Jan Cempírek

Liddicoatite, Ca(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH, a rare, long-anticipated OH-dominant species of the tourmaline supergroup

Abstract Liddicoatite, ideally Ca(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH, is a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup and the OH-dominant analogue of fluor-liddicoatite. The name liddicoatite was originally applied to a species that was subsequently renamed fluor-liddicoatite f...