Hollandite-type NaAlSi3O8
Mineral name: lingunite (named after Lin-gun Liu)
Discovery: Sixiangkou meteorite (L6), Tenham meteorite (L6)
A fine-grained aggregate of lingunite in the Y-75100 chondrite.
References
- Gillet P., Chen M., Dubrovinsky L., and El Goresy A. 2000. Science 287:1633–1636. (First discovery)
- Tomioka N., Mori H., and Fujino K. 2000. Geophysical Research Letters 27:3997–4000. (Discovery)
- Liu L. and El Goresy, A. 2007. International Geology Review 49:854–860. (Described as a new mineral species)
- Liu L. 1978. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 37:438–444. (First synthesis)
- Agarwal A., Reznik B., Kontny A., Heissler S., and Schilling F. 2016. Scientific Reports 6:doi:10.1038/srep25991. (Discovery in a terrestrial impact structure)
Hollandite-type KAlSi3O8
Mineral name: liebermannite (named after Robert C. Liebermann)
Discovery: Zagami meteorite (shergottite)
References
- Ringwood A. E., Reid A. F., and Wadsley A. D. 1967. Acta Crystallographica 23:1093–1095. (First synthesis)
- Langenhorst F. and Poirier J.P. 2000. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 176, 259–265. (Discovery)
- Ma C., Tschauner O. D., Beckett J. R., Rossman G. R., Prescher C., Parakapenka V. B., Bechtel H. A., and McDowell A. 2018. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53:50–61. (Described as a new mineral species)
Hollandite-type CaAl2Si2O8
Mineral name: stöfflerite (named after Dieter Stöffler)
Discovery: NWA 856 (shergottite)
References
- Tschauner O., Ma C., Spray J.G., Greenberg E., and Prakapenka V.B. 2021. American Mineralogist, 106, 650–655. (Described as a new mineral species)