Burbankite
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Formula:
(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Colour:
Colorless, grayish yellow, pale yellow, pink, pale greenish.
Lustre:
Vitreous
Hardness:
3½ - 4
Specific Gravity:
3.50 - 3.58
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Name:
Named after Wilbur Sweet Burbank (1898–1975), geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey
Classification of Burbankite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
5/B.05-100
5.AC.30
5 : CARBONATES (NITRATES)
A : Carbonates without additional anions, without H2O
C : Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates
5 : CARBONATES (NITRATES)
A : Carbonates without additional anions, without H2O
C : Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates
14.4.4.1
14 : ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES
4 : Miscellaneous
14 : ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES
4 : Miscellaneous
11.8.14
11 : Carbonates
8 : Carbonates of the rare earths
11 : Carbonates
8 : Carbonates of the rare earths
Physical Properties of Burbankite
Vitreous
Transparency:
Transparent, Translucent
Colour:
Colorless, grayish yellow, pale yellow, pink, pale greenish.
Hardness:
3½ - 4 on Mohs scale
Cleavage:
Imperfect/Fair
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Density:
3.50 - 3.58 g/cm3 (Measured) 3.52(2) g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Burbankite
Type:
Uniaxial (-)
RI values:
nω = 1.616 - 1.635 nε = 1.597 - 1.623
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.019
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
Chemical Properties of Burbankite
Formula:
(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Crystallography of Burbankite
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Class (H-M):
6mm - Dihexagonal Pyramidal
Space Group:
P63mc
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.47 Å, c = 6.45 Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 0.616
Unit Cell V:
612.33 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
2
Morphology:
Long dihexagonal prismatic crystals with shallow pyramidal terminations, striated parallel [001], may be in fibrous spherical aggregates; anhedral granular, to 5 cm.
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
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Radiation - Copper Kα
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.
Type Occurrence of Burbankite
Other Language Names for Burbankite
German:Burbankit
Russian:Бурбанкит
Simplified Chinese:黄碳锶钠石
Spanish:Burbankita
Traditional Chinese:黃碳鍶鈉石
Varieties of Burbankite
| Strontioburbankite | REE- and Ba-free variety of burbankite, which usually is close to composition Na^2Ca(Sr,Ba)^2Ce[CO^3]^5. |
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| Analcime | 16 photos of Burbankite associated with Analcime on mindat.org. |
| Ilmenite | 11 photos of Burbankite associated with Ilmenite on mindat.org. |
| Natrolite | 10 photos of Burbankite associated with Natrolite on mindat.org. |
| Gaidonnayite | 8 photos of Burbankite associated with Gaidonnayite on mindat.org. |
| Calcite | 8 photos of Burbankite associated with Calcite on mindat.org. |
| Chlorite Group | 7 photos of Burbankite associated with Chlorite Group on mindat.org. |
| Sodalite | 7 photos of Burbankite associated with Sodalite on mindat.org. |
| Microcline | 6 photos of Burbankite associated with Microcline on mindat.org. |
| Manganoan Calcite | 6 photos of Burbankite associated with Manganoan Calcite on mindat.org. |
| Pyrrhotite | 6 photos of Burbankite associated with Pyrrhotite on mindat.org. |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
| 5.AC.05 | Eitelite | Na2Mg(CO3)2 | Trig. |
