dualite
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Dualite is a very rare and complex mineral of the eudialyte group, its complexity being expressed in its formula . The formula is simplified as it does not show the presence of cyclic silicate groups. The name of the mineral comes from its dual nature: zircono- and titanosilicate at once. Dualite has two modules in its structure: alluaivite one and eudialyte one. After alluaivite and labyrinthite it stands for third representative of the eudialyte group with essential titanium.
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Dua
- chemical formula
- Na₃₀(Ca,Na,Ce,Sr)₁₂(Na,Mn,Fe,Ti)₆Zr₃Ti₃Mn[Si₅₁O₁₄₄](OH,H₂O,Cl)₉
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.CO.10
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.CO.10
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Dualite is a very rare and complex mineral of the eudialyte group, its complexity being expressed in its formula . The formula is simplified as it does not show the presence of cyclic silicate groups. The name of the mineral comes from its dual nature: zircono- and titanosilicate at once. Dualite has two modules in its structure: alluaivite one and eudialyte one. After alluaivite and labyrinthite it stands for third representative of the eudialyte group with essential titanium.
==Occurrence and association== Dualite was found in peralkaline pegmatoid rock at Mt Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula Russia. It associates with aegirine, alkaline amphibole, cancrinite, eudialyte, K-Na feldspar, lamprophyllite, lomonosovite, lovozerite, nepheline, sodalite, sphalerite, villiaumite, and vuonnemite.