| Name: | Bitikleite Bkl |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ca3(SbSn)(AlO4)3 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Bitikleite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Antimony (Sb) Tin (Sn) Aluminum (Al) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
| Year First Published: | 2009 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
| Status Notes: | Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Armbruster T, Lazic B, Dzierzanowski P, Gazeev V M, Prusik K, Pertsev N N, Winiarski A, Zadov A E, Wrzalik R, Gurbanov A G (2010) Bitikleite-(SnAl) and bitikleite-(ZrFe): New garnets from xenoliths of the Upper Chegem volcanic structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia, American Mineralogist 95, 959-967 Name changed from bitikleite-(SnAl) to bitikleite: Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist 98, 785-811 |
| Structural Group Name: | Garnet |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | cubic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 3 Million Years Ago |
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