Sabinaite

Sabinaite
Sabinaite
	Tan sabinaite crystals, porcelaneous analcime crystals on a siderite matrix
General
Category	Carbonate mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
IMA symbol	Sba
Strunz classification	5.BB.20
Crystal system	Monoclinic
Crystal class	Prismatic (2/m) ; (same H-M symbol)
Space group	B2/b
Identification
Color	Colorless to white
Luster	Vitreous

Sabinaite (Na₄Zr₂Ti O₄(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.^[2]

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[edit]

^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
^ "Sabinaite Mineral Data on Webmineral".

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[1] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

[2] "Sabinaite Mineral Data on Webmineral".

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