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Berezanskite Mineral Data
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General Berezanskite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
KLi3Ti2Si12O30 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 972.69 gm |
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Potassium 4.02 % K 4.84 % K2O |
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Lithium 2.14 % Li 4.61 % Li2O |
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Titanium 9.84 % Ti 16.42 % TiO2 |
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Silicon 34.65 % Si 74.13 % SiO2 |
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Oxygen 49.35 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
KLi3Ti2Si12O30 |
| Environment: |
Occurs in a block of perialkaline pegmatite in the moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier. Possible titanium dominant analog of brannockite. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
The moraine at the Dara-i-Pioz glacier in the Pamir Mountains, Garm region, Tadzhikistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Berezanskite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
IMA1996-041 |
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