Ilyukhinite Explained
| Ilyukhinite |
| Category: | Silicate mineral, cyclosilicate |
| Formula: | see text |
| Imasymbol: | Ily[1] |
| System: | Trigonal |
| Class: | Ditrigonal pyramidal (3m)
H-M symbol: (3m) |
| Symmetry: | R3m |
| Unit Cell: | a = 14.1695, c = 31.026 [Å] |
| References: | [2] [3] |
Ilyukhinite is a very rare mineral of the eudialyte group,[2] with formula .[4] The formula given is simplified and does not show the presence of cyclic silicate groups. Ilyukhinite is the second group representative with species-defining hydronium ion after aqualite.
Further reading
- Johnsen, O., Ferraris, G., Gault, R.A., Grice, D.G., Kampf, A.R., and Pekov, I.V., 2003. The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 785–794
Notes and References
- Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
- http://www.mindat.org/min-46883.html Mindat
- https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Ilyukhinite Mineralienatlas
- Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Rozenberg, K.A., Aksenov, S.M., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., and Kristiansen, R., 2015,Ilyukhinite, IMA 2015-065. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1860; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
