Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Sixiangkou meteorite
- Sixiangkou
- Gaogang District
- Taizhou
- Jiangsu
- China
32.4333°, 119.8667°
13recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- #135
- Cell parameters
- a = 9.263 Å · c = 2.706 Å
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2004-054
- Linguniet
- NaAlSi3O8-hollandite
- Silicate Hollandite
- UM2000-62-SiO:AlNa
- Unnamed (Tetragonal analogue of Albite)
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2004-054 · Lingunit
- Italian
- lingunite
- Chinese
- 玲根石
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.FA.70
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.FTektosilicates without zeolitic H2ODivision
- 9.FATektosilicates without additional non-tetrahedral anionsGroup
- 9.FA.70LinguniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1978Liu, Lin-Gun (1978) High-pressure phase transformations of albite, jadeite and nepheline. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 37 (3) 438-444 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(78)90059-6DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(78)90059-6
- 2000Gillet, P. (2000) Natural NaAlSi3O8-Hollandite in the Shocked Sixiangkou Meteorite. Science, 287 (5458). 1633-1636 doi:10.1126/science.287.5458.1633DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5458.1633
- 2000Tomioka, Naotaka; Mori, Hiroshi; Fujino, Kiyoshi (2000) Shock‐induced transition of NaAlSi3O8 feldspar into a hollandite structure in a L6 chondrite. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (24). 3997-4000 doi:10.1029/2000gl008513DOI: 10.1029/2000gl008513
- 2001Xie Xiande, Chen Ming, Wang Deqiang, A. El Goresy (2001): NaAlSi3O8-hollandite and other high-pressure minerals in the shock melt veins of the Suizhou meteorite. Chinese Science Bulletin 46, 1116-1125.
- 2006LIU, X (2006) Phase relations in the system KAlSi3O8–NaAlSi3O8 at high pressure–high temperature conditions and their implication for the petrogenesis of lingunite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 246 (3) 317-325 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.016DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.016
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Lingunite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/lingunite-27497},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}