| Lorenzenite | |
| Category: | Silicate mineral |
| Formula: | Na2Ti2[O<sub>3</sub>|Si<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>]| IMAsymbol = Lrz[1] | molweight = | strunz = 9.DB.10| dana = | system = Orthorhombic| class = Dipyramidal (mmm) H–M Symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)| symmetry = Pbcn| unit cell = a = 8.71, b = 5.23 c = 14.48 [Å]; Z = 4| color = Pale purple-brown, pale pink to mauve, brown to black| colour = | habit = Equant, bladed, prismatic, to needlelike crystals; fibrous, felted, lamellar aggregates| twinning = | cleavage = Distinct/good on | fracture = Irregular/uneven| tenacity = | mohs = 6| luster = Adamantine, vitreous, sub-metallic, dull| streak = White to pale brown| diaphaneity = Transparent, opaque| gravity = 3.42 – 3.45| density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (−)| refractive = nα = 1.910 – 1.950 nβ = 2.010 – 2.040 nγ = 2.030 – 2.060| birefringence = δ = 0.120| pleochroism = Weak| 2V = Measured: 38° to 41°| dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow =| fluorescence = Pale yellow to dull green under SW UV| absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = [2] [3] [4] }} Lorenzenite is a rare sodium titanium silicate mineral with the formula Na2Ti2Si2O9 It is an orthorhombic mineral, variously found as colorless, grey, pinkish, or brown crystals. It was first identified in 1897 in rock samples from Narsarsuk, Greenland. In 1947 it was discovered to be the same as the mineral ramsayite (now a synonym of lorenzenite), discovered in the 1920s in the Kola peninsula of Russia. It is also found in northern Canada. It occurs in nepheline syenites and pegmatites in association with aegirine, nepheline, microcline, arfvedsonite, elpidite, loparite, eudialyte, astrophyllite, mangan-neptunite, lavenite, rinkite, apatite, titanite and ilmenite. It was named in honor of Danish mineralogist Johannes Theodor Lorenzen (1855–1884). References |