Lintisite Mineral Data

General Lintisite Information

Chemical Formula:

Na3LiTi2Si4O14•2(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 544.03 gm

Sodium 12.68 % Na 17.09 % Na₂O

Lithium 1.28 % Li 2.75 % Li₂O

Titanium 17.60 % Ti 29.37 % TiO₂

Silicon 20.65 % Si 44.18 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.74 % H 6.62 % H₂O

Oxygen 47.05 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Na₃LiTi₂Si₄O₁₄•2(H₂O)

Environment:

Coating and replacing lorenzenite in ultra-agpaitic syenite pegmatites in a differentiated alkalic massif.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1990

Locality:

On Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the LIthium, sodium (Natrium), TItanium, and SIlicon in the composition.

Name Pronunciation:

Lintisite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 33739

IMA1989-025

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Lintisite Image

Images:

Lintisite Serandite

Comments: Yellowish-white fibrous veinlets of lintisite in brown serandite.
Location: Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lintisite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =3.3236:1:0.6068

Cell Dimensions:

a = 28.583, b = 8.6, c = 5.219, Z = 4; beta = 91.03° V = 1,282.69 Den(Calc)= 2.82

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.996(1), 14.29(1),

Physical Properties of Lintisite

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect

Color:

Colorless, Light yellow.

Density:

2.77

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Hardness:

5-6 - Between Apatite and Orthoclase

Luster:

Vitreous - Pearly

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Lintisite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.016 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.034 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2616,KPDmeas= 0.2663,KC= 0.2707
Ncalc = 1.75 - 1.76

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.672, b=1.739, g=1.802, bire=0.1300, 2V(Calc)=84, 2V(Meas)=85.

Calculated Properties of Lintisite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.73 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Lintisite =2.77 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.03
Boson Index = 0.97

Photoelectric:

PE_Lintisite= 3.88 barns/electron
U=PE_Lintisite x rElectron Density= 10.58 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Lintisite is Not Radioactive

Lintisite Classification

Dana Class:

65.01.06.03 (65)Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1

(65.01)with chains P=2

(65.01.06)Lorenzenite group

65.01.06.01 Lorenzenite Na2Ti2Si2O9 P bcn 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.01.06.02 Kukisvumite Na6ZnTi4Si8O28•4(H2O) Pccn 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.01.06.03 Lintisite Na3LiTi2Si4O14•2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

65.01.06.04 Manganokukisvumite! Na6MnTi4Si8O28•4(H2O) Pccn 2/m 2/m 2/m

65.01.06.05 Punkaruaivite! Li{Ti2(OH)2[Si4O11(OH)]}•H2O C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

09.DB.15 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)

09.DB -Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2O6; Pyroxene-related minerals

09.DB.15 Lintisite Na3LiTi2Si4O14•2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

Other Lintisite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(37th List of New Min.,Min. Mag.,1996) OPTIC PROP.(37th List of New Min.,Min. Mag.,19)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Lintisite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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