| 5.AC.10 | Nyerereite | Na2Ca(CO3)2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm |
| 5.AC.10 | Zemkorite | Na2Ca(CO3)2 | Hex. |
| 5.AC.15 | Bütschliite | K2Ca(CO3)2 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m |
| 5.AC.20 | Fairchildite | K2Ca(CO3)2 | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
| 5.AC.25 | Shortite | Na2Ca2(CO3)3 | Orth. mm2 : Amm2 |
| 5.AC.30 | Calcioburbankite | Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 | Hex. 6mm : P63mc |
| 5.AC.30 | Khanneshite | (Na,Ca)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 | Hex. |
| 5.AC.30 | Sanrománite | Na2CaPb3[CO3]5 | Hex. 6mm : P63mc |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
| 14.4.4.2 | Khanneshite | (Na,Ca)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 | Hex. |
| 14.4.4.3 | Calcioburbankite | Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 | Hex. 6mm : P63mc |
| 14.4.4.4 | Sanrománite | Na2CaPb3[CO3]5 | Hex. 6mm : P63mc |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
| 11.8.1 | Calkinsite-(Ce) | (Ce,La)2(CO3)3 · 4H2O | Orth. |
| 11.8.2 | Lanthanite-(La) | (La,Ce)2(CO3)3 · 8H2O | Orth. |
| 11.8.3 | Lanthanite-(Ce) | (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3 · 8H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| 11.8.4 | Lanthanite-(Nd) | (Nd,La)2(CO3)3 · 8H2O | Orth. |
| 11.8.5 | Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) | Ce(CO3)(OH) | Hex. 6 : P6 |
| 11.8.6 | Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd) | Nd(CO3)(OH) | Hex. |
| 11.8.7 | Hydroxylbastnäsite-(La) | (La,Nd,Ce)(CO3)(OH,F) | Hex. |
| 11.8.8 | Rémondite-(Ce) | Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 | Mon. 2 : P21 |
| 11.8.9 | Tengerite-(Y) | Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
| 11.8.10 | Kimuraite-(Y) | Ca(Y,Nd)2(CO3)4 · 6H2O | Orth. |
| 11.8.11 | Lokkaite-(Y) | Ca(Y,Gd,Nd,Dy)4(CO3)7 · 9H2O | Orth. |
| 11.8.12 | Calcioancylite-(Nd) | Ca(Nd,La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH).H2O | Mon. m : Pm |
| 11.8.13 | Calcioancylite-(Ce) | (Ce,Ca,Sr)Ce(CO3)(OH,H2O) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| 11.8.15 | Khanneshite | (Na,Ca)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 | Hex. |
| 11.8.16 | Donnayite-(Y) | NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 11.8.17 | Carbocernaite | (Ca,Na)(Sr,Ce,Ba)(CO3)2 | Orth. mm2 |
| 11.8.18 | Ancylite-(Ce) | CeSr(CO3)2(OH) · H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| 11.8.19 | Ewaldite | Ba(Na,Ca,Y,Ce,K)(CO3)2 · 2.6H2O | Hex. 6mm |
| 11.8.20 | Mckelveyite-(Y) | NaCaBa3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 11.8.21 | Sahamalite-(Ce) | (Mg,Fe)(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)4 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
Other Information
Electrical:
Piezoelectric
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Burbankite
Reference List:
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Pecora W T, Kerr J H (1953) Burbankite and calkinsite, two new carbonate minerals from Montana. American Mineralogist 38, 1169-1183
Voronkov A A, Shumyatskaya N G (1968) X-ray diffraction study of the structure of berbankite, (Na, Ca)3(Ca,Sr,Ba,Tr)3(CO3)5. Soviet Physics - Crystallography 13, 192-196
EFFENBERGER, H., KLUGER, F., PAULUS, H. & WÖLFEL, E.R. (1985): Crystal structure refinement of burbankite. NeuesJahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte Jg. 1985, H. 4, 161-170.
GINDEROW, D. (1989): Structure de Na3M3(C)3)5 (M=Terre Rare, Ca, Na, Sr) rattaché à la burbankite. Acta Crystallographica, C45,
185-187. (in French)
BELOVITSKAYA, Y.V. & PEKOV, I.V. (2004): Genetic mineralogy of the burbankite group. New Data on Minerals 39, 50-64.
