Cancrinite
A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered
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About Cancrinite
Formula:
(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Pekov et al. (2011) propose the following idealised formula: Na7Ca[Al6Si6O24](CO3)1.5•2H2O.
Colour:
grey-green, white, yellow, blue, orange, reddish
Lustre:
Vitreous, Greasy, Pearly
Hardness:
5 - 6
Specific Gravity:
2.42 - 2.51
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Member of:
Name:
For Count Egor Frantsevich Kankrin (Georg Cancrin) (16 November 1774 – 10 September 1845), Russian Minister of Finance.
Type Locality:
Cancrinite Group. Also classed as a feldspathoid.
In the structure there are large channels closed by 12-membered tetrahedra rings. The channels are surrounded by cages set in columns. In the members of "cancrinite subgroup" the cages contain [Na(H2O)]+ clusters.
In the structure there are large channels closed by 12-membered tetrahedra rings. The channels are surrounded by cages set in columns. In the members of "cancrinite subgroup" the cages contain [Na(H2O)]+ clusters.
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Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
880
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:880:4
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
0666ebd8-1674-4165-9d66-8aa21e1c48ff
IMA Classification of Cancrinite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
IMA Formula:
(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Classification of Cancrinite
9.FB.05
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
F : Tektosilicates without zeolitic H2O
B : Tektosilicates with additional anions
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
F : Tektosilicates without zeolitic H2O
B : Tektosilicates with additional anions
76.2.5.3
76 : TECTOSILICATES Al-Si Framework
2 : Al-Si Framework Feldspathoids and related species
76 : TECTOSILICATES Al-Si Framework
2 : Al-Si Framework Feldspathoids and related species
17.4.7
17 : Silicates Containing other Anions
4 : Silicates with carbonates
17 : Silicates Containing other Anions
4 : Silicates with carbonates
Mineral Symbols
As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.
Symbol | Source | Reference |
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Ccn | IMA–CNMNC | Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |
Ccn | Kretz (1983) | Kretz, R. (1983) Symbols of rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 68, 277–279. |
Ccn | Siivolam & Schmid (2007) | Siivolam, J. and Schmid, R. (2007) Recommendations by the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks: List of mineral abbreviations. Web-version 01.02.07. IUGS Commission on the Systematics in Petrology. download |
Ccn | Whitney & Evans (2010) | Whitney, D.L. and Evans, B.W. (2010) Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 95, 185–187 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3371 |
Ccn | The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) | The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) The Canadian Mineralogist list of symbols for rock- and ore-forming minerals (December 30, 2019). download |
Physical Properties of Cancrinite
Vitreous, Greasy, Pearly
Transparency:
Transparent, Translucent
Colour:
grey-green, white, yellow, blue, orange, reddish
Streak:
white
Hardness:
5 - 6 on Mohs scale
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Perfect
Perfect on {1010}, poor on {0001}
Perfect on {1010}, poor on {0001}
Fracture:
Irregular/Uneven
Density:
2.42 - 2.51 g/cm3 (Measured) 2.49 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Cancrinite
Type:
Uniaxial (+/-)
RI values:
nω = 1.507 - 1.528 nε = 1.495 - 1.503
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.012 - 0.025
Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:
Low
Chemistry of Cancrinite
Mindat Formula:
(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Pekov et al. (2011) propose the following idealised formula: Na7Ca[Al6Si6O24](CO3)1.5•2H2O.
Pekov et al. (2011) propose the following idealised formula: Na7Ca[Al6Si6O24](CO3)1.5•2H2O.
Common Impurities:
Ti,Fe,Mg,K,Cl,S
Crystallography of Cancrinite
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Class (H-M):
6 - Pyramidal
Space Group:
P63
Cell Parameters:
a = 12.67(9) Å, c = 5.15(4) Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 0.406
Unit Cell V:
715.96 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
1
Morphology:
Commonly massive, rarely as prismatic crystals.
Twinning:
Rare lamellar
Comment:
Range of unit-cell parameters: a = 12.58-12.76 Å, c = 5.11-5.20 Å.
