Toturite
Toturite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the silicate class, with the chemical formula Ca₃Sn₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group Ia-3d). It is a member of the Garnet structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 4.49; White with a cream tint streak.
IMA symbol Tot, IMA status: approved, named in 2009.
An accessory mineral in high-temperature skarn at the contact between altered carbonate-silicate xenoliths and ignimbrite.
It is found associated with Larnite, rondorfite, wadalite, magnesioferrite, lakargiite, cuspidine, ellestadite-OH, Fe3+-dominant analog of kimzeyite, andradite.
The name refers to the Totur River situated in Eltyubyu village (the starting point for the climb to Lakargi Mountain where the mineral is found), also Totur is the name of a Balkarian god.