Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Basaltic scoria. Oxidation of Fe-bearing pyroclasts at high temperatures.
- Type locality
- Menan volcanic complex
- Rexburg area
- Madison County
- Idaho
- USA
43.7842°, -111.9731°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 12.5056(5) Å
- Z
- 8
- Type-locality form
Crystals from 200-800 nm.
- Comment
Spacegroup Ia-3d
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2018-135a
- Xuiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2018-135a · Xuit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.CC
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
- 4.CCWith large and medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.CCXuiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 59. European Journal of Mineralogy, 33 (1) 139-143 doi:10.5194/ejm-33-139-2021 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-33-139-2021
- 2022(2022) Xuite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
- 2022Lee, Seungyeol; Guo, Xiaofeng (2022) Xuite, Ca3Fe2[(Al,Fe)O3(OH)]3, a new mineral of the garnet group: Implications for the wide occurrence of nanominerals. American Mineralogist, 107 (5). 930-935 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8023DOI: 10.2138/am-2022-8023
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Xuite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/xuite-55307},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}