Cafetite
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Cafetite is a rare titanium oxide mineral with formula (Ca,Mg)(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12·4(H2O)).
It was first described in 1959 for an occurrence in the Afrikanda Massif, Afrikanda, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.[1][2] It is also reported from the Khibiny and Kovdor massifs of the Kola Peninsula and from Meagher County, Montana, USA.[1]
It occurs in pegmatites in a pyroxenite intrusion as crystals in miarolitic cavities. It occurs associated with ilmenite, titaniferous magnetite, titanite, anatase, perovskite, baddeleyite, phlogopite, clinochlore and kassite.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mindat.org
- ^ a b Handbook of Mineralogy
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