General Korobitsynite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Na3(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2•3-4(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 578.44 gm |
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Sodium 10.33 % Na 13.93 % Na2O |
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Titanium 12.42 % Ti 20.71 % TiO2 |
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Niobium 8.03 % Nb 11.49 % Nb2O5 |
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Silicon 19.42 % Si 41.55 % SiO2 |
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Hydrogen 1.39 % H 12.46 % H2O |
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Oxygen 48.40 % O |
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100.00 % 100.14 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Na2.6Ti1.5Nb0.5Si4O13(OH)•3.5(H2O) |
| Environment: |
Found in hydrothermally affected agpaitic rocks. The Ti-dominant analog of nenadkevichite. It forms epitaxial overgrowths on elpidite crystals. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Alluaiv and Karnasurt Mountains, Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named after Mikhail Fedorovich Korobitsyn (1928-1996), amateur mineralogist and collector who made significant contributions to mineralogical investigations of the Lovozero alkaline complex. |
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