Vigrishinite

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Vigrishinite

Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite, etc.

Umbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite

Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite

Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite, etc.

Umbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite

Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite

Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Vigrishinite, etc.

Umbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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Victor Grigor'evich Grishin on pegmatite #71 on Malyi Punkaruaiv Mt.

Formula:

NaZnTi₄(Si₂O₇)₂O₃(OH)(H₂O)₄

Originally written as: Zn₂Ti_2-x[Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂](OH,H₂O,☐)₈ (x < 1) . Changed due to: Sokolova et al. (2018)

Colour:

Pale pink, yellowish-pinkish, соlогless

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

2½ - 3

Specific Gravity:

3.03

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Member of:

Murmanite Group > Seidozerite Supergroup

Name:

Named for Victor Grigor'evich Grishin (31 October 1953 - ), systematic mineral collector from Revda City, Russia, for his significant contributions to the mineralogy of the Lovozero complex.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Pegmatite No. 71, Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Heterophyllosilicate of the bafertisite meroplesiotype series

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Mindat ID:

42852

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:42852:1

GUID
(UUID V4):

b0baa4e8-ca18-4b41-8e05-33a41be477b4

Classification of VigrishiniteHide

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Optical Data of VigrishiniteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 1.755(5) n_β = 1.820(10) n_γ = 1.835(8)

2V:

Measured: 45° (10), Calculated: 50°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.080

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

Surface Relief:

Very High

Dispersion:

strong v > r

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

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References for VigrishiniteHide

Reference List:

Year ⬇Author Title Publisher

(revised 2013) http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/vigrishinite.pdf (for optical data)

Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Bryzgalov, A.A., Lykova, I.S., Belakovskiy, D.I., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2011) Vigrishinite, IMA 2011-073. CNMNC Newsletter No. 11, December 2011, page 2892; Mineralogical Magazine: 75: 2887-2893.

Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Bryzfalov, I.A., Lykova, I.S., Belakovskiy, D.I., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2012) Vigrishinite, Zn2Ti4-xSi4O14(OH,H2O,[])8, a new mineral from Lovozero alkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva: 141(4): 12-27.

Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Bryzfalov, I.A., Lykova, I.S., Belakovskiy, D.I., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2012) Vigrishinite, Zn2Ti4-xSi4O14(OH,H2O,[])8, a new mineral from Lovozero alkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva: 141(4): 12-27.

Pekov, I. V., Britvin, S. N., Zubkova, N. V., Chukanov, N. V., Bryzgalov, I. A., Lykova, I. S., ... & Pushcharovsky, D. Y. (2013). Vigrishinite, Zn2Ti4− x Si4O14 (OH, H2O,□) 8, a new mineral from the Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(7), 575-586.

Belakovskiy, D. (2013) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 98: 2201-2204.

Lykova, I.S., Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Chervonnaya, N.A., Zolotarev, A.A., Giester, G. (2015) Crystal structure of cation-exchanged forms of epistolite-group minerals. Part II. Virgrishinite and Zn-exchanged murmanite. European Journal of Mineralogy: 27: 669-682.

Sokolova, E. & Camara, F. (2017): The seidozerite supergroup of TS-block minerals: nomenclature and classification, with change of the following names: rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), mosandrite to mosandrite-(Ce), hainite to hainite-(Y) and innelite-1T to innelite-1A. Mineralogical Magazine: 81: 1457–1484

Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F.C. (2018) From structure topology to chemical composition. XXIV. Revision of the crystal structure and chemical formula of vigrishinite, NaZnTi₄(Si₂O₇)₂O₃(OH)(H₂O)₄, a seidozerite supergroup mineral from the Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine: 82(4): 787–807. http://forum.amiminerals.it/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13899&sid=d780bc625ff74e79d517817a3e9e1829

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - 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.

Russia
Murmansk Oblast Lovozersky District Alluaiv Mountain ⓘ Umbozero North quarry	Inna Lykova analyses on material collected in 2015.
ⓘ Malyi Punkaruaiv Mountain	Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Chukanov, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Zolotarev, A.A., Jr., Zubkova, N.V. (2014): Zvyaginite NaZnNb2Ti[Si2O7]2O(OH,F)3(H2O) 4+x(х<1) a new mineral of epistolite group from Lovozero alkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Zapiski RMO, 143, 45-63.
ⓘ Pegmatite No. 71 (TL)	Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2887-2893 Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N.,Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Bryzgalov, A.A., Lykova, I.S., Belakovskiy, D.I. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2011): Vigrishinite, IMA 2011-073. CNMNC Newsletter No. 11, December 2011, page 2892 Pekov, I. V., Britvin, S. N., Zubkova, N. V., Chukanov, N. V., Bryzgalov, I. A., Lykova, I. S., ... & Pushcharovsky, D. Y. (2013). Vigrishinite, Zn2Ti4− x Si4O14 (OH, H2O,□) 8, a new mineral from the Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(7), 575-586.