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ID Species Reference Link Year Locality Pressure (GPa) Temp (K)
0010704 Fresnoite Moore P B, Louisnathan S J (1969) The crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba2(TiO)Si2O7 Positive polarity Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 130 438-448 1969 sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County, California, USA 0 293
0010705 Fresnoite Moore P B, Louisnathan S J (1969) The crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba2(TiO)Si2O7 Negative polarity Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 130 438-448 1969 sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County, California, USA 0 293
0015916 Fresnoite Masse R, Grenier J, Durif A (1967) Structure cristalline de la fresnoite _cod_database_code 1007234 Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie 90 20-23 1967 0 293

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General Appearance of Type Material:

Sparse grains, generally less than 1 mm long.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

California Division of Mines and Geology, San Francisco, California, USA.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Gneissic metamorphic rocks composed mainly of sanbornite and quartz.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

9.BE. Paralomonosovite Na6◻4Ti4(Si2O7)2[PO3OH][PO2(OH)2]O2(OF) Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Cámaraite Ba3Na(Fe2+,Mn)8Ti4(Si2O7)4O4(OH,F)7 Tric. 1
9.BE. Christofschäferite-(Ce) Ce3CaMnTiFe(3+)Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
9.BE. Bobshannonite Na2KBa(Mn,Na)8(Nb,Ti)4(Si2O7)4O4(OH)4(O,F)2 Tric.
9.BE. Calciomurmanite (Na,◻)2Ca(Ti,Mg,Nb)4[Si2O7]2O2(OH,O)2(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Batievaite-(Y) Y2Ca2Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Delhuyarite-(Ce) Ce4Mg(Fe3+,W)3◻(Si2O7)2O6(OH)2 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.X Asimowite Fe2+4O(Si2O7) Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : I m m a
9.BE. Moxuanxueite NaCa6Zr(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Alexkuznetsovite-(Ce) Ce2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE. Biraite-(La) La2Fe2+(CO3)(Si2O7) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE. Zinkgruvanite Ba4Mn2+4Fe3+2(Si2O7)2(SO4)2O2(OH)2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Madeiraite Na2Ca2Fe2Zr2(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE. Bortolanite Ca2(Ca1.5Zr0.5)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE. Nacareniobsite-(Y) Na3Ca3YNb(Si2O7)2OF3 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE. Pilanesbergite Na2Ca2Fe2Ti2(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE. Alfredcasparite Sr2TiO(Si2O7) Tet. 4_m_ m : P_4_b m
9.BE.02 Wadsleyite Mg4O(Si2O7) Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : I m m a
9.BE.02 Ohtaniite Mg3(Si0.5◻0.5)Si2O8 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : I m m a
9.BE.05 Hennomartinite SrMn3+2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
9.BE.05 Lawsonite CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
9.BE.05 Noelbensonite BaMn3+2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O Orth. m _m_2
9.BE.05 Itoigawaite SrAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
9.BE.05 Cortesognoite CaV2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
9.BE.07 Ilvaite CaFe3+Fe2+2(Si2O7)O(OH) Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m )
9.BE.07 Manganilvaite CaFe2+Fe3+Mn2+(Si2O7)O(OH) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.07 Amamoorite CaMn2+2Mn3+(Si2O7)O(OH) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.10 Suolunite Ca2(H2Si2O7) · H2O Orth. m _m_2 : F d _d_2
9.BE.12 Jaffeite Ca6(Si2O7)(OH)6 Trig. 3 : _P_3
9.BE.17 Baghdadite Ca6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.17 Burpalite Na2CaZr(Si2O7)F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.17 Cuspidine Ca8(Si2O7)2F4 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.17 Hiortdahlite Na2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.17 Janhaugite (Na,Ca)3(Mn2+,Fe2+)3(Ti,Zr,Nb)2(Si2O7)2O2(OH,F)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
9.BE.17 Låvenite Na2Ca2Mn2Zr2(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.17 Niocalite (Ca,Nb)4(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2 Mon. m
9.BE.17 Normandite NaCa(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb,Zr)(Si2O7)OF Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.17 Wöhlerite Na2Ca4ZrNb(Si2O7)2O3F Mon. 2 : _P_21
9.BE.20 Mosandrite-(Ce) (Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5◻0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.20 Nacareniobsite-(Ce) Na3Ca3(Ce,REE)Nb(Si2O7)2OF3 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.20 Rinkite-(Ce) (Ca3Ce)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.20 Roumaite (Ca,Na,REE,◻)7(Nb,Ti)[Si2O7]2OF3 Mon. m : B b
9.BE.20 Rinkite-(Y) Na2Ca4YTi(Si2O7)2OF3 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.22 Götzenite NaCa6Ti(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.22 Hainite-(Y) Na2Ca4(Y,REE)Ti(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.22 Rosenbuschite Na6Ca6Zr3Ti(Si2O7)4O2F6 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.22 Kochite Na3Ca2MnZrTi(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.22 Fogoite-(Y) Na3Ca2Y2Ti(Si2O7)2OF3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.23 Dovyrenite Ca6Zr(Si2O7)2(OH)4 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P n n m
9.BE.25 Barytolamprophyllite (Ba,Na)2(Na,Ti,Fe3+)4Ti2(Si2O7)2O(OH,F) Mon.
9.BE.25 Ericssonite BaMn2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH) Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.25 Lamprophyllite (Na,Mn2+)3(Sr,Na)2(Ti,Fe3+)3(Si2O7)2O2(OH,O,F)2 Mon. 2/m
9.BE.25 Ericssonite-2O BaMn2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH) Orth.
9.BE.25 Seidozerite Na4MnZr2Ti(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_2/b
9.BE.25 Nabalamprophyllite (BaNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_2/m
9.BE.25 Grenmarite Na4MnZr3(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _P_2/b
