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Tumchaite, Na 2 (Zr,Sn)Si 4 O 11 ·2H 2 O, is a new species from the Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultrabasic massif, Murmansk Region, Russia, where it occurs as colorless to white tabular monoclinic crystals associated with calcite, dolomite, a mineral of the serpentine group and pyrite in the late dolomitecalcite carbonatites. It is transparent to translucent; with vitreous luster; and perfect cleavage on (100). Mohs hardness is 4.5, D meas  is 2.78 (2) g/cm 3 . Tumchaite is optically biaxial (-), with α = 1.570 (2), β = 1.588 (2), γ = 1.594 (2), 2V meas  = 60 (5)°, and elongation positive, Y = b, c ∧ Z = 3°. Pleochroism exists, with Y = Z = colorless, X = greenish-gray. Electron microprobe analysis gave (wt%): Na 2 O 13.72, CaO 0.15, SiO 2  52.71, TiO 2  0.35, ZrO 2  20.41, SnO 2  5.73, HfO 2  0.60, H 2 O (computed assuming 2H 2 O pfu.) 7.86, total 101.53. The X-ray study pointed to space group P2 1 /c, a = 9.144 (4), b = 8.818 (3), c = 7.537 (3) Å, β = 113.22 (3)°, V = 558.49 Å 3 , Z = 2. The strongest lines of the powder diffraction pattern [d in Å (I) (hkl)] are: 8.40 (10) (100), 5.38 (9) (111̅), 4.00 (8) (111), 3.401 (9) (202̅), 2.902 (9) (211), 2.691 (9) (131̅). The crystal structure of tumchaite was refined to R = 0.043 for 865 F o  &gt; 4σ(F o ). The mineral is isotypic with penkvilksite-1M. The structure is characterized by silicate sheets parallel (100), formed by alternating clockwise- and counterclockwise-growing spiral chains of corner-sharing SiO 4  tetrahedra. The sheets are connected by octahedra occupied by (Zr, Sn) at 0, 1/2, 0. The Zr/Sn ratio in the octahedra is 4. Water molecules and Na cations are placed in the cavities of the polyhedral framework. The ideal crystal-chemical formula is Na2 (Zr 0.8 Sn 0.2 )[Si 4 O 11 ]·2H 2 O. The mineral is named tumchaite for the river Tumcha near Vuoriyarvi massif.

Tumchaite Na 2 (Zr,Sn)Si 4 O 11 ·2H 2 O—A new mineral from carbonatites of the Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultrabasic massif, Murmansk Region, Russia