{{Short description|Pearly-white radioactive mineral}} {{Infobox mineral|boxbgcolor=#aaaaaa|image=Katayamalite.jpg|formula=KLi<sub>3</sub>Ca<sub>7</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>(SiO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>12</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>| IMAsymbol = Kyl<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref>|strunz=9.CJ.25|system=Monoclinic|dana=61.01.04.02|class=Prismatic <br/>H-M symbol: 2/''m''|symmetry=''B''2/b|unit cell=3,179.12|color=White|habit=Tabular, common twinning|cleavage=Perfect on {001}|mohs=3.5 - 4|luster=Vitreous, pearly|opticalprop=Biaxial (+)|refractive=n<sub>α</sub> = 1.670 <br/>n<sub>β</sub> = 1.671 <br/>n<sub>γ</sub> = 1.677|2V=Measured: 32 <br/>Calculated: 46|dispersion=Strong <br>r > v|fluorescence=brilliant blue-white under SW|streak=White|density=2.91|other=25px Radioactive}}'''Katayamalite''' is a cyclosilicate mineral that was named in honor of mineralogist and professor Nobuo Katayama. It was approved in 1982 by the International Mineralogical Association, and was first published a year later.<ref name=":1" />
== Relation with baratovite == Katayamalite is the hydroxyl analogue of baratovite and the hydroxyl end member of the series,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Katayamalite Mineral Data|url=http://webmineral.com/data/Katayamalite.shtml|access-date=2021-08-08|website=webmineral.com}}</ref> but was first described as a fluor-dominant mineral. Some scientists claim it to be rather hydroxyl- than fluor dominant, which would make baratovite isostructural with it. It would make the two minerals the same species, with baratovite having priority. As the case hadn't been clarified, katayamalite remains an IMA-approved mineral until this day.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Katayamalite|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-4716.html|access-date=2021-08-08|website=www.mindat.org}}</ref>
== Chemical properties == Katayamalite mainly consists of oxygen (43.16%), silicon (24.25%), calcium (20.18%), but otherwise contains titanium (6.89%), potassium (2.81%), lithium (1.50%). It has trace amounts of fluorine (0.68%), sodium (0.41%) and hydrogen (0.11%) in its composition as well. It has a barely detectable radioactivity, 40.21 measured in Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units. The concentration of it in percentage is 2.49. It was originally described as having a triclinic symmetry in 1985, but the structure was redetermined to be monoclinic in 2013. It has a radiant blue-white fluorescence, and platy morphology.<ref name=":1" />
== Occurrence == The mineral is associated with sugilite, albite and aegirine.<ref name=":1" /> Crystals are usually twinned. This mineral can be found in aegirine syenite.<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{Reflist}} Category:Monoclinic minerals Category:Cyclosilicates