The second mineral with dominant sulfhydryl (hydrosulfide) anion after sulfhydrylbystrite. The first group member with such anion as a species-defining one.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

55543

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:55543:6

GUID
(UUID V4):

54df46e4-2473-48bd-9f04-46d0ad2a186e

IMA Classification of SapozhnikoviteHide

IMA status:

Approved

First published:

2022

Classification of SapozhnikoviteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

9.FB.

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
F : Tektosilicates without zeolitic H₂O
B : Tektosilicates with additional anions

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Spz	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 SapozhnikoviteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Colour:

Colourless to pale grayish

Streak:

White

Hardness:

5½ on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Imperfect/Fair
on (110)

Density:

2.25(1) g/cm³ (Measured) 2.255 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemistry of SapozhnikoviteHide

Mindat Formula:

Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(HS)₂

Elements listed:

Al, H, Na, O, S, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of SapozhnikoviteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

4 3m - Hextetrahedral

Space Group:

P4 3n

Cell Parameters:

a = 8.91462(7) Å

Unit Cell V:

708.45 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
6.30 Å	(37)
3.638 Å	(100)
2.821 Å	(14)
2.572 Å	(18)
2.382 Å	(16)
2.101 Å	(29)
1.576 Å	(8)
1.486 Å	(8)

Type Occurrence of SapozhnikoviteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

Isolated, anhedral equant grains, up to 5 mm in size.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5693/1.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Hydrothermally altered urtite-like rock.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Nepheline	Natrolite	Murmanite	Loparite-(Ce)	Lomonosovite
Kyanoxalite	Fluorcaphite	Fluorapatite	Feldspar Group	Albite
Aegirine

Relationship of Sapozhnikovite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Sodalite Group > Feldspathoid Group

Other Members of this group:

