Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite

KCa2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)2
IMA status
  • Approved
IMA symbol
Pfsdg
Also known as
  • Kaliumsadanagait
  • Potassic-ferro-sadanagaiet
  • Potassic-Ferro-Sadanagait
  • +1 more

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Yuge Island
  1. Ehime Prefecture
  2. Japan
3recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Physical

Lustre
Vitreous

Optical

Luminescence
Nonfluorescent

Crystallography

Crystal system
Monoclinic
Cell parameters
a = 9.922(10) Å · b = 18.03(2) Å · c = 5.352(9) Å
Cell angles
β = 105.30(10) °
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 1.817 : 0.539
Z
2
Comment

Space group: C2, Cm or C2/m;

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
8OOxygenOxygen2415.999383.976
40.50%
26FeIronIron355.845167.535
17.67%
14SiSiliconSilicon528.085140.425
14.81%
13AlAluminiumAluminium526.982134.910
14.23%
20CaCalciumCalcium240.07880.156
8.46%
19KPotassiumPotassium139.09839.098
4.12%
1HHydrogenHydrogen21.0082.016
0.21%
Total948.116100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From IMA formula

Synonyms

  • Kaliumsadanagait
  • Potassic-ferro-sadanagaiet
  • Potassic-Ferro-Sadanagait
  • Potassicsadanagaita

In other languages

German
Kalium-Ferro-Sadanagait
Italian
potassic-ferro-sadanagaite · potassic-sadanagaite · sadanagaite
Japanese
カリ第一鉄定永閃石

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

9.DE.15

  • 9SilicatesClass
  • 9.DInosilicatesDivision
  • 9.DEInosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4O11; ClinoamphibolesGroup
  • 9.DE.15Potassic-ferro-sadanagaiteSpecies

Group, growth & confusion

In the same group
3 members

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 1984Shimazaki, Hidehiko, Bunno, Michiaki, Ozawa, Tohru (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan. American Mineralogist, 69 (5-6) 465-471
  2. 1997Leake, B. E., Woolley, A. R., Arps, C. E. S., Birch, W. D., Gilbert, M. C., Grice, J. D., Hawthorne, F. C., Kato, A., Kisch, H. J., Krivovochev, V. G., Linthout, K., Laird, J., Mandarino, J. A., Maresch, W. V., Nickel, E.H., Rock, N. M. S., Schumacher, J. C., Smith, D. C., Stephenson, N. C. N., Ungaretti, L., Whittaker, E. J. W., Youzhi, Gou (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35 (1) 219-246
  3. 1998Mandarino, Joseph A. (1998) The Second List of Additions and Corrections to the Glossary of Mineral Species (1995) - The Amphibole Group. The Mineralogical Record, 29 (3) 169-174
  4. 1998Savel'eva V.B., Korikovskii S.P. (1998) Sadanagaite in biotite-corundum-margarite-spinel-anorthite crystalline shists of Western Pribaikalie. Doklady AN: 360: N1: 85-87. [in Russian]
  5. 2006Hawthorne, F. C., Oberti, R. (2006) On the classification of amphiboles. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (1) 1-21 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.1DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.1
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/potassic-ferro-sadanagaite-7248},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}