Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Saliotite is a rare colorless to pearl white phyllosilicate mineral in the smectite group with formula (LiNa)Al3(AlSi3O10)(OH)5. It is an ordered 1:1 interstratification of cookeite and paragonite. It has perfect cleavage a pearly luster and leaves a white streak. Its crystal structure is monoclinic and it is a soft mineral with a hardness rated 2-3 on the Mohs scale.Saliotite was first described in 1994 for an occurrence in an outcrop of high grade schist north of Almeria Andalusia Spain.