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Formula: KBSi2O6
Tectosilicate (framework silicate), boron-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 2.74 measured, 2.75 calculated
Hardness: 6
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless
Environments
Although lisitsynite was approved in 2000, to date (May 2023) it has been reported only from the type
locality.
Localities
At the type locality, the Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, lisitsynite
occurs as irregularly shaped grains and subhedral tabular crystals 0.2 to 0.5 mm across in a
hyperagpaitic
pegmatite. Associated minerals include
villiaumite, sphalerite,
sodalite, pectolite,
natrite, nacaphite,
lomonosovite, K-feldspar,
galena, fluorcaphite,
chkalovite, cancrinite and
aegirine
(Mindat).
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