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Morimotoite, Ca3TiFe2+Si3O12, a new titanian garnet from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Chiyoko Henmi ,
Isao Kusachi  and
Kitinosuke Henmi
Chiyoko Henmi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan
Isao Kusachi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan
Kitinosuke Henmi
Affiliation:
1-9-20, Ishima-Cho, Okayama 700, Japan
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Abstract

Morimotoite, Ca3TiFe2+Si3O12, has been found in contaminated rocks which are considered to be a kind of endoskarn at Fuka, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Morimotoite is derived from andradite, , by the substitution Ti + Fe2+ = 2Fe3+. It is associated with calcite, vesuvianite, grossular, wollastonite, hematite, prehnite, fluorapatite, perovskite, zircon, baddeleyite and calzirtite. It is cubic with space group Ia3d. The unit cell dimension a is 12.162(3) Å. Its refractive index n is 1.995(2) and the density 3.75(2) g cm−3 (meas.), 3.80 g cm−3 (calc.). The Mohs' hardness is 7.5. Calculation of the analytical data on the basis of twelve oxygen atoms and eight cations shows that this mineral has a simplified chemical formula Ca3(Ti,Fe2+Fe3+)2(Si,Fe3+)3O12 where Ti > Fe2+ > 0.5. Morimotoite was synthesized at low oxygen fugacities, 650 and 700°C and 1 kbar total pressure.

Keywords

morimotoitetitaniumgarnetskarnOkayama PrefectureJapan
Type
Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 59 , Issue 394 , March 1995 , pp. 115 - 120
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1995

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