Sorosilicates

Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is an translucent, crystalline or massive pink manganese-bearing variety of the mineral zoisite.

Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals.

Kochite is a rare silicate mineral with chemical formula of (Na,Ca)3Ca2(Mn,Ca)ZrTi[(F,O)4(Si2O7)2 or double that.

Bertrandite is a beryllium sorosilicate hydroxide mineral with composition: Be4Si2O7(OH)2.

Hemimorphite, is Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O, a component of calamine.

Vesuvianite, also known as idocrase, is a green, brown, yellow, or blue silicate mineral.

Melilite refers to a mineral of the melilite group.

Kornerupine is a rare boro-silicate mineral with the formula (Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2.

Ericssonite has a general formula of BaMn2FeO[Si2O7](OH).

Nabalamprophyllite has a general formula of Ba(Na,Ba){Na3Ti[Ti2O2Si4O14](OH,F)2}.

Ilvaite is a sorosilicate of iron and calcium with formula: CaFe2+2Fe3+Si2O7O(OH).

Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminium boro-silicate, (Ca,Fe,Mn)3Al2BO3Si4O12OH.

Gugiaite is a melilite mineral, named for the Chinese village of Gugia where it was first discovered.

The mineral hubeite, Ca2Mn2+Fe3+[Si4O12(OH)]·(H2O)2, is a sorosilicate of the Si4O13 group.

Jinshajiangite is a rare silicate mineral named after the Jinshajiang river in China.

Åkermanite (Ca2Mg[Si2O7]) is a melilite mineral of the sorosilicate group, containing calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen.

Manganvesuvianite is a rare mineral with formula Ca19Mn3+(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)10(Mg,Mn2+)2(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10O(OH)9.

Yttrialite or Yttrialite-(Y) is a rare yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with formula: (Y,Th)2Si2O7.

Julgoldite is a member of the pumpellyite mineral series, a series of minerals characterized by the chemical bonding of silica tetrahedra with alkali and transition metal cations.

Zunyite is a sorosilicate mineral, Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl, composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen, chlorine, oxygen, and fluorine.

Wiluite is a dark green, brownish, or black blocky silicate mineral with formula: Ca19(Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)13(B,Al,[ ])5Si18O68(O,OH)10.

Clinozoisite is a complex calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula: Ca2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH).

Gehlenite, (Ca2Al[AlSiO7]), is a sorosilicate, Al-rich endmember of the melilite complete solid solution series with akermanite.

Kinoite (Ca2Cu2Si3O8(OH)4 or Ca2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O) is a light blue copper silicate mineral.

Cervandonite is a rare arsenosilicate mineral.

Cuspidine is a fluorine bearing calcium silicate mineral (sorosilicate) with formula: Ca4(Si2O7)(F,OH)2.

Sursassite is a sorosilicate mineral.

Prismatine is an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

Ruizite is a sorosilicate mineral with formula Ca2Mn2Si4O11(OH)4·2H2O.

Junitoite is a mineral with formula CaZn2Si2O7·H2O.

Wadsleyite is a high-pressure phase of Mg2SiO4 and is polymorphous with the olivine phase forsterite.

Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O.

Thortveitite is a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate (Sc,Y)2Si2O7.

Hardystonite is a rare calcium zinc silicate mineral first described from the Franklin, New Jersey, US zinc deposits.

Pumpellyite is a group of closely related sorosilicate minerals: * pumpellyite-(Mg): Ca2MgAl2[(OH)2|SiO4|Si2O7]·(H2O) * pumpellyite-(Fe2+): Ca2Fe2+Al2[(OH)2|SiO4|Si2O7]·(H2O) * pumpellyite-(Fe3+): Ca2(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)2[(OH,O)2|SiO4|Si2O7]·H2O * pumpellyite-(Mn2+): Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)2[(OH)2|SiO4|Si2O7]·(H2O) * pumpellyite-(Al): Ca2(Al,Fe2+,Mg)Al2[(OH,O)2|SiO4|Si2O7]·H2O