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    Zabuyelite Li2 CO3

    c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1

    Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Prismatic crystals, with pyramidal double
    terminations, to 1.2 mm. Twinning: Common on {100}.

    Physical Properties: Cleavage: On {100}, perfect; on {011}, good. Tenacity: Brittle.


    Hardness = 3 D(meas.) = 2.09(1) D(calc.) = 2.10 Slightly soluble in hot H2 O.

    Optical Properties: Transparent. Color: Colorless. Luster: Vitreous.


    Optical Class: Biaxial (–). Orientation: Y = b; Z ∧ c = 10◦ . α = 1.428(1) β = 1.567(1)
    γ = 1.574(1) 2V(meas.) = ∼25◦

    Cell Data: Space Group: C2/c (by analogy with synthetic). a = 8.361(1) b = 4.976(2)
    c = 6.193(3) β = 114.69(3)◦ Z = 4

    X-ray Powder Pattern: Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China.


    2.811 (10), 4.15 (8), 2.92 (8), 2.481 (4b), 2.42 (4), 2.62 (3), 2.11 (3)

    Chemistry: (1) (2) (1) (2)


    SO3 0.57 Na2 O 2.49
    NO3 0.44 K2 O 0.75
    CO2 52.70 59.56 Li2 O 34.20 40.44
    B2 O3 0.10 Cl 1.09
    Fe2 O3 0.88 H2 O+ 1.88
    MnO 0.02 −O = Cl2 [0.25]
    MgO 1.81 insol. 1.89
    CaO 1.24 Total [99.81] 100.00
    (1) Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China; after deduction of “gaylussite 5.84%, northupite 4.51%,
    lithium-rich magnesite 2.59%, sylvite 0.94%, aphthitalite 1.18%, borax 0.25%, aragonite 0.23%,
    nitratine 0.64%, and silicate, etc. 2.79%” then stated to correspond to Li2.18 C1.18 O3 . (2) Li2 CO3 .

    Occurrence: Imbedded in halite in rock salt, and precipitated on the margins of a lithium-rich
    salt lake (Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China); as solid inclusions in fluid inclusions in spodumene.

    Association: Halite, gaylussite, northupite (Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China).

    Distribution: From the Zabuye Salt Lake, Nagri, Tibet, China. At Bikita and Kamativi,
    Zimbabwe. From Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. In the Tanco pegmatite,
    Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

    Name: For its initially-noted occurrence at the Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China.

    Type Material: Geology Museum, Beijing, China.

    References: (1) Zheng Mianping and Liu Wengao (1987) Zabuyelite, a new Li mineral. Acta
    Mineralogica Sinica, 7, 221–226 (in Chinese with English abs.). (2) (1990) Amer. Mineral., 75,
    243–244 (abs. ref. 1). (3) Lin Yueling, Zhang Hanqing, and Zheng Mianping (1990) The crystal
    structure of zabuyelite. Kexue Tongbao, 35(6), 489–492 (in English).

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in
    any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written
    permission of Mineral Data Publishing.

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