Kaersutite is a dark brown to black double-chain calcic titanium-bearing amphibole mineral with formula: NaCa2(Mg3Ti4+Al)(Si6Al2)O22(O)2.[6]

Ferro-kaersutite is the divalent iron-rich endmember of the kaersutite group, with the iron replacing magnesium in the structure.[7]

Kaersutite occurs as phenocrysts in alkalic volcanic rocks, in nodules of peridotite and gabbro in alkalic basalts, and in syenites, monzonites, and carbonatite tuffs. Mineral associations include titanian augite, rhoenite, olivine, ilmenite, spinel, plagioclase, and titanian pargasite.[2]

It was first described in 1884 and is named for Qaersut (formerly Kaersut), Umanq district in northern Greenland.[3]

References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ a b "Kaersutite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  3. ^ a b http://www.mindat.org/min-2129.html Mindat: Kaersutite
  4. ^ http://www.webmineral.com/data/Kaersutite.shtml Webmineral data
  5. ^ "IMA Master List". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  6. ^ http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/Abstracts/2012_Abstracts/ND12_Abstracts/Hawthorne_p2031_12.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ Ferro-kaersutite on Mindat


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaersutite
No tags for this post.