Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
rare subhedral μm-sized grains in a shocked melt pocket of L6 chondrite meteorite
- Type locality
- Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite)
- Xihe
- Zengdu District
- Suizhou
- Hubei
- China
31.6167°, 113.4667°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- Imma
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.5820(10) Å · b = 11.418(3) Å · c = 7.708(2) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 2.046 : 1.381
- Z
- 4
- Type-locality form
rare subhedral μm-sized grains
Crystal structure
Synonyms
- Ohtaniiet
In other languages
- German
- Ohtaniit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.BE.02
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.BSorosilicatesDivision
- 9.BESi2O7 groups, with additional anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordinationGroup
- 9.BE.02OhtaniiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- —Bindi, L., Xie, Z., Sharp, T. G., and Xie, X.: Nannoniite, IMA 2024-010, in: CNMNC Newsletter 80, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, 2024.
- 2024Bindi, Luca, Xie, Zhidong, Sharp, Thomas G, Xie, Xiande (2024) Unveiling deep Earth's hidden potential: insights from a new high-pressure phase discovered in a shocked meteorite. Discover Minerals, 1 (1). 1
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Ohtaniite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/ohtaniite-471230},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}