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Agrellite - Agrellite Mineral Information and Data
Agrellite - Agrellite Mineral Information and Data
Agrellite - Agrellite Mineral Information and Data
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Photos of Agrellite (43)
Agrellite, etc.
Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Tmiscamingue,
Tmiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Qubec,
Canada
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Agrellite
Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Tmiscamingue,
Tmiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Qubec,
Canada
Formula: NaCa 2 Si 4 O 10 F
Name: Named after Stuart Olof Agrell, British mineralogist (5 March 1913 29 January 1996)
Classification of Agrellite
IMA status: Approved
Nickel-Strunz 9.DH.75
10th (pending)
ed.: 9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
H : Inosilicates with 4-periodic single chains, Si4O12
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Streak: White
Hardness 5
(Mohs):
Cleavage: Perfect
Excellent on {110} and {110}, poor on {010}
Elements listed Ca, F, Na, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry
in formula:
Crystallography of Agrellite
Crystal System: Triclinic
Geological In pegmatite lenses and pods and in mafic gneisses in a regionally metamorphosed agpaitic alkalic rock complex
Setting of Type
Material:
Associated Zircon Vlasovite Phlogopite Norbergite Mosandrite-(Ce)
Minerals at Type
Locality: Miserite Miserite Hiortdahlite Gittinsite Galena
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2+
9.DH.25 Taikanite Sr 3 BaMn 2 (Si 4 O 12 )O 2
2+ 3+ 2+
9.DH.35 Balangeroite (Mg,Fe ,Fe ,Mn ) 42 Si 16 O 54 (OH) 40
2+
9.DH.40 Aenigmatite Na 2 Fe 5 Ti(Si 6 O 18 )O 2
3+ 3+
9.DH.40 Dorrite Ca 4 (Mg 3 Fe 9 )O 4 (Si 3 Al 8 Fe O 36 )
2+ 3+
9.DH.40 Hgtuvaite Ca 4 [Fe 6 Fe 6 ]O 4 [Si 8 Be 2 Al 2 O 36 ]
3+
9.DH.40 Krinovite Na 2 Mg 4 Cr 2 (Si 6 O 18 )O 2
2+ 3+
9.DH.40 Makarochkinite (Ca,Na) 2 Fe 4 Fe Ti[O 2 |BeAlSi 4 O 18 ]
2+ 3+
9.DH.40 Rhnite Ca 2 (Mg,Fe ,Fe ,Ti) 6 [O 2 |(Si,Al) 6 O 18 ]
2+ 3+
9.DH.40 Wilkinsonite Na 2 Fe 4 Fe 2 (Si 6 O 18 )O 2
2+
9.DH.70 Johninnesite Na 2 Mn 9 Mg 7 (OH) 8 [AsO 4 ] 2 [Si 6 O 17 ] 2
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2+
17.1.10 Chondrodite (Mg,Fe ) 5 (SiO 4 ) 2 (F,OH) 2
2+
17.1.11 Humite (Mg,Fe ) 7 (SiO 4 ) 3 (F,OH) 2
17.1.14 Charoite (K,Sr) 15-16 (Ca,Na) 32 [Si 6 O 11 (O,OH) 6 ] 2 [Si 12 O 18 (O,OH) 12 ] 2 [Si 17 O 25 (O,OH) 18 ] 2 (OH,F) 4 ~3H 2 O
2+
17.1.18 Rowlandite-(Y) (Y,Ce) 4 Fe (Si 2 O 7 ) 2 F 2 (?)
2+
17.1.26 Zircophyllite (K,Na) 3 (Mn,Fe ) 7 (Zr,Ti) 2 Si 8 O 24 (O,OH,F) 7
2+
17.1.27 Jinshajiangite BaNaFe 4 Ti 2 (Si 2 O 7 ) 2 O 2 (OH) 2 F
2+
17.1.30 Sonolite Mn 9 (SiO 4 ) 4 (OH) 2
Latvian: Agrelts
Russian:
Spanish: Agrellita
Other Information
Fluorescence in Fluoresces bright pink under LW UV and duller pink under SW UV.
UV light:
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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Ghose, S., Wan, C. (1979) Agrellite, Na(Ca,RE)2Si4O10F: a layer structure with silicate tubes. American Mineralogist: 64: 563-572.
(TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed
without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
Canada (TL)
Qubec
Abitibi-Tmiscamingue
Tmiscamingue RCM
GITTINS, J., BOWN, M.G. & STURMAN, D. (1976): Agrellite, a new rock-forming mineral in regionally
Les Lacs-du-Tmiscamingue metamorphosed agpaitic alkalic rocks. Canadian Mineralogist 14, 120-126.; Smithsonian Museum USNM
Kipawa alkaline complex (TL) NUMBER: 169743
Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region
Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia)
Aldan Shield
Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence
Murunskii Massif [Lapis 1993:4 p.13-20]
Kedrovyi alkaline Massif Konev, A.A., Vorob'yev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian
Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Rus.)
Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit Konev, A.A., Vorob'yev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian
Podsnezhnik area (Snowdrop) Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Rus.)
Northern Region
Murmanskaja Oblast'
Kola Peninsula Yakovenchuk, V. N., Ivanyuk, G., Pakhomovsky, Y. & Men'shikov, Y. (2005): Khibiny. Apatity & London
Khibiny Massif (Laplandia Minerals in association with the Mineral. Soc. of GB & Ireland), 468 pp.
Lovozero Massif Pakhomovsky, Y. A., Ivanyuk, G. Y., & Yakovenchuk, V. N. (2014). Loparite-(Ce) in rocks of the Lovozero
Karnasurt Mt layered complex at Mt. Karnasurt and Mt. Kedykvyrpakhk. Geology of Ore Deposits, 56(8), 685-698.
Tajikistan
Region of Republican Subordination http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/dara.htm
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Alai Range (Alayskiy)
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz)
USA
Wisconsin
Marathon Co.
Wausau Intrusive Complex Rocks and Minerals, (1987) 62:188-195
Stettin pluton Rocks & Min.: 62: 190-193.
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