Internet Links for Burbankite
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Localities for Burbankite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Afghanistan | |
| Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110 |
Bolivia | |
| Powder XRD and EDS by Dr. Anthony R. Kampf, April-May 2005. |
Brazil | |
| Traversa, G., Gomes, C. B., Brotzu, P., Buraglini, N., Morbidelli, L., Principato, M. S., ... & Ruberti, E. (2001). Petrography and mineral chemistry of carbonatites and mica-rich rocks from the Araxá complex (Alto Paranaíba Province, Brazil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 73(1), 71-98.; Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J., 2009, Carbonatites of the world, explored deposits of Nb and REE; database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1139, 17 p. and database. |
| ATENCIO, D., COUTINHO, J.M.C., ULBRICH, M.N.C., VLACH, S.R.F., RASTVETAEVA, R.K. & PUSHCHAROVSKY, D.Yu. (1999) Hainite from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 91-98. | |
| Horváth, Menezes, Toft ollections - confirmed by XRD & microprobe |
| Costanzo, A., Moore, K. R., Wall, F., & Feely, M. (2006). Fluid inclusions in apatite from Jacupiranga calcite carbonatites: evidence for a fluid-stratified carbonatite magma chamber. Lithos, 91(1), 208-228. |
Cameroon | |
| Cesbron et al. (1988) |
Canada | |
| Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): USGS Open-File Report 09-1139; Chakhmouradian, A. R., Reguir, E. P., Kressall, R. D., Crozier, J., Pisiak, L. K., Sidhu, R., & Yang, P. (2015). Carbonatite-hosted niobium deposit at Aley, northern British Columbia (Canada): Mineralogy, geochemistry and petrogenesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 64, 642-666. |
| Platt & Wooley (1990) |
| Chen, T.T., Chao, G.Y. (1974), Burbankite from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 342-345. |
| Chen, T.T., Chao, G.Y. (1974), Burbankite from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 342-345. | |
| SABINA, A.P. (1978) Some new mineral occurrences in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada,Paper 78-1A, 253-258. |
| Nadeau, O., Stevenson, R. and Jébrak, M. (2014) The geology, petrology and geochemistry of the Montviel alkaline-carbonatite hosted lanthanide-Nb ore deposit, Abitibi, Canada. Abstract with Program, GAC/MAC Annual meeting 2014. 1p. |
China | |
| Tong Wang and Faming Yan (1989): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 9(4), 345-351 |
| Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189, 174 pp. |
Finland | |
| Vartiainen, H. 1975. Esitelmäselostus. Geologi 27 (3), 79. |
Greenland | |
| Petersen, O. V. and Secher, K. (1993): The minerals of Greenland, The Mineralogical Record, Vol. 24(2), 1-65 |
| http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/burbankite.pdf |
Mongolia | |
| Kynický, J. & Samec, P. (2005): Hydrothermally-metasomatic and exsolution-like mineralization of the carbonatites from selected localities at Gobi. Mongolian Geoscientist. sv. 9, č. 27, s. 52-55. |
Namibia | |
| American Mineralogist, Vol. 84, pp. 1117-1125, 1999.; New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
New Zealand | |
| Mineralogical Magazine 1996 60 : 473-482 |
Poland | |
| W. Ryka - Geology of the Tajno Massif carbonatites; Kubicki, S., & Ryka, W. (1984). Późnoprekambryjski magmatyzm platformowy i karbonatyty w polskiej części platformy wschodnioeuropejskiej. Przegląd Geologiczny, 32(5), 252-259. |
Portugal | |
| - P. ALVES, C. LEAL GOMES (2010). Mineralização Sr-Ba tardia em cavidades de rochas filonianas subsaturadas do Maciço Alcalino de Monchique. CNG 2010 (Braga, Portugal) |
Romania | |
| Onac, B.P., Breban, R., Kearns, J., and Tamas, T. (2002) Unusual minerals related to phosphate deposits in Cioclovina Cave, Şureanu Mts. (Romania). Theoretical and Applied Karstology: 15: 27-34.; Onac, B.P.; Bernhardt, H.-J.; Effenberger, H. (2009): Authigenic burbankite in the Cioclovina Cave sediments (Romania). European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 507-514. |
Russia | |
| [World of Stones 12:49] |
| Handbook of Mineralogy | |
| Konev, A.A., Vorobyev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Russian). |
| Pavel M. Kartashov data; New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
