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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Na3K6Ti2Al2Si8O26Cl3
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,200.31 gm
   Potassium  19.54 %  K    23.54 % K2O
   Sodium      5.75 %  Na    7.75 % Na2O
   Titanium    7.98 %  Ti   13.31 % TiO2
   Aluminum    4.50 %  Al    8.49 % Al2O3
   Silicon    18.72 %  Si   40.05 % SiO2
   Chlorine    8.86 %  Cl    8.86 % Cl
                -   %   Cl   -2.00 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen     34.66 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Na3K6Ti2Al2(Si8O26)Cl3
Help on Environment: Environment: In the interstices of pectolite crystals in a hyperagpaitic pegmatite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1994
Help on Locality: Locality: In a drill core from the Oleny Stream apatite deposit in the southeastern part of the Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Name for the elements Al, Ti, and Si in the composition.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Altisite Say ALTISITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 79851
  IMA1993-055
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