High-angle annular dark-field scanning-transmission electron microscope (HAADF–STEM) image of foil #5358 showing an aggregate of zhiqinite, TiSi2, several of which have a tabular habit, enclosing globules of badengzhuite, TiP and surrounded by wenjiite (Ti10(Si,P,□)7) and kangjinlaite Ti11(Si,P)10. Al2O3 – corundum hosting the Ti silicide inclusion. — Photo: Enrico Mugnaioli, Fahui Xiong, Xiangzhen Xu, Mauro Gemmi, Richard Wirth, Jingsui Yang and Edward S. Grew · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kangjinlaite
Kangjinlaite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the native element class, with the chemical formula Ti₁₁Si₁₀.
It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system (space group I4/mmm).
Key properties: specific gravity 4.538; Metallic luster.
IMA status: approved, named in 2021.
Found in podiform chromitite, perhaps by crystallization of a ternary Ti-Si-P melt during cooling.
It is found associated with Wenjiite, badengzhuite, zhiqinite, a K-bearing dmisteinbergite-like mineral, corundum. Distribution From the Cr-11 orebody, Luobusa ophiolite.
The name refers to the district in Tibet where the studied material was collected.