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Calciohilairite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Calciohilairite

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Calciohilairite, etc.

Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calciohilairite

Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calciohilairite

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Calciohilairite, etc.

Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calciohilairite

Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calciohilairite

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Calciohilairite, etc.

Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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About CalciohilairiteHide

Formula:

CaZr[SiO₃]₃ · 3H₂O

Colour:

White to pale blue

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

2.68

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Hilairite Group

Name:

For its chemical composition and relationship to hilairite

Type Locality:

ⓘ Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA

Compare UM2002-43-SiO:CaHNaZr.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

831

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:831:8

GUID
(UUID V4):

b75e196c-e676-476a-8efe-249dc6cfb598

IMA Classification of CalciohilairiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

CaZrSi₃O₉ · 3H₂O

First published:

1988

Type description reference:

Boggs, R.C. (1988) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9•3H2O The calcium analogue of hilairite from the Golden Horn batholith, Northern Cascades, Washington. American Mineralogist: 73: 1191-1194.

Classification of CalciohilairiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2023):

9.DM.10

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
M : Inosilicates with 6-periodic single chains

Dana 8th ed.:

59.2.3.2

59 : CYCLOSILICATES Three-Membered Rings
2 : Three-Membered Rings, hydrated

Hey's CIM Ref.:

14.10.21

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
10 : Silicates of Zr or Hf

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Chlr	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 CalciohilairiteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

White to pale blue

Hardness:

4 on Mohs scale

Cleavage:

None Observed

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

2.68(2) g/cm³ (Measured)

Comment:

Floatation

Optical Data of CalciohilairiteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.622(1) n_ε = 1.619(1)

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.003

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Chemistry of CalciohilairiteHide

Mindat Formula:

CaZr[SiO₃]₃ · 3H₂O

Elements listed:

Ca, H, O, Si, Zr - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Na,Cu,Al,Fe,Ti

Crystallography of CalciohilairiteHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Class (H-M):

3 2 - Trapezohedral

Space Group:

R3 2

Cell Parameters:

a = 20.870(4) Å, c = 16.002(4) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 0.767

Unit Cell V:

6,036.01 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Two trigonal prisms {11-20}, {2-1-10} and two rhombohedrons {10-12} and {00-12}.

Twinning:

None observed

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0012381	Calciohilairite	Pushcharovsky D Y, Pekov I V, Pasero M, Gobechiya E R, Merlino S, Zubkova N V (2002) Crystal structure of cation-deficient calciohilairite and possible mechanisms of decationization in mixed-framework minerals Crystallography Reports 47 748-752		2002	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	0	293

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'Pushcharovsky D Y'
'Pekov I V'
'Pasero M'
'Gobechiya E R'
'Merlino S'
'Zubkova N V'
_journal_name_full 'Crystallography Reports'
_journal_volume 47 
_journal_year 2002
_journal_page_first 748
_journal_page_last 752
_publ_section_title
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 Crystal structure of cation-deficient calciohilairite and possible mechanisms of
 decationization in mixed-framework minerals
;
_database_code_amcsd 0012381
_chemical_compound_source 'Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ca.333 Na.333 O11 H5 Zr Si3'
_cell_length_a 10.498
_cell_length_b 10.498
_cell_length_c 7.975
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 761.157
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.471
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CaA1   0.00000   0.00000   0.61500   0.16667   0.09600
NaA1   0.00000   0.00000   0.61500   0.16667   0.09600
WatA2   0.00000   0.20100   0.50000   0.66667   0.14800
H3OA2   0.00000   0.20100   0.50000   0.33333   0.14800
Zr   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   1.00000   0.01610
Si   0.41410   0.41410   0.50000   1.00000   0.01900
O1   0.09510   0.18600   0.84880   1.00000   0.02550
O2   0.64750   0.00000   0.00000   1.00000   0.03800

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
5.231 Å	(100)
3.013 Å	(30)
3.137 Å	(20)
5.993 Å	(12)
2.607 Å	(9)
2.900 Å	(7)
3.197 Å	(6)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
35 : Ultra-alkali and agpaitic igneous rocks

Type Occurrence of CalciohilairiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA

General Appearance of Type Material:

White to pale blue unaltered and altered crystals, to 2 mm.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (NMNH no. 161901 and 162182).
Russell C. Boggs collection (no. T990 to T996).

