Katayamalite

Katayamalite was approved in 1982 by the International Mineralogical Association. It is the hydroxyl analogue of baratovite and the hydroxyl end member of the series,[2] but was first described as a fluor-dominant mineral. Some scientists claim it to be rather hydroxyl- than fluor dominant, which would make baratovite isostructural with it. It would make the two minerals the same species, with baratovite having priority. As the case hadn't been clarified, katayamalite remains an IMA-approved mineral until this day.[3]

Katayamalite mainly consists of oxygen (43.16%), silicon (24.25%), calcium (20.18%), but otherwise contains titanium (6.89%), potassium (2.81%), lithium (1.50%), fluorine (0.68%), sodium (0.41%) and hydrogen (0.11%). It has a barely detectable radioactivity, 40.21 measured in Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units. The concentration of it in percentage is 2.49. It was originally described as having a triclinic symmetry in 1985, but the structure was redetermined to be monoclinic in 2013. It has a radiant blue-white fluorescence, and platy morphology. The mineral is associated with sugilite, albite and aegirine.[3] Crystals are usually twinned.[2]