Paravinogradovite

paravinogradovite

fluorapatite

ancylite-(Ce)

natrolite

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Formula: (Na,◻)2(Ti4+,Fe3+)4(Si2O6)2(Si3AlO10)(OH)4.H2O
Inosilicate (chain silicate), single chains, titanium-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Triclinic
Specific gravity: 2.77 measured, 2.76 calculated
Hardness: 5
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless to white
Luminescence: Weak yellow-green fluorescence under 240-400 nm short-wave UV
Solubility: Not reactive in 1:1 hydrochloric and nitric acid at room or higher temperature
Environments

Pegmatites
Hydrothermal environments

Paravinogradovite is a secondary mineral formed from vinogradovite. It was approved in 2002 but to date (April 2025) it has been reported only from the type locality.

Localities

At the type locality, the Northeast slope, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, specimens of paravinogradovite were collected from a pegmatite emplaced at the contact between a xenolith of corundum-bearing hornfels and the enclosing foyaite. The lenticular pegmatite is asymmetrically zoned. There are four zones from the contact with hornfels toward the contact with foyaites:
(1) coarse-grained aegirinediopsideorthoclase rock with altered nepheline and abundant disseminated pyrochlore,
(2) a blocky K-feldspar zone,
(3) a rounded nepheline core with disseminated ilmenite and pyrochlore and
(4) a banded medium- to coarse- grained biotiteaegirinediopsidenephelinefeldspar rock.
In the pegmatite, there are two types of superimposed alteration, occurring primarily within the nepheline zone. The earlier albite-type alteration resulted in aggregates of tabular albite with miarolitic cavities and disseminated bipyramidal zircon. The later zeolite-type alteration consists of aggregates of analcimenatrolite. Both types of alteration seem to involve late-stage hydrothermal infilling.
Paravinogradovite occurs in miarolitic cavities associated with the albite-type alteration, growing directly on albite. Carbonate-rich fluorapatite, ancylite-(Ce), natrolite and aegirine are closely associated with paravinogradovite. Usually, aegirine and paravinogradovite form radial aggregates. All miarolitic minerals are encrusted with fine flakes of a glauconite-like mineral, which occasionally completely fills the miarolitic cavity. Other associated species include nordstrandite, anatase, fluorite, galena and cerussite as a pseudomorph after galena. Paravinogradovite crystals contain very small inclusions of vinogradovite.
Paravinogradovite forms fan-shaped aggregates of colourless to white columnar and acicular crystals up to 1.0 cm long (CM 41.4.989-1002).
Paravinogradovite from Kukisvumchorr Mt - Image

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