It was first described in 1980 for an occurrence in the Francon quarry, Montreal Island. It is named after Ann Sabina (1930–2015), a mineralogist working for the Geological Survey of Canada.
sabinaite, na4zr2tio4, rare, carbonate, mineral, crystallizes, monoclinic, crystal, system, colorless, white, prisms, within, cavities, more, typically, found, powdery, coatings, masses, specific, gravity, sabinaite, crystals, porcelaneous, analcime, crystals,. Sabinaite Na4Zr2TiO4 CO3 4 is a rare carbonate mineral It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system as colorless to white prisms within cavities It is more typically found as powdery coatings and masses It has a specific gravity of 3 36 2 SabinaiteTan sabinaite crystals porcelaneous analcime crystals on a siderite matrixGeneralCategoryCarbonate mineralFormula repeating unit Na4Zr2TiO4 CO3 4IMA symbolSba 1 Strunz classification5 BB 20Crystal systemMonoclinicCrystal classPrismatic 2 m same H M symbol Space groupB2 bIdentificationColorColorless to whiteLusterVitreous It has been found in vugs in a carbonatite sill on Montreal Island and within sodalite syenite in the alkali intrusion at Mont Saint Hilaire in Quebec Canada It was first described in 1980 for an occurrence in the Francon quarry Montreal Island It is named after Ann Sabina 1930 2015 a mineralogist working for the Geological Survey of Canada References edit Warr L N 2021 IMA CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291 320 Bibcode 2021MinM 85 291W doi 10 1180 mgm 2021 43 S2CID 235729616 Sabinaite Mineral Data on Webmineral Mineral Handbook Data from Mindat Webmineral data This article about a specific carbonate mineral is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sabinaite amp oldid 1200320976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
