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Baotite from
Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Baotite
Formula:Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:348203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:348203:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Karpenko, Vladimir, Pautov, Leonid (2002) Formation of baotite in alcaline rocks of a moraine of Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Tadjikistan. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 2002 (10) 459-467 doi:10.1127/0028-3649/2002/2002-0459
Pautov, L. A., Agakhanov, A. A., Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F. C. (2004) Maleevite, BaB2Si2O8 and pekovite, SrB2Si2O8, new mineral species from the Dara-i-Pioz alkaline massif, Northern Tajikistan: description and crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (1) 107-119 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.1.107
 
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