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Elpidite: Mineral information, data and localities.
The name derives from the Greek word for hope, representing the hope that other interesting minerals would be found at the type locality.
This page provides mineralogical data about Elpidite.
Lindström, G. (1894) Elpidit, ett nytt mineral från Igaliko, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 16: 330-335.
Calcian Elpidite High-temperature elpidite of magmatic origin typical for agpaitic granites. Usually enriched in Ca; has orange colour in difference from secondary hydrothermal low-temperature secondary elpidites from nepheline-syenites.
Albite 43 photos of Elpidite associated with Albite on mindat.org.
Rhodochrosite 40 photos of Elpidite associated with Rhodochrosite on mindat.org.
Aegirine 20 photos of Elpidite associated with Aegirine on mindat.org.
Pyrite 15 photos of Elpidite associated with Pyrite on mindat.org.
Nenadkevichite 10 photos of Elpidite associated with Nenadkevichite on mindat.org.
Leifite 9 photos of Elpidite associated with Leifite on mindat.org.
Quartz 9 photos of Elpidite associated with Quartz on mindat.org.
Caryochroite 7 photos of Elpidite associated with Caryochroite on mindat.org.
Neighborite 4 photos of Elpidite associated with Neighborite on mindat.org.
Lorenzenite 3 photos of Elpidite associated with Lorenzenite on mindat.org.
9.DG.10 Riversideite Ca5(HSi3O9)2 · 2H2O Orth.
72.5.4.1 Armstrongite CaZr[Si6O15] · 3H2O Mon.
Neronova, N.N., Belov, N.V. (1964) Crystal structure of elpidite, Na2Zr[Si6O15]·3H2O. Soviet Physics - Crystallography: 9: 700-705.
Cannillo, E., Rossi, G., Ungaretti, L. (1973) The crystal structure of elpidite. American Mineralogist: 58: 106-109.
Currie, K.L., Zaleski, E. (1985) The relative stability of elpidite and vlasovite: a P-T indicator for peralkaline rocks. The Canadian Mineralogist: 23: 577-582.
Grigor’eva, A.A., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Kolitsch, U., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu., Vigasina, M.F., Giester, G., Dordević, T., Tillmanns, E., Chukanov, N.V. (2011) Crystal chemistry of elpidite from Khan Bogdo (Mongolia) and its K- and Rb-exchanged forms. Crystallography Reports: 56: 832-841.
Merlino, S., Bonaccorsi, E. (2008) Double wollastonite chains: topological/conformational varieties, polytypic forms, isotypic compounds. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 223: 85-97.
Grice, J.D., Rowe, R., Poirier, G. (2015) Hydroterskite: A new mineral species from the Saint-Amable Sill, Quebec, and a comparison with terskite and elpidite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 53: 821-832.
Cametti, G., Armbruster, T., Nagashima, M. (2016) Dehydration and thermal stability of elpidite: An in-situ single crystal X-ray diffraction study. Microporous And Mesoporous Materials: 227: 81-87.
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Chao, G.Y. (1967), Leucophanite, elpidite, narsarsukite from the Desourdy quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 9: 286-87; Henderson, W. (1979), Oriented overgrowth of labuntsovite on elpidite from Mont St.-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Mineralogical Record: 10: 970; Falls R.B.(1983), Elpidite and narsarsukite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. B.S. Thesis, University of Toronto, Canada.
TARASSOFF, P., HORVÁTH, L. and PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 37, 5-60.
BIRKETT, T.C., MILLER, R.R., ROBERTS, A.C., & MARIANO, A.N. (1992) Zirconium bearing minerals from the Strange Lake intrusive complex, Quebec Labrador. Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 191-205.; BIRKETT, T.C., MILLER, R.R., ROBERTS, A.C., & MARIANO, A.N. (1992) Zirconium bearing minerals from the Strange Lake intrusive complex, Quebec Labrador. Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 191-205.
Mineev D.A. (1968) Geochemistry of apogranites and rare-metal metasomatites of North-Western Tarbagatai, - Moscow, Nauka, 276p. (in Rus.); Sokolova, E., Abdu, Y., Hawthorne, F. C., Stepanov, A. V., Bekenova, G. K., & Kotel’nikov, P. E. (2009). Camaraite, Ba3NaTi4 (Fe2+, Mn) 8 (Si2O7) 4O4 (OH, F) 7. I. A new Ti-silicate mineral from the Verkhnee Espe Deposit, Akjailyautas Mountains, Kazakhstan.