9.BE.25 Schüllerite Ba2Na(Mn,Ca)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)2Ti2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.25 Kazanskyite BaNa3Ti2Nb(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.25 Lileyite Ba2(Na,Fe,Ca)3MgTi2(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.25 Emmerichite Ba2Na(Na,Fe2+)2(Fe3+,Mg)Ti2(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.25 Saamite Ba◻Na3Ti2Nb(Si2O7)2O2(OH)F(H2O)2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.25 Fluorlamprophyllite Na3(SrNa)Ti3(Si2O7)2O2F2 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.25 Fluorbarytolamprophyllite (Ba,Sr)2[(Na,Fe2+)3(Ti,Mg)F2][Ti2(Si2O7)2O2] Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.27 Murmanite Na2Ti2(Si2O7)O2 · 2H2O Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.27 Vigrishinite NaZnTi4(Si2O7)2O3(OH)(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.27 Kolskyite CaNa2Ti4(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)7 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.27 Selivanovaite NaFe3+Ti4(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.30 Epistolite (Na◻)Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.32 Lomonosovite Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.35 Vuonnemite Na11Ti4+Nb2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O3(F,OH) Tric.
9.BE.37 Sobolevite Na13Ca2Mn2Ti3(Si2O7)2(PO4)4O3F3 Mon. m : P b
9.BE.40 Innelite Ba4Ti2Na(NaMn2+)Ti(Si2O7)2[(SO4)(PO4)]O2[O(OH)] Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.40 Phosphoinnelite Na3Ba4Ti3(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)2O2F Tric.
9.BE.42 Yoshimuraite Ba2Mn2Ti(Si2O7)(PO4)O(OH) Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.45 Quadruphite Na6Na2(CaNa)2Na2Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2(PO4)4O4F2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.47 Polyphite Na5(Na4Ca2)Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)3O2F2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.50 Bornemanite Na6BaTi2Nb(Si2O7)2(PO4)O2(OH)F Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.50 Shkatulkalite Na2Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(FO)(H2O)4(H2O)3 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.55 Bafertisite Ba2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2 Tric.
9.BE.55 Hejtmanite Ba2Mn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F2 Tric. 1
9.BE.55 Bykovaite (Ba,Na,K)2(Na,Ti,Mn)4(Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2O2(H2O,F,OH)2 · 3.5H2O Mon. 2/m
9.BE.55 Nechelyustovite (Ba,Sr,K)2(Na,Ti,Mn)4(Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2O2(O,H2O,F)2 · 4.5H2O Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.60 Delindeite (Na,K)2(Ba,Ca)2(Ti,Fe,Al)3(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 · 2H2O Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.62 Orthochevkinite (Ce,La,Ca,Na,Th)4(Fe2+,Mg)2(Ti,Fe3+)3Si4O22 Orth.
9.BE.62 va Strontium Perrierite (Ce,Sr,La,Ca)4Fe2+(Ti,Zr,Fe)2Ti2(Si2O7)2O8
9.BE.62 Chevkinite-(Nd) (Nd,REE)4(Fe2+,Mg)(Fe2+,Ti,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)2O8 ?
9.BE.62 Perrierite-(Nd) Nd4MgFe3+2Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 ?
9.BE.65 Bussenite Na2Ba2Fe2+Ti(Si2O7)(CO3)(OH)3F Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.67 Jinshajiangite BaNaFe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.67 Perraultite BaNaMn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F Tric. 1
9.BE.70 Karnasurtite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe)(Si2O7)(OH)4 · 3H2O Amor.
9.BE.70 Perrierite-(Ce) Ce4MgFe3+2Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Strontiochevkinite (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)4Fe2+(Ti,Zr)2Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Chevkinite-(Ce) Ce4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Polyakovite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)4(Mg,Fe2+)(Cr3+,Fe3+)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.70 Rengeite Sr4ZrTi4(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Matsubaraite Sr4Ti5(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Dingdaohengite-(Ce) (Ce,La)4Fe2+(Ti,Fe2+,Mg,Fe3+)2Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 Maoniupingite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)4(Fe3+,Ti,Fe2+,◻)(Ti,Fe3+,Fe2+,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.70 Perrierite-(La) (La,Ce,Ca)4(Fe2+,Mn)(Ti,Fe3+,Al)4[(Si2O7)O4]2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.70 UM2008-53-SiO:SrTiZr Sr4ZrTi4(Si2O7)2O8 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P b c a
9.BE.70 Hezuolinite (Sr,REE)4Zr(Ti,Fe3+)4(Si2O7)2O8 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/m
9.BE.72 Fersmanite Ca4(Na,Ca)4(Ti,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3 Tric.
9.BE.75 Belkovite Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12 Hex. 6_m_2 : P_62_m
9.BE.77 Nasonite Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 Hex. 6/m : _P_63/m
9.BE.80 Kentrolite Pb2Mn3+2(Si2O7)O2 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P b c m
9.BE.80 Melanotekite Pb2Fe3+2(Si2O7)O2 Orth. 222 : _C_2221
9.BE.82 Tilleyite Ca5(Si2O7)(CO3)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.82 Alexkuznetsovite-(La) La2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.85 Killalaite Ca6.4(H0.6Si2O7)2(OH)2 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
9.BE.87 Stavelotite-(La) (La,Nd,Ca)3Mn2+3Cu(Mn3+,Fe3+,Mn4+)26(Si2O7)6O30 Trig. 3 : _P_31
9.BE.90 Biraite-(Ce) Ce2Fe2+(Si2O7)(CO3) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
9.BE.90 Magnesiorowlandite-(Y) Y4(Mg,Fe)(Si2O7)2F2 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.92 Cervandonite-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3O2(Si2O7)(As3+O3)(OH) Trig. 3_m_ : R_3_m
9.BE.92 Chirvinskyite (Na,Ca)13(Fe,Mn,◻)2(Ti,Zr)5(Si2O7)4(OH,O)12 · 2H2O Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.95 Batisivite BaV3+8Ti6(Si2O7)O22 Tric. 1 : _P_1
9.BE.95 Rusinovite Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
9.BE.97 Schlüterite-(Y) (Y,REE)2AlSi2O7(OH)2F Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b