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0002623 | Cancrinite | Fechtelkord M, Stief F, Buhl J-C (2001) Sodium cation dynamics in nitrate cancrinite: A low and high temperature Na and H MAS NMR study and high temperature Rietveld structure refinement American Mineralogist 86 165-175 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002624 | Cancrinite | Fechtelkord M, Stief F, Buhl J-C (2001) Sodium cation dynamics in nitrate cancrinite: A low and high temperature Na and H MAS NMR study and high temperature Rietveld structure refinement American Mineralogist 86 165-175 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002658 | Cancrinite | Fechtelkord M, Posnatzki B, Buhl J-C, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Raudsepp M (2001) Characterization of synthetic Cs-Li cancrinite grown in a butanediol-water system: An NMR spectroscopic and Rietveld refinement study American Mineralogist 86 881-888 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0004164 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004165 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004166 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004167 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004168 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004169 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004170 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004171 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004172 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004173 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004174 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004175 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004176 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004177 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0004178 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2006) Cancrinite: Crystal structure, phase transitions, and dehydration behaviour with temperature American Mineralogist 91 1117-1124 | 2006 | Dungannon Township, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | 0 | 293 | |
0019024 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 0.0001 | 293 | |
0019025 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 0.0001 | 293 | |
0019026 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 0.76 | 293 | |
0019027 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 0.99 | 293 | |
0019028 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 1.39 | 293 | |
0019029 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 2.33 | 293 | |
0019030 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 3.59 | 293 | |
0019031 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 4.3 | 293 | |
0019032 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 5 | 293 | |
0019033 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 5.73 | 293 | |
0019034 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 6.16 | 293 | |
0019035 | Cancrinite | Lotti P, Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Camara F (2012) High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite American Mineralogist 97 872-882 | 2012 | Cameroun | 6.63 | 293 | |
0005185 | Cancrinite | Grundy H D, Hassan I (1982) The crystal structure of a carbonate-rich cancrinite The Canadian Mineralogist 20 239-251 | 1982 | 0 | 293 | ||
0005267 | Cancrinite | Hassan I, Grundy H D (1991) The crystal structure of basic cancrinite, ideally Na8[Al6Si6O24](OH)2.3H2O The Canadian Mineralogist 29 377-383 | 1991 | 0 | 293 | ||
0007001 | Cancrinite | Fechtelkord M, Posnatzki B, Buhl J-C (2003) Characterization of basic cancrinite synthesized in a butanediol-water system European Journal of Mineralogy 15 589-598 | 2003 | 0 | 293 | ||
0007028 | Cancrinite | Ballirano P, Maras A (2004) The crystal structure of a "disordered" cancrinite European Journal of Mineralogy 16 135-141 | 2004 | Cava Satom, Cameroon | 0 | 293 | |
0019757 | Cancrinite | Jarchow O (1965) Atomanordnung und Strukturverfeinerung von Cancrinit Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 122 407-422 | 1965 | Litchfield, USA | 0 | 293 | |
0012418 | Cancrinite | Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2009) Crystal structures of oxalate-bearing cancrinite with an unusual arrangement of CO3 groups and sulfate-rich davyne Crystallography Reports 54 793-799 | 2009 | Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia | 0 | 293 | |
0012419 | Cancrinite | Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2009) Crystal structures of oxalate-bearing cancrinite with an unusual arrangement of CO3 groups and sulfate-rich davyne Crystallography Reports 54 793-799 | 2009 | Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia | 0 | 293 |
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X-Ray Powder Diffraction
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Radiation - Copper Kα
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Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
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3.21 Å | (100) |
4.64 Å | (90) |
3.64 Å | (70) |
2.099 Å | (70) |
1.488 Å | (50) |
1.447 Å | (50) |
10.92 Å | (40) |
Comments:
York River, Bancroft, Canada. Data from Foit et al. (1973).
Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
Paragenetic Mode | Earliest Age (Ga) |
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Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust | >4.50 |
8 : Mafic igneous rocks | |
9 : Lava/xenolith minerals (hornfels, sanidinite facies) | |
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism | |
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations | |
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks | >3.0 |
35 : Ultra-alkali and agpaitic igneous rocks |
Geological Setting:
Primary mineral in alkalic igneous rocks, alteration product of nepheline.
