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Baratovite

Year of discovery: 1975 (Darai-Pioz glacier, Tajikistan), 1983 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of baratovite

• KLi₃Ca₇Ti₂Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂, but original description is F > OH
• KLi₃Ca₇(Ti,Zr)₂Si₁₂O₃₆(OH,F)₂
• [K⁺][Li⁺₃][Ca²⁺₇][Ti⁴⁺₂][(OH)₂|(SiO₃)₁₂]^26-

• Class: Cyclosilicate (Single ring) - Hydroxide
• Fluorescence: UV excitation (Dark blue)
• Radioactive: Very weak

• Ti => Sn: Aleksandrovite

• Color: White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Pearly
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {001} (1 planes)
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 2.9

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, C2/c
• Lattice: a=16.9, b=9.7, c=20.9, β=112.5

Synonym: Katayamalite