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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: BaNaNaTi2O2[Si4O12]
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 624.94 gm
   Potassium   3.75 %  K     4.52 % K2O
   Barium     26.37 %  Ba   29.44 % BaO
   Sodium      0.74 %  Na    0.99 % Na2O
   Titanium   15.32 %  Ti   25.56 % TiO2
   Silicon    17.98 %  Si   38.46 % SiO2
   Oxygen     35.84 %  O
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             100.00 %       98.98 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ba1.2K0.6Na0.2Ti2Si4O14
Help on Environment: Environment: In aegirine-arfvedsonite-microcline pegmatites in dunites (Inagli massif, Russia).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1960
Help on Locality: Locality: From the Ingali massif, 30 km west of Aldan; the Murun massif, southwest of Olekminsk, Yakutia; and on Mt. Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Ba, Ti, Si in the composition.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Batisite Say BATISITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 76521
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