Type Occurrence of Cancrinite
Other Language Names for Cancrinite
Relationship of Cancrinite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Afghanite | (Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6Cl6 | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Alloriite | (Na,Ca,K)26Ca4(Al6Si6O24)4(SO4)6Cl6 | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Balliranoite | (Na,K)6Ca2(Si6Al6O24)Cl2(CO3) | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Betzite | Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)Cl4 | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Biachellaite | (Na,Ca,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2(OH)0.5 · H2O | Trig. 3 : P3 |
Bystrite | (Na,K)7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(S5)Cl | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Cancrisilite | Na7(Al5Si7O24)(CO3) · 3H2O | Hex. 6mm : P63mc |
Carbobystrite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3) · 3.5H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Davyne | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(Cl2,SO4)2 | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
Depmeierite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(PO4,CO3)1-x · 3H2O (x | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Fantappièite | [Na82.5Ca33K16.5](Si99Al99O396)(SO4)33 · 4H2O | Trig. 3 : R3 |
Farneseite | (Na,Ca,K)56(Al6Si6O24)7(SO4)12 · 6H2O | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
Franzinite | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2 · 0.5H2O | Hex. |
Giuseppettite | (Na,K,Ca)7-8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,Cl)1-2 | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Hydroxycancrinite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OH)2 · 2H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Kircherite | Na5Ca2K(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2 · 0.33H2O | Trig. 3 2 : R3 2 |
Kyanoxalite | Na7(Al6-xSi6+xO24)(C2O4)0.5+x · 5H2O (0 < x < 0.5) | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Liottite | (Na,K)16Ca8(Al6Si6O24)3(SO4)5Cl4 | Hex. 6 : P6 |
Marinellite | (Na,K)42Ca6(Al6Si6O24)6(SO4)8Cl2 · 3H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Microsommite | Na4K2Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)Cl2 | Hex. 6 2 2 : P63 2 2 |
Pitiglianoite | Na6K2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · 2H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Quadridavyne | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)Cl4 | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
Sacrofanite | (Na61K19Ca32)(Si84Al84O336)(SO4)26Cl2F6 · 2H2O | Hex. |
Slyudyankaite | Na28Ca4(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6(S6)1/3(CO2) · 2H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Steudelite | Na3(K17Ca7)Ca4(Al24Si24O96)(SO3)6F6 · 4H2O | Hex. 6 m2 : P62c |
Sulfhydrylbystrite | Na5K2Ca[Al6Si6O24](S5)2(SH) | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
Tounkite | (Na,Ca,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2Cl · H2O | Hex. 6 2 2 : P62 2 2 |
UM2004-48-SiO:AlClCaNaS | (Na,Ca)8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)1.7Cl1.3 | |
UM2009-23-SiO:AlCCaClHKNaS | (Na,Ca)24K10[(Si,Al)60O120](SO4)5.6Cl1.5(CO3)0.4 · 11H2O | Trig. 3 : P3 |
Vishnevite | (Na,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,CO3) · 2H2O | Hex. 6 : P63 |
Structurally related to group(s):
Sodalite Group | The Sodalite Group is characterised by sodalite-type stacking of alumosilicate building units that produces Cubo ... |
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
73 photos of Cancrinite associated with Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
27 photos of Cancrinite associated with Nepheline | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) |
16 photos of Cancrinite associated with Annite | KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
14 photos of Cancrinite associated with Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
13 photos of Cancrinite associated with Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
12 photos of Cancrinite associated with Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
10 photos of Cancrinite associated with Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
8 photos of Cancrinite associated with Hydronephelite | |
7 photos of Cancrinite associated with Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
6 photos of Cancrinite associated with Aegirine-augite | (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6 |
Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping
9.FB. | Steudelite | Na3(K17Ca7)Ca4(Al24Si24O96)(SO3)6F6 · 4H2O |
9.FB. | Sapozhnikovite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(HS)2 |