Bolotinaite	(Na₇◻)(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)F · 4H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
Haüyne	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
Lazurite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃) · H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
Nosean	Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄) · H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
Tsaregorodtsevite	(N(CH₃)₄)(AlSi₅O₁₂)	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
Vladimirivanovite	Na₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,S₃,S₂,Cl)₂ · H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.FB.	Steudelite	Na₃(K₁₇Ca₇)Ca₄(Al₂₄Si₂₄O₉₆)(SO₃)₆F₆ · 4H₂O	Hex. 6 m2 : P6₂c
9.FB.	Betzite	Na₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₄	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.	Slyudyankaite	Na₂₈Ca₄(Si₂₄Al₂₄O₉₆)(SO₄)₆(S₆)_1/3(CO₂) · 2H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
9.FB.	Bolotinaite	(Na₇◻)(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)F · 4H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
9.FB.	Wenlanzhangite-(Y)	Y₂V³⁺₂V⁴⁺₂(SiO₄)₂O₄(OH)₄	Tric. 1 : P1
9.FB.05	Afghanite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄O₉₆)(SO₄)₆Cl₆	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Bystrite	(Na,K)₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(S₅)Cl	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca,◻)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(CO₃,SO₄)₂ · 2H₂O	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Cancrisilite	Na₇(Al₅Si₇O₂₄)(CO₃) · 3H₂O	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
9.FB.05	Davyne	(Na,K)₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(Cl₂,SO₄)₂	Hex. 6/m : P6₃/m
9.FB.05	Franzinite	(Na,K)₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂ · 0.5H₂O	Hex.
9.FB.05	Giuseppettite	(Na,K,Ca)_7-8(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,Cl)_1-2	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Hydroxycancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(OH)₂ · 2H₂O	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Liottite	(Na,K)₁₆Ca₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₃(SO₄)₅Cl₄	Hex. 6 : P6
9.FB.05	Microsommite	Na₄K₂Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)Cl₂	Hex. 6 2 2 : P6₃ 2 2
9.FB.05	Pitiglianoite	Na₆K₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄) · 2H₂O	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Quadridavyne	(Na,K)₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₄	Hex. 6/m : P6₃/m
9.FB.05	Sacrofanite	(Na₆₁K₁₉Ca₃₂)(Si₈₄Al₈₄O₃₃₆)(SO₄)₂₆Cl₂F₆ · 2H₂O	Hex.
9.FB.05	Tounkite	(Na,Ca,K)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂Cl · H₂O	Hex. 6 2 2 : P6₂ 2 2
9.FB.05	Vishnevite	(Na,K)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,CO₃) · 2H₂O	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Marinellite	(Na,K)₄₂Ca₆(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₆(SO₄)₈Cl₂ · 3H₂O	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Farneseite	(Na,Ca,K)₅₆(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₇(SO₄)₁₂ · 6H₂O	Hex. 6/m : P6₃/m
9.FB.05	Alloriite	(Na,Ca,K)₂₆Ca₄(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₄(SO₄)₆Cl₆	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Biachellaite	(Na,Ca,K)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂(OH)_0.5 · H₂O	Trig. 3 : P3
9.FB.05	Fantappièite	[Na_82.5Ca₃₃K_16.5](Si₉₉Al₉₉O₃₉₆)(SO₄)₃₃ · 4H₂O	Trig. 3 : R3
9.FB.05	Kyanoxalite	Na₇(Al_6-xSi_6+xO₂₄)(C₂O₄)_0.5+x · 5H₂O (0 < x < 0.5)	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Balliranoite	(Na,K)₆Ca₂(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)Cl₂(CO₃)	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Carbobystrite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(CO₃) · 3.5H₂O	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.05	Depmeierite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(PO₄,CO₃)_1-x · 3H₂O (x	Hex. 6 : P6₃
9.FB.05	Kircherite	Na₅Ca₂K(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂ · 0.33H₂O	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
9.FB.05	Sulfhydrylbystrite	Na₅K₂Ca[Al₆Si₆O₂₄](S₅)₂(SH)	Trig. 3m : P3 1c
9.FB.10	Bicchulite	Ca₂(Al₂SiO₆)(OH)₂	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
9.FB.10	Danalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Genthelvite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10 va	Hackmanite	Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl₂,S)
9.FB.10	Haüyne	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Helvine	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Kamaishilite	Ca₂(Al₂SiO₆)(OH)₂	Tet.
9.FB.10	Lazurite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃) · H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Nosean	Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄) · H₂O	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
9.FB.10	Tsaregorodtsevite	(N(CH₃)₄)(AlSi₅O₁₂)	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
9.FB.10	Tugtupite	Na₄BeAlSi₄O₁₂Cl	Tet. 4 : I4
9.FB.10	Vladimirivanovite	Na₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,S₃,S₂,Cl)₂ · H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
9.FB.15	Marialite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	Tet. 4/m : I4/m
9.FB.15	Meionite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄CO₃	Tet. 4/m : I4/m
9.FB.15	Silvialite	(Ca,Na)₄(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,CO₃)	Tet. 4/m : I4/m

Fluorescence of SapozhnikoviteHide

In UV light:

330 nm (LWUV): strong, orange; 245 nm (SWUV): weak, yellow-orange

Other InformationHide

IR Spectrum:

yes

Notes:

other methods used: Raman, ESR, NIR-Vis-UV absorption, photoluminescence spectroscopy

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 SapozhnikoviteHide

Reference List:

Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) Newsletter 62. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (4) 634-638 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.62

Chukanov, Nikita V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Pekov, Igor V., Shendrik, Roman Yu., Varlamov, Dmitry A., Vigasina, Marina F., Belakovskiy, Dmitry I., Britvin, Sergey N., Yapaskurt, Vasiliy O., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2022) Sapozhnikovite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(HS)₂, a new sodalite-group mineral from the Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (1) 49-59 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.94

forum.amiminerals.it (2022) http://forum.amiminerals.it/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17503&sid=0cdf430f875452c51b8085303c78a701

Shchipalkina, N. V., Vereshchagin, O. S., Chukanov, N. V., Gorelova, L. A., Bocharov, V. N., & Pekov, I. V. (2023). High-temperature behavior of the UV-luminescent sodalite-type natural compound Na8 (Al6Si6O24)(HS) 2: Comparative study by in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 124067.

(2023) Sapozhnikovite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Russia (TL)

Murmansk Oblast

Lovozersky District

ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain (TL)

Miyawaki et al. (2021) +1 other reference

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