Thermal Behaviour:

Fuses at about 4. Partially melted when heated in an electric furnace to 1200 °C and completely melted at 1300 °C to a yellow glass.

Notes:

Insoluble or only slightly soluble in most cold dilute acids and bases. Decomposed by hot 1:1 HCl and cold acetic acid leaving a colorless residue.

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. 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.

Canada
Yukon Watson Lake mining district Itsi Mountain Wilson Lake Gun claim Robinson (1986) +1 other reference
DR Congo
North Kivu Nyiragongo Territory Nyiragongo Volcano Andersen et al. (2014)
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Mayen Seekante Xenolith CS-020 Skrzyńska et al. (2023)
Vordereifel Ettringen Caspar quarry Juroszek et al. (2022) +1 other reference
Vulkaneifel Daun Üdersdorf Hentschel (1989)
Löhley Hentschel (1989) +2 other references
Gerolstein Gerolstein Roth Rother Kopf Blaß et al. (2012)
Hillesheim Graulay quarry Hentschel (1993) +1 other reference
Israel
Southern District (HaDarom District) Tamar Regional Council Aradite type locality Galuskin et al. (2015)
Hatrurim Basin Gurim anticline Krzątała et al. (2020)
Mazorite type locality Krzątała et al. (2023)
Mexico
Baja California Ensenada Municipality El Alamo El Rosario Mine ? Richard Gunter Collection.
Tres Pozos Madrelena Mine Pavel Kartashov's analytical data
Mongolia
Töv Province Choir-Nyalga basin Nyalga Combustion Metamorphic complex Peretyazhko et al. (2017) +1 other reference
Russia
Sakha [World of Stones 12:49]
Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Dunkeldyksky alkaline complex Solovova et al. (2006, October)
USA (TL)
California Fresno County Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District Big Creek Esquire No. 7 claim (TL) Walstrom (n.d.) +4 other references
Esquire No. 8 claim Walstrom (n.d.)
Rush Creek Cole Spring Outcrops Walstrom (n.d.)
Esquire No. 1 claim Walstrom (n.d.) +2 other references
Snow Cap Mine Eckhard D. Stuart and Robert E. Walstrom
Humboldt County Coastal Range Coyote Peak
Mariposa County East Belt Clearing House Mining District Clearing House Trumbull Peak Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate deposit Newberry et al. (1981) +1 other reference
San Benito County Picacho Peak Victor claim (Victor Mine) Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 465-466 +5 other references
Santa Rita Peak California State Gem Mine Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 467. +2 other references
Junnila Mine (Junnila claim) www.benitoitemine.com +1 other reference
Tulare County Dumtah Baumann prospect (Bauman Ranch) Alfors et al. (1984) +1 other reference