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Miarolitic cavities in peralkaline granite.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Zircon	Quartz	Microcline	Malachite	Fluorite
Chlorite Group	Bastnäsite	Albite

Reference:

Boggs, R.C. (1988) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9•3H2O The calcium analogue of hilairite from the Golden Horn batholith, Northern Cascades, Washington. American Mineralogist: 73: 1191-1194.

Download:

https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/AM73_1191.pdf

Synonyms of CalciohilairiteHide

IMA1984-023

Other Language Names for CalciohilairiteHide

German:Calciohilairit

Russian:Кальциоилерит

Spanish:Calciohilairita

Relationship of Calciohilairite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Hilairite Group

Other Members of this group:

Hilairite	Na₂Zr[SiO₃]₃ · 3H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
Komkovite	BaZr[Si₃O₉] · 3H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
Pyatenkoite-(Y)	Na₅YTi[SiO₃]₆ · 6H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
Sazykinaite-(Y)	Na₅YZr[SiO₃]₆ · 6H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

13 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Kuzmenkoite-Mn	K₂Mn²⁺(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH,O)₄ · 5-6H₂O
6 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Chamosite	(Fe²⁺)₅Al(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈
5 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
3 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
3 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Microcline	K(AlSi₃O₈)
2 photos of Calciohilairite associated with Annite	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
1 photo of Calciohilairite associated with Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
1 photo of Calciohilairite associated with Allanite-(Ce)	(CaCe)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
1 photo of Calciohilairite associated with Labuntsovite-Mn	Na₄K₄(Ba,K)₂Mn²⁺(Ti,Nb)₈(Si₄O₁₂)₄(O,OH)₈ · 10-12H₂O

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.DM.	Kesebolite-(Ce)	CeCa₂Mn(AsO₄)(SiO₃)₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.DM.	Plumbogaidonnayite	PbZrSi₃O₉ · 2H₂O	Orth. mm2
9.DM.05	Stokesite	CaSn[Si₃O₉] · 2H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnna
9.DM.10	Hilairite	Na₂Zr[SiO₃]₃ · 3H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
9.DM.10	Komkovite	BaZr[Si₃O₉] · 3H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
9.DM.10	Sazykinaite-(Y)	Na₅YZr[SiO₃]₆ · 6H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
9.DM.10	Pyatenkoite-(Y)	Na₅YTi[SiO₃]₆ · 6H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
9.DM.15	Gaidonnayite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉) · 2H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna
9.DM.15	Georgechaoite	NaKZr[Si₃O₉] · 2H₂O	Orth. mm2
9.DM.20	Chkalovite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	Orth. mm2 : Fdd2
9.DM.25	Vlasovite	Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.DM.30	Revdite	Na₁₆Si₁₆O₂₇(OH)₂₆ · 28H₂O	Mon. 2 : B2
9.DM.35	Scheuchzerite	Na(Mn,Mg,Zn)₉[VSi₉O₂₈(OH)](OH)₃	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DM.40	Hydroterskite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₂(OH)₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
9.DM.40	Terskite	Na₄ZrSi₆O₁₆ · 2H₂O	Orth. mm2 : Pnc2

Fluorescence of CalciohilairiteHide

In UV light:

Not fluorescent

Other InformationHide

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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References for CalciohilairiteHide

Reference List:

Boggs, R.C. (1988) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9•3H2O The calcium analogue of hilairite from the Golden Horn batholith, Northern Cascades, Washington. American Mineralogist: 73: 1191-1194.