Kynicky, J., et al., (2018) The role of carbonate-fluoride melt immiscibility in shallow REE deposit evolution, Geoscience Frontiers.
Kovalenko V.I., Tsaryeva G.M., Goreglyad A.V., Yarmolyuk V.V., Troitsky V.A., Hervig R.L., Farmer, G.L., (1995) The peralkaline granite-related Khaldzan-Buregtey rare metal (Zr, Nb, REE) deposit, western Mongolia - ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, v. 90, p. 530–547.; Kovalenko, V. I., Yarmolyuk, V. V., Sal nikova, E. B., Kartashov, P. M., Kovach, V. P., Kozakov, I. K., ... & Yakovleva, S. Z. (2004). The Khaldzan-Buregtei Massif of peralkaline rare-metal igneous rocks: structure, geochronology, and geodynamic setting in the Caledonides of Western Mongolia. Petrology c/c of Petrologiia, 12(5), 412-436.
Kovalenko, V. I., Tsaryeva, G. M., Goreglyad, A. V., Yarmolyuk, V. V., Troitsky, V. A., Hervig, R. L., & Farmer, G. (1995). The peralkaline granite-related Khaldzan-Buregtey rare metal (Zr, Nb, REE) deposit, western Mongolia. Economic Geology, 90(3), 530-547.; Kempe, U., Möckel, R., Graupner, T., Kynicky, J., & Dombon, E. (2015). The genesis of Zr–Nb–REE mineralisation at Khalzan Buregte (Western Mongolia) reconsidered. Ore Geology Reviews, 64, 602-625.
Andresen, P., Friis, H., Kjærnet, T. & Larsen, A.O. (2018): The minerals of the Jahren pegmatite, one of the major pegmatites in the Larvik Plutonic Complex. Norsk Mineralsymposium 2018: 5-22.
Svein a. Berge collection; Larsen, K. E. (2015). Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2013-2015. Norsk Mineralsymposium 2015, 79-88.
Хомяков А.П., Курова Т.Ф., Шумяцкая Р.Г. и др. (1981) О новом цирконосиликате Na5Zr2[Si6O18]Clx2H2O и его кристаллической структуре,- ДАН СССРб т.257, №3, с. 622-624.
Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Khomyakov A P, Rastsvetaeva R K, Kucherinenko Y V, Nedel'ko V V (1999) Korobitsynite, Na3-x(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2·3-4H2O, a new mineral from Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, issue 3 72-79; Pekov, I.V. (2000): Lovozero Massif. Moscow, Ocean Pictures Ltd, 480 pp.; Chukanov, N. V., Ermolaeva, V. N., Pekov, I. V., Sokolov, S. V., Nekrasov, A. N., & Sokolova, M. N. (2005). Raremetal mineralization connected with bituminous matters in late assemblages of pegmatites of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs. New Data Minerals, 40, 80-95.
[AmMin 85:1322]; Arzamastsev, A., Yakovenchuk, V., Pakhomovsky, Y., & Ivanyuk, G. (2008). The Khibina and Lovozero alkaline massifs: Geology and unique mineralization. In Guidbook for 33rd International Geological Congress Excursion (No. 47, p. 58).
Sabine, P.A. (196O), Bull. geol. Surv. Gt. Britain, 16, 167-8. [Confirms an earlier record by Lacroix (1921)]; Young, B.R., Hawkes, J.R., Merriman, R.J. and Styles, M.T. (1978) Bazirite, BaZrSi3O9, a New Mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 42, n° 321, 35-40.; Embrey, P.G. (1978) Fourth supplementary list of British minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 42, n° 322, 169-177.
Young, B. R., Hawkes, J. R., Merriman, R. J., & Styles, M. T. (1978). Bazirite, BaZrSi 3 O 9, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Mineral Mag, 42, 35-40.
MILTON, C. (1977): Mineralogy of the Green River Formation. Mineralogical Record 8, 368-379.

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