Host: The Clay Science Society of Japan
Yangzhumingite occurs in metamorphosed carbonate rock from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. Electron micoprobe and SIMS anlyses gave an emprical formula as (K0.70Li0.30Na0.01)(Mg2.48Fe0.06)(Si3.96Al0.03)O10[F1.92(OH)0.08]. Yangzhumingite is monoclinic (C2/m) with lattice parameters of a = 5.249(4), b = 9.095(5), c = 10.142(5) Å, β = 99.96(6)˚, V = 476.9(5)Å3 and Z = 2.