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Sazykinaite-(Y) crystal – 1mm
Photo by Gilles Haineault
© Gilles Haineault
NaYZrSi18 · 6H
Sazykinaite-(Y), formerly UK # 88, is a rare species at MSH.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is usually yellow.
Luster is vitreous.
Diaphaneity is transparent.
Crystal System is hexagonal, 32.
Crystal Habits include irregular grains, rhombs and short prismatic
crystals.
Cleavage {01-12} is imperfect.
Fracture is “steplike”.
Hardness is 5.
Specific Gravity is approximately 2.67 g/cm
Streak is white.
Associated Minerals include halite, sazhinite, tugtupite, ussingite,
zakharovite and UK #53.
Distinguishing Features: Crystal habit.
Origin: Named in 1993 after Lyudmila B. Sazykina (b.1934),
Russian mineralogist.
CLASSIFICATION:
Dana System
# 59.2.3.3
Strunz Classification
# VIII/F.29-25
REFERENCES:
Dana 8:1230 (1997)
DISTRIBUTION AND RARITY AT MONT SAINT-HILAIRE:
MSH
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