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Charoitite
A rock classification type
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About Charoitite
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
50438
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:50438:0
Classification of Charoitite
- Rock
- Metamorphic rock
- Metasomatic-rock
- Charoitite
- Metasomatic-rock
- Metamorphic rock
Mineralogy of Charoitite
Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:
| Charoite | (K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 · ~3H2O |
Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present:
Common Associates
Associations Based on Photo Data:
| 6 photos of Charoitite associated with Charoite | (K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 · ~3H2O |
| 5 photos of Charoitite associated with Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| 2 photos of Charoitite associated with Tinaksite | K2Na(Ca,Mn2+)2TiO[Si7O18(OH)] |
| 2 photos of Charoitite associated with Barytocalcite | BaCa(CO3)2 |
| 2 photos of Charoitite associated with Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| 2 photos of Charoitite associated with Quartz | SiO2 |
| 2 photos of Charoitite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) | KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O |
Internet Links for Charoitite
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References for Charoitite
Reference List:
Wang, Ying, He, Huaiyu, Ivanov, Alexei V., Zhu, Rixiang, Lo, Chinghua (2014) Age and origin of charoitite, Malyy Murun massif, Siberia, Russia. International Geology Review, 56 (8) 1007-1019 doi:10.1080/00206814.2014.914860
Vladykin, N. V., Borovikov, A. A., Dokuchits, E. Yu., Thomas, V. G. (2018) Genesis of Charoite Rocks in the Murun Massif, Aldan Shield, Russia. Geochemistry International, 56 (12) 1135-1147 doi:10.1134/s0016702918120108
Dokuchits, E.Yu.; Jiang, Shao-Yong; Stepanov, Aleksandr S.; Zhukova, Irina A.; Radomskaya, T.A.; Marfin, A.E.; Vishnevskiy, A.V. (2022) Geochemistry of Ca-(K)-(Na) silicates from charoitites in the Sirenevyi Kamen gemstone deposit, Murun Complex, Eastern Siberia. Ore Geology Reviews, 143. 104787 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104787
Vostochnyi area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Russia