Salvi, Stefano, Williams-Jones, Anthony E. (1995) Zirconosilicate phase relations in the Strange Lake (Lac Brisson) Pluton, Quebec-Labrador, Canada. American Mineralogist, 80 (9) 1031-1040 doi:10.2138/am-1995-9-1019

Pushcharovskii, D.Yu., Pekov, I.V., Pazero, M. Gobechiya, E.R., Merlino, S., Zubkova, N.V. (2002) Crystal structure of cation-deficient calciohilairite and probable decationing mechanisms in minerals with mixed frameworks. Kristallographia: 47(5): 814-818. (in Russian)

Pekov, Igor V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Kononkova, Natalia N., Pushcharovsky, Dmitirii Yu. (2003) Rare-metal «zeolites» of the hilairite group. New Data on Minerals, 38. 20-33

(2023) Calciohilairite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for CalciohilairiteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (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.


Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	HORVÁTH, L., PFENNINGER HORVÁTH, E. (2000) I minerali di Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Québec, Canada) Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, XXIV, 140-202 (in Italian with English summary).
Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable ⓘ Saint-Amable sill	Horváth, László, Gault, Robert A., Tarassoff, Peter, Pfenninger-Horváth, Elsa (1998) Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Quebec. The Mineralogical Record, 29 (2) 83-118
ⓘ Demix-Varennes quarry	Horváth, László, Gault, Robert A., Tarassoff, Peter, Pfenninger-Horváth, Elsa (1998) Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Quebec. The Mineralogical Record, 29 (2) 83-118
ⓘ Strange Lake complex (Lac Brisson complex)	Miller (1990), Newfoundland Dept. of Mines & Energy Geol. Sur. Report 90-1: 171-182. *Birkett, T. C., Miller, R. R., Roberts, A. C., Mariano, A. N. (1992) Zirconium bearing minerals from the Strange Lake intrusive complex, Quebec Labrador. The Canadian Mineralogist, 30 (1) 191-205* Salvi & Williams-Jones (1995) Salvi, Stefano, Williams-Jones, Anthony E. (1995) Zirconosilicate phase relations in the Strange Lake (Lac Brisson) Pluton, Quebec-Labrador, Canada. American Mineralogist, 80 (9) 1031-1040 doi:10.2138/am-1995-9-1019 Miller (1996), Canadian Mineralogist: 34:349-371

Norway
Vestfold og Telemark Larvik Malerød ⓘ Midtfjellet Quarry	*Larsen, Knut Edvard (2021) Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2020-2021. STEIN. Magasin for populærgeologi, 48 (4) 3-9*
Tvedalen Tuften ⓘ A/S Granit Quarry	*Larsen, Knut Edvard (2015) Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2013-2015 [Some finds of minerals in Norway 2013-2015]. Norsk Mineralsymposium 2015, 79-88*

Portugal
Madeira Madeira Island Machico Porto da Cruz ⓘ Terra do Baptista gabbro outcrop	Pedro Alves collection and analytical data.

Russia
Murmansk Oblast Lovozersky District Seidozero Lake ⓘ Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt	Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33.
ⓘ Selsurt Mountain	[AmMin 85:1562] Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33.

USA
Washington Okanogan County ⓘ Golden Horn Batholith	Markus B. Raschke, Evan J. D. Anderson, Alexandra Skewes, Julien Allaz, Henrik Friis, Joseph Smyth, Charles Stern, Philip M. Persson, Rhiana Henry, Katharina Pfaff, Rudy Tschernich, and Randy Becker (2016) Unusual REE and rare element minerals from pegmatites and alkaline granites: thalenite and brannockite from the Golden Horn Batholith, Washington, and South Platte Pegmatite district, Colorado (USA). Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
ⓘ Washington Pass (TL)	Micro Probe Volume VI Number 8 Rocks and Minerals, 66:6, p. 457 BOGGS, R.C. (1988) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9•3H2O The calcium analogue of hilairite from the Golden Horn batholith, Northern Cascades, Washington. American Mineralogist, 73, 1191 1194.

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Optical Data of CalciohilairiteHide

Chemistry of CalciohilairiteHide

Crystallography of CalciohilairiteHide

Crystal StructureHide

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