sabinaite
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Sabinaite (Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4) is a rare carbonate mineral. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system as colorless to white prisms within cavities. It is more typically found as powdery coatings and masses. It has a specific gravity of 3.36.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Sabinaite
- Mineral.image
- Sabinaite-Analcime-Siderite-179414.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Tan sabinaite crystals, porcelaneous analcime crystals on a siderite matrix
- Mineral.category
- Carbonate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Sba
- Mineral.strunz
- 5.BB.20
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- B2/b
- Mineral.color
- Colorless to white
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
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Sabinaite (Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4) is a rare carbonate mineral. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system as colorless to white prisms within cavities. It is more typically found as powdery coatings and masses. It has a specific gravity of 3.36.
It has been found in vugs in a carbonatite sill on Montreal Island and within sodalite syenite in the alkali intrusion at Mont Saint-Hilaire in Quebec, Canada.
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