Litvinskite
Na3ZrSi6O13(OH)5 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Galina P. Litvinskaya (1920-1994), former crystallographer of the Moscow State University.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1999 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
61.01.02b.04 (This Dana# Added) |
| (61) Cyclosilicate Six-Membered Rings | |
| (61.01) with [Si6O18] rings; possible (OH) and Al substitution | |
| (61.01.02b) Lovozerite group (Ortho and MON subgroup) | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
09.CJ.15 |
| (09) Silicates | |
| (09.C) Cyclosilicates | |
| (09.CJ) [Si6O18]12- 6-membered single rings (sechser-Einfachringe), without insular complex anions | |
| Crystal system: | Monoclinic System |
| Point group (H-M): | m — domatic |