Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Naboko cinder cone
- Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)
- Tolbachik Volcanic field
- Milkovsky District
- Kamchatka Krai
- Russia
55.7683°, 160.3164°
2recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- P21
- Cell parameters
- a = 9.0109(5) Å · b = 15.6355(8) Å · c = 10.1507(5) Å
- Cell angles
- β = 107.08(1) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.735 : 1.126
- Unit cell volume
- 1367.06 ų
- Z
- 8
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2015-019
- Saranchinaiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2015-019 · Saranchinait
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.7.AC.45
- 7SulfatesClass
- 7.ASulfates (selenates, etc.) without additional anions, without H2ODivision
- 7.ACWith medium-sized and large cationsGroup
- 7.AC.45SaranchinaiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2015Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2015) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, CNMNC Newsletter 26. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (4) 941-947 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.4.05DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.4.05
- 2018Siidra, Oleg I., Lukina, Evgeniya A., Nazarchuk, Evgeniy V., Depmeier, Wulf, Bubnova, Rimma S., Agakhanov, Atali A., Avdontseva, Evgeniya Yu., Filatov, Stanislav K., Kovrugin, Vadim M. (2018) Saranchinaite, Na2Cu(SO4)2, a new exhalative mineral from Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, and a product of the reversible dehydration of kröhnkite, Na2Cu(SO4)2(H2O)2. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (2). doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.037 DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2017.081.037
- 2021(2021) Saranchinaite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Saranchinaite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/saranchinaite-46677},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}