Liottite
Na16Ca8Si18Al18O72(SO4)5Cl4 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Luciano Liotti, mineral collector who donated the specimen in which this mineral was first found.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1977 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
76.02.05.09 |
| (76) Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework | |
| (76.02) Feldspathoids and related species | |
| (76.02.05) Cancrinite group | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
09.FB.05 |
| (09) Silicates | |
| (09.F) Tektosilicates without Zeolitic H2O | |
| (09.FB) Tektosilicates with additional anions | |
| Crystal system: | Hexagonal System |
| Point group (H-M): | 6m2 (or 6m2) — ditrigonal-dipyramidal |