Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Ca,Al-rich inclusion (CAI) in a chondrite meteorite.
- Type locality
- Northwest Africa 470 meteorite (NWA 470)
- M'daghra Lkeng Caïdat
- Errachidia Cercle
- Errachidia Province
- Drâa-Tafilalet Region
- Morocco
31.9833°, -4.1867°
3recorded occurrences
Physical
- Colour
- Colourless
Crystallography
- Space group
- #14
- Cell parameters
- a = 7.95 Å · b = 8.62 Å · c = 10.25 Å
- Cell angles
- β = 93.1 °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.084 : 1.289
- Type-locality form
Subhedral grains to about 10 µm.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Dmitryivanoviet
- IMA2006-035
In other languages
- German
- Dmitryivanovit · IMA 2006-035
- Russian
- Дмитрийвановит · Дмитрийивановит
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.BC.10
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.BMetal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similarDivision
- 4.BCWith medium-sized and large cationsGroup
- 4.BC.10DmitryivanoviteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.07.02.16
- 07Multiple OxidesClass
- 07.02AB2X4Type
- 07.02.16— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 07.02.16DmitryivanoviteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1957Dougill, M.W. (1957) Crystal structure of calcium monoaluminate. Nature: 180: 292-293.
- 1976Hörkner, W., Müller-Buschbaum, Hk. (1976) Zur kristallstruktur von CaAl2O4. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry: 38: 983-984.
- 1980Ito, S., Suzuki, K., Inagaki, M., Naka, S. (1980) High-pressure modifications of CaAl2O4 and CaGa2O4. Materials Research Bulletin: 15: 925-932.
- 1990Barbier, J., Neuhausen, J. (1990) Phase formation in the system (Ca,Sr)Al2O4. European Journal of Mineralogy: 2: 273-282.
- 2001Stebbins, J.F.; Oglesby, J.V.; Kroeker, S. (2001) Oxygen triclusters in crystalline CaAl4O7 (grossite) and in calcium aluminosilicate glasses: 17O NMR. American Mineralogist, 86 (10). 1307-1311 doi:10.2138/am-2001-1019DOI: 10.2138/am-2001-1019
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Dmitryivanovite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/dmitryivanovite-30909},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}