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Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Williams, P. A., Leverett, P., Poirier, G., Raudsepp, M., Francis, C. A. (2010) Hydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (5) 863-869 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.863

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TitleHydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description
JournalMineralogical Magazine
AuthorsMills, S. J.Author
Kampf, A. R.Author
Williams, P. A.Author
Leverett, P.Author
Poirier, G.Author
Raudsepp, M.Author
Francis, C. A.Author
Year2010 (October)Volume74
Issue5
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/MM74_863.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.863Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceMills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Williams, P. A., Leverett, P., Poirier, G., Raudsepp, M., Francis, C. A. (2010) Hydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (5) 863-869 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.863
Plain TextMills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Williams, P. A., Leverett, P., Poirier, G., Raudsepp, M., Francis, C. A. (2010) Hydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (5) 863-869 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.863
Abstract/NotesHydroniumpharmacosiderite, ideally (H3O)Fe4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O, is a new mineral from Cornwall, UK, probably from the St. Day group of mines. It occurs as a single yellowish green, slightly elongated cube, measuring 0.17 mm ×0.14 mm ×0.14 mm. The mineral is transparent with a vitreous lustre. It is brittle with a cleavage on {001}, has an irregular fracture, a white streak and a Mohs hardness of 2–3 (determined on H3O-exchanged pharmacosiderite). Hydroniumpharmacosiderite has a calculated density of 2.559 g cm–3 for the empirical formula. The empirical formula, based upon 20.5 oxygen atoms, is: [(H3O)0.50K0.48Na0.06]1.04(Fe3.79Al0.22)4.01[(As2.73P0.15)2.88O12](OH)4·4H2.14O. The five strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [dobs(Å),Iobs,(hkl)]: 8.050,100,(001); 3.265,35,(112); 2.412,30,(113); 2.830,23,(202); 4.628,22,(111). Hydroniumpharmacosiderite is cubic, space group with a = 7.9587(2) Å, V = 504.11(2) Å3 and Z = 1. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined to R1 = 0.0481 for 520 reflections with I > 2σ(I). The structure is consistent with determinations for H3O-exhchanged pharmacosiderite and the general pharmacosiderite structure type.

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