| PEKOV, I.V. & NIKOLAEV, A.P. (2013) Minerals of the pegmatites and hydrothermal assemblages of the Koashva deposit (Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia). Mineralogical Almanac 189(2), 7-65. |
| Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages | |
| Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33. |
| I.V. Pekov analytical data | |
| P.M. Kartashov data | |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow | |
| Kirnarskiy, Yu.M., Kozyreva, L.V. [Кирнарский, Ю.М., Козырева, Л.В.] (1974): On the carbonate veins in rocks of the Khibiny alkaline massif [О карбонатных жилах в породах Хибинского щелочного массива]. In: Minerals and parageneses of minerals of magmatic and metasomatic rocks [Минералы и парагенезисы минералов магматических и метасоматических горных пород]. Nauka, Leningrad, pages 196-202 (in Russian); Dudkin, O.B., Minakov, F.V. [Дудкин, О.Б., Минаков, Ф.В.] (1976): A new type of carbonate mineralisation in foyaites of the Khibiny massif [Новый тип карбонатной минерализации в фойяитах Хибинского массива]. In: Materials on the mineralogy and geochemistry of alkaline rocks of the Kola peninsula [Материалы по минералогии и геохимии щелочных пород Кольского полуострова]. Kola Branch, USSR Academy of Science Press [Издательство Кольского филиала АН СССР], Apatity, pages 159-174 (in Russian); Kostyleva-Labuntsova, E.E., Borutskiy, B.E., Sokolova, M.N., Shlyukova, Z.V., Dorfman, M.D., Dudkin, O.B., Kozyreva, L.V., Ikorskiy, S.V. [Костылева-Лабунцова, Е.Е., Боруцкий, Б.Е., Соколова, М.Н., Шлюкова, З.В., Дорфман, М.Д., Дудкин, О.Б., Козырева, Л.В., Икорский, С.В.] (1978): Mineralogy of the Khibiny massif [Минералогия Хибинского массива]. Volume 1: Magmatism and post-magmatic transformations [Магматизм и постмагматические преобразования]. Nauka, Moscow, Москва, 227 pp.; Volume 2: Minerals [Минералы]. Nauka, Moscow, 585 pp. (in Russian); Khomyakov, A.P. (1995): Mineralogy of hyperagpaitic alkaline rocks. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp.; Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V., Belovitskaya, Yu.V. [Пеков, И.В., Чуканов, Н.В., Беловицкая, Ю.В.] (1998): Khanneshite and petersenite-(Ce) from Khibiny [Ханнешит и петерсенит-(Ce) из Хибин]. Zapiski Vserossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva [Записки Всероссийского Минералогического Общества], 127, 2, 92-100; Zaitsev, A.N., Wall, F., Le Bas, M.J. (1998): REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 225-250; Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Yu., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P. (2005): Khibiny. Laplandia Minerals Ltd. (in association with the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland), Apatity, 468 pp. | |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 | |
| Pekov, I.V. (2000): Lovozero Massif. Moscow, Ocean Pictures Ltd, 480 pp. |
| SUBBOTIN, V.V., VOLOSHIN, A.V., PAKHOMOVSKY, Yu.A., and BAKHCHISARAYTSEV, A.Yu. (1999) Calcioburbankite and burbankite from the carbonatites of Vuoriyarvi massif (New data). Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, 78 87 (in Russian with English abstract). |
| Specimens received from, and identified by Dr. Igor Pekov, Moscow State University. | |
| Handbook of Mineralogy |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
| Handbook of Mineralogy | |
South Africa | |
| VERWOERD, W.J. (1993) Update on carbonatites of South Africa and Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 96(3), 75-95. |
| Handbook of Mineralogy | |
Ukraine | |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64; Kryvdik S. G. · Sharygin V. V. · Gatsenko V. O. · Lunev E. S. (2016) Foid minerals from malignites of the Pokrovo-Kireevo massif (Azov Sea region, Ukraine) |
USA | |
| Jason B. Smith specimen |
| Barwood, H. (2015) Field Trip Report Various Arkansas collection sites . Midwest Chapter Newsletter Volume 29 No.6:5-6 |
| AmMin 62:158 |
| American Mineralogist: 38: 1169-1183 |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 | |
| UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah |
| Am Min 46:379-393 |
Vietnam | |
| Feldman l.G., Sarkisyan S.Sh., Boriskin V.P., Purusova S.P., Nguen Van Hoai, Chin Suan Ben (1987) Crystalline beckelite from Nam Se deposit (Northern Vietnam), - Mineralogicheskiy Zhurnal, v.9, N1, pp. 78-86 (in Rus.) |
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada