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Formula: Ti11Si10
Silicide of titanium
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Specific gravity: 4.538 calculated
Environments
Kangjinlaite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2019 and to date (September 2024) reported only from
the type locality.
Localities
At the type locality, Orebody CR-11, Kangjinla Cr deposit, Luobusha ophiolite, Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan
Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China, the new (in 2019) minerals
wenjiite and kangjinlaite occur with
badengzhuite, zhiqinite and
a potassium-bearing dmisteinbergite-like mineral in a spheroid
20 μm across enclosed in corundum. In addition,
wenjiite occurs with
deltalumite, jingsuiite,
osbornite, khambaraevite
and the potassium-bearing dmisteinbergite-like mineral in a
lamellar intergrowth 100 μm long, also enclosed in corundum from the same
locality.
The previously deduced crystallisation sequence with decreasing temperature of the four minerals in the spheroid is
wenjiite → kangjinlaite →
zhiqinite + badengzhuite.
Final crystallization of the spheroid to zhiqinite +
badengzhuite is expected to be in the range of ~1100 to 1300°C
(AM 108.1.197-210).
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