. (2008): Zirconlite, calzirtite, baddeleyite, betafite, geikielite and qandilite in skarn ejecta from Vesuvius - inferences for the magma-wallrock interactions. EGU General Assembly 2008. Geophysical Research Abstract, 10, EGU2008-A-06674, 2008. ; Pascal, M.-L., Di Muro, A., Boudouma, O., Fointeilles, M., Principe, C. (2008): Zirconolite, calzirtite, baddeleyite, betafite, geikielite and qandilite in skarn ejecta from Vesuvius - inferences for the magma-wallrock interactions. EGU General Assembly 2008. Geophysical Research Abstract, 10, EGU2008-A-06674, 2008.
    Pascal, M.L. et al. (2008): Zirconolite, Calzirtite, Baddeleyite, Betafite, Geikielite and Quandilite in skarn ejecta from Vesuvius – inferences for the magma-wallrock interactions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10
    • Lombardy
      • Sondrio Province
        • Malenco Valley
          • Ciappanico
    		Preite, D. (1986): Note di mineralogia italiana: Calzirtite di Ciappanico (SO). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 10(3), 139.
    N. Jahrb. Miner. Mh, 467-480, (1997)
    Japan
     
    • Ehime Prefecture
      • Inland Sea (Setonaikai)
    		Nishio & Minakawa (2003) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 201.
    • Honshu Island
      • Chugoku Region
        • Okayama Prefecture
          • Takahashi
            • Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho)
    		Mineralogical Record: 27: 304.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
      • 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.
    Konev A.A., Samoilov V.S. (1974) Contact metamorphism and metasomatoz in aureole of Tazheran alkaline intrusion, - Novosibirsk, Nauka, p. 246. ; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
    Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Khabarovskiy Kray
        • Aldan province
    		Zdorik T.B., Sidorenko G.A., Bykova A.V. (1961) Calzirtite, a new calcium titanozirconate, - Doclady AN SSSR, v. 137, N3, p. 681-684 (in Rus.)
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Afrikanda
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/khib.htm
    Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
          • Turii Cape
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/tury.htm
    Sweden
     
    • Medelpad
      • Sundsvall
    		No reference listed
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