Where it forms, where it's found
38recorded occurrences
Physical
- Colour
- Pink-violet
Crystallography
- Space group
- C2/c
- Cell parameters
- a = 9.056 Å · b = 5.216 Å · c = 20.282 Å
- Cell angles
- β = 99.64 °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.576 : 2.240
- Comment
Data from Brigatti et al. (2005) (sample from Chedeville, France; polytype 2M2)
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Trilithioniet
In other languages
- German
- Trilithionit
- Italian
- trilitionite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.EC.20
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.EPhyllosilicatesDivision
- 9.ECPhyllosilicates with mica sheets, composed of tetrahedral and octahedral netsGroup
- 9.EC.20TrilithioniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1998Rieder, M., Cavazzini, G., D’Yakonov, Y.S., Frank-Kamenetskii, V.A., Gottardt, G., Guggenheim, S., Koval, P.V., Muller, G., Neiva, A.M.R., Radoslovich, E.W., Robert, J.L., Sassi, F.P., Takeda, H., Weiss, Z., Wones, D.R. (1998) Nomenclature of the micas. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36 (3) 905-912
- 2005Brigatti, M. F., Caprilli, E., Malferrari, D., Medici, L., Poppi, L. (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2. European Journal of Mineralogy: 17(3): 475-481.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Trilithionite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/trilithionite-7341},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}