9.FB. | Betzite | Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)Cl4 |
9.FB. | Slyudyankaite | Na28Ca4(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6(S6)1/3(CO2) · 2H2O |
9.FB. | Bolotinaite | (Na7◻)(Al6Si6O24)F · 4H2O |
9.FB. | Wenlanzhangite-(Y) | Y2V3+2V4+2(SiO4)2O4(OH)4 |
9.FB.05 | Afghanite | (Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6Cl6 |
9.FB.05 | Bystrite | (Na,K)7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(S5)Cl |
9.FB.05 | Cancrisilite | Na7(Al5Si7O24)(CO3) · 3H2O |
9.FB.05 | Davyne | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(Cl2,SO4)2 |
9.FB.05 | Franzinite | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2 · 0.5H2O |
9.FB.05 | Giuseppettite | (Na,K,Ca)7-8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,Cl)1-2 |
9.FB.05 | Hydroxycancrinite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
9.FB.05 | Liottite | (Na,K)16Ca8(Al6Si6O24)3(SO4)5Cl4 |
9.FB.05 | Microsommite | Na4K2Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)Cl2 |
9.FB.05 | Pitiglianoite | Na6K2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · 2H2O |
9.FB.05 | Quadridavyne | (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)Cl4 |
9.FB.05 | Sacrofanite | (Na61K19Ca32)(Si84Al84O336)(SO4)26Cl2F6 · 2H2O |
9.FB.05 | Tounkite | (Na,Ca,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2Cl · H2O |
9.FB.05 | Vishnevite | (Na,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,CO3) · 2H2O |
9.FB.05 | Marinellite | (Na,K)42Ca6(Al6Si6O24)6(SO4)8Cl2 · 3H2O |
9.FB.05 | Farneseite | (Na,Ca,K)56(Al6Si6O24)7(SO4)12 · 6H2O |
9.FB.05 | Alloriite | (Na,Ca,K)26Ca4(Al6Si6O24)4(SO4)6Cl6 |
9.FB.05 | Biachellaite | (Na,Ca,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2(OH)0.5 · H2O |
9.FB.05 | Fantappièite | [Na82.5Ca33K16.5](Si99Al99O396)(SO4)33 · 4H2O |
9.FB.05 | Kyanoxalite | Na7(Al6-xSi6+xO24)(C2O4)0.5+x · 5H2O (0 < x < 0.5) |
9.FB.05 | Balliranoite | (Na,K)6Ca2(Si6Al6O24)Cl2(CO3) |
9.FB.05 | Carbobystrite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3) · 3.5H2O |
9.FB.05 | Depmeierite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(PO4,CO3)1-x · 3H2O (x |
9.FB.05 | Kircherite | Na5Ca2K(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)2 · 0.33H2O |
9.FB.05 | Sulfhydrylbystrite | Na5K2Ca[Al6Si6O24](S5)2(SH) |
9.FB.10 | Bicchulite | Ca2(Al2SiO6)(OH)2 |
9.FB.10 | Danalite | Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S |
9.FB.10 | Genthelvite | Be3Zn4(SiO4)3S |
9.FB.10 va | Hackmanite | Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S) |
9.FB.10 | Haüyne | Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) |
9.FB.10 | Helvine | Be3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S |
9.FB.10 | Kamaishilite | Ca2(Al2SiO6)(OH)2 |
9.FB.10 | Lazurite | Na7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3) · H2O |
9.FB.10 | Nosean | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O |
9.FB.10 | Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
9.FB.10 | Tsaregorodtsevite | (N(CH3)4)(AlSi5O12) |
9.FB.10 | Tugtupite | Na4BeAlSi4O12Cl |
9.FB.10 | Vladimirivanovite | Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2 · H2O |
9.FB.15 | Marialite | Na4Al3Si9O24Cl |
9.FB.15 | Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
9.FB.15 | Silvialite | (Ca,Na)4(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,CO3) |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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Cancrinite in petrology
An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.
Internet Links for Cancrinite
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References for Cancrinite
Reference List:
Cressey, G. (2004) W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie, W.S. Wise and J. Zussman. Rock-Forming Minerals. Volume 4B. Second Edition. Framework Silicates: Silica Minerals, Feldspathoids and the Zeolites.
London (The Geological Society) 2004, xv + 982 pp. £125 (£62.50 to GSL members) ISBN 1-86239-144-0. Hardback. Mineralogical Magazine, 68 (5) 831-832 doi:10.1180/0680831pp.310-320
Pekov, I. V., Olysych, L. V., Chukanov, N. V., Zubkova, N. V., Pushcharovsky, D. Y., Van, K. V., Giester, G., Tillmanns, E. (2011) Crystal chemistry of cancrinite-group minerals with an AB-type framework: A review and new data. I. Chemical and structural variations. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (5) 1129-1150 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.5.1129
Localities for Cancrinite
Locality List
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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.
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Farnese, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy