Eltyubyuite
A valid IMA mineral species
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About Eltyubyuite
Formula:
Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6
Colour:
Yellow to light brown and brown
Specific Gravity:
3.349 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Name:
After the Balkarian village Eltyubyu, which is situated near the type locality.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
42818
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:42818:7
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
cb4ee07b-3cac-4957-bfec-81fc18919a91
IMA Classification of Eltyubyuite
Approved
Approval year:
2011
First published:
2013
Type description reference:
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Bailau, Radu, Prusik, Krystian, Gazeev, Viktor M., Zadov, Aleksandr E., Pertsev, Nikolai N., Jeżak, Lidia, Gurbanov, Anatoly G., Dubrovinsky, Leonid (2013) Eltyubyuite, Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6 - the Fe3+ analogue of wadalite: a new mineral from the Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 25 (2) 221-229 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2285
Classification of Eltyubyuite
9.AD.25
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
Symbol | Source | Reference |
---|---|---|
Elt | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
Physical Properties of Eltyubyuite
Colour:
Yellow to light brown and brown
Comment:
in transmitted light under the optical microscope
Density:
3.349 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Eltyubyuite
Type:
Isotropic
RI values:
n = 1.85
Birefringence:
Isotropic minerals have no birefringence
Surface Relief:
Very High
Chemistry of Eltyubyuite
Mindat Formula:
Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6
Crystallography of Eltyubyuite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
4 3m - Hextetrahedral
Space Group:
I4 3d
Cell Parameters:
a = 12.20(3) Å
Unit Cell V:
1815.85 ų
Z:
2
Comment:
Shadil-Khohk volcano material: a=12.2150(2), V=1822.55(6)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
---|---|
4.981 Å | (30) |
3.261 Å | (13) |
3.050 Å | (49) |
2.728 Å | (100) |
2.490 Å | (62) |
2.227 Å | (13) |
1.692 Å | (28) |
1.630 Å | (40) |
Comments:
Calculated.
Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
Paragenetic Mode | Earliest Age (Ga) |
---|---|
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event | <2.4 |
45b : [Other oxidized fumarolic minerals] | |
Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere | <0.6 |
51 : Pyrometamorphic minerals (see also #54 and #56) | <0.36 |
Stage 10b: Anthropogenic minerals | <10 Ka |
54 : Coal and other mine fire minerals (see also #51 and #56) |
Geological Setting:
Shadil-Khohk volcano: contact zone of an altered carbonate-silicate xenolith within plagiodacites
Type Occurrence of Eltyubyuite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Micrometre-sized inclusions in rondorfite.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, cataloge numbers 4027/1 and 4027/2
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In altered silicate-carbonate xenoliths in the diatreme facies of ignimbrites.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Bailau, R., Prusik, K., Gazeev, V.M., Zadov, A.E., Pertsev, N.N., Jeżak, L., Gurbanov, A.G. and Dubrovinsky, L. (2013) Eltyubyuite, Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6 - the Fe3+ analogue of wadalite: a new mineral from the Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy: 25: 221-229.
Synonyms of Eltyubyuite
Relationship of Eltyubyuite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
1 photo of Eltyubyuite associated with Rondorfite | Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 |
1 photo of Eltyubyuite associated with Larnite | Ca2SiO4 |
1 photo of Eltyubyuite associated with Grossular-Hibschite Series |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
9.AD. | Adrianite | Ca12(Al4Mg3Si7)O32Cl6 |
9.AD.05 | Larnite | Ca2SiO4 |
9.AD.10 | Calcio-olivine | Ca2SiO4 |
9.AD.15 | Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
9.AD.20 | Bredigite | Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 |
9.AD.25 | Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Almandine | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Calderite | Mn2+3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Goldmanite | Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Henritermierite | Ca3Mn3+2(SiO4)2[◻(OH)4] |
9.AD.25 | Kimzeyite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 |
9.AD.25 | Knorringite | Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Majorite | Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Morimotoite | Ca3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Pyrope | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Schorlomite | Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 |
9.AD.25 | Spessartine | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Wadalite | (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3 |
9.AD.25 va | Hydrougrandite | (Ca,Mg,Fe2+)3(Fe3+,Al)2[(OH)4(SiO4)2] |
9.AD.25 va | Yamatoite | (Mn2+,Ca)3(V3+,Al)2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Holtstamite | Ca3Al2(SiO4)2[◻(OH)4] |
9.AD.25 | Khoharite | Mg3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Kerimasite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 |
9.AD.25 | Toturite | Ca3Sn2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2 |
9.AD.25 | Momoiite | Mn2+3V3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Eringaite | Ca3Sc2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Irinarassite | Ca3Sn2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 |
9.AD.25 | Menzerite-(Y) | (Y2Ca)Mg2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Blythite | Mn2+3Mn3+2[SiO4]3 |
9.AD.25 | Skiagite | Fe2+3Fe3+2[SiO4]3 |
9.AD.25 | Hutcheonite | Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 |
9.AD.25 | UM1984-37-SiO:CrMn | Mn2+3Cr3+2(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.25 | Rubinite | Ca3Ti3+2Si3O12 |
9.AD.25 | Nikmelnikovite | Ca12(Fe2+Fe3+3Al3◻)[SiO4]6[◻(OH)4]5◻4 |
9.AD.30 va | Auerlite | near Th(Si,P)O4 |
9.AD.30 | Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
9.AD.30 | Hafnon | HfSiO4 |
9.AD.30 | Thorite | Th(SiO4) |
9.AD.30 | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
9.AD.30 | Stetindite-(Ce) | Ce(SiO4) |
9.AD.35 | Huttonite | ThSiO4 |
9.AD.35 | Tombarthite-(Y) | Y4(Si,H4)4O12-x(OH)4+2x |
9.AD.40 | Eulytine | Bi4(SiO4)3 |
9.AD.45 | Reidite | ZrSiO4 |
9.AD.55 | Jeffbenite | Mg3Al2Si3O12 |
Other Information
Notes:
Raman bands of the Shadil-Khokh volcano material [cm-1]: 959 & 901 (Si–O stretching); 783, 705, 450, 307 (FeO45- vibration)
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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References for Eltyubyuite
Reference List:
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2011) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, CNMNC Newsletter No. 10. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (5) 2549-2561 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2549
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Bailau, Radu, Prusik, Krystian, Gazeev, Viktor M., Zadov, Aleksandr E., Pertsev, Nikolai N., Jeżak, Lidia, Gurbanov, Anatoly G., Dubrovinsky, Leonid (2013) Eltyubyuite, Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6 - the Fe3+ analogue of wadalite: a new mineral from the Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 25 (2) 221-229 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2285
Gfeller, Frank, Środek, Dorota, Kusz, Joachim, Dulski, Mateusz, Gazeev, Viktor, Galuskina, Irina, Galuskin, Evgeny, Armbruster, Thomas (2015) Mayenite supergroup, part IV: Crystal structure and Raman investigation of Al-free eltyubyuite from the Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel' Plateau, Southern Ossetia, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27 (1) 137-143 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2421
Localities for Eltyubyuite
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence.
? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Czech Republic | |
| Hršelová et al. (2013) |
Georgia | |
| Galuskin et al. (2013) |
Germany | |
| Galuskin et al. (2013) |
Russia | |
| Sharygin (2015) |
| Galuskin et al. (2013) |
| Williams et al. (2011) +1 other reference |
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Xenolith no. 1, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia