Burbankite
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About Burbankite
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
Compare UM1990-98-CO:BaCaNaREESr.
Sometimes a little radioactive because of a minor thorium content.
Sometimes a little radioactive because of a minor thorium content.
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.
Occurrences of Burbankite
Paragenetic Mode(s):
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)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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https://www.mindat.org/min-803.html
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Localities for Burbankite
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? - 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 (eg from pseudomorphs.)
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
- 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).
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. | |
| Azzi, Andrezza de Almeida (2017) Rare Minerals from Poços de Caldas, MG |
| 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, W., Kamenetsky, V. S., & Simonetti, A. (2013). Evidence for the alkaline nature of parental carbonatite melts at Oka complex in Canada. Nature communications, 4, ncomms3687. |
| 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. |
Denmark | |
| 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 |
Finland | |
| Vartiainen, H. 1975. Esitelmäselostus. Geologi 27 (3), 79. |
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 | |
| Cooper, A.F. (1996) Nb-rich baotite in carbonatites and fenites at Haast River, New Zealand. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 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 | |
| Handbook of Mineralogy |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| P.M. Kartashov data | |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 | |
| Mikhailova, J. A., Kalashnikov, A. O., Sokharev, V. A., Pakhomovsky, Y. A., Konopleva, N. G., Yakovenchuk, V. N., ... & Ivanyuk, G. Y. (2016). 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscorite–carbonatite complex (Russia). Mineralium Deposita, 51(1), 131-149. | |
| Pekov, I.V. (2000): Lovozero Massif. Moscow, Ocean Pictures Ltd, 480 pp.; Chukanov, N. V., Ermolaeva, V. N., Pekov, I. V., Sokolov, S. V., Nekrasov, A. N., & Sokolova, M. N. (2005). Raremetal mineralization connected with bituminous matters in late assemblages of pegmatites of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs. New Data Minerals, 40, 80-95. |
| 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. | |
| [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; Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch R.D., Ratkin, V.V., Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Gorodinsky, M.E., Melnikov, V.D., Diggles, M.F., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Petrachenko, R.I., Pozdeev, A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, Donald, Khanchuk, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Ya., and Sidorov, A.A., 1997, Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-513-B | |
| New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
| Handbook of Mineralogy | |
| 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