Sabinaite

Sabinaite (Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4) is a rare carbonate mineral. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system as colorless to white prisms within cavities. It is more typically found as powdery coatings and masses. It has a specific gravity of 3.36.[1]

Sabinaite
Tan sabinaite crystals, porcelaneous analcime crystals on a siderite matrix
General
CategoryCarbonate mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
Strunz classification5.BB.20
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupB2/b
Identification
ColorColorless to white
LusterVitreous

It has been found in vugs in a carbonatite sill on Montreal Island and within sodalite syenite in the alkali intrusion at Mont Saint-Hilaire in Quebec, Canada.

It was first described in 1980 for an occurrence in the Francon quarry, Montreal Island. It is named after Ann Sabina (1930–2015), a mineralogist working for the Geological Survey of Canada.

References

See also
  1. "Sabinaite Mineral Data on Webmineral".
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