Vanderheydenite, Zn6(PO4)2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O, is a new mineral from the Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It occurs as aggregates of colourless crystals up to 0.5 mm across in voids of a sphalerite–galena matrix and is associated with anglesite, pyromorphite, sulfur, and liversidgeite. Crystals are pseudohexagonal blades up to 0.4 mm in length, flattened on {1 0 0} and exhibiting the forms {1 0 0}, {0 1 0}, and {0 2 1}. Cleavage was not observed. The Mohs hardness is estimated to be 3. The calculated density is 3.12 g/cm3 from the empirical formula and 3.06 g/cm3 from the ideal formula. The mineral is optically biaxial (–), with α = 1.565(4), β = 1.580(4) and γ = 1.582(4). The calculated 2V is 39.8°. Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave ZnO 55.63, CuO 0.07, FeO 0.11, MnO 0.06, P2O5 14.18, As2O5 4.33, SO3 8.71, H2O 18.31, total 101.40 wt%, with H2O content derived from the refined crystal structure. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 23 oxygen atoms is (Zn5.99Cu0.01Fe0.01Mn0.01)Σ6.02[(PO4)1.75(AsO4)0.33]Σ2.08(SO4)0.95(OH)3.91·6.96H2O. The mineral is monoclinic, P21/n, with a = 6.2040(12), b = 19.619(4), c = 7.7821(16) Å, β = 90.67(3)°, V = 947.1(3) Å3. The five strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d(Å), (I), (hkl)]: 9.826 (57) (0 2 0), 7.296 (20) (0 1 1), 6.134 (1 0 0) (0 2 1), 3.368 (10) (0 3 2, 1 5 0), 3.069 (9) (2 1 0, 0 4 2). The crystal structure of vanderheydenite (R1 = 0.0497 for 939 reflections with Fo > 4σF) contains chains of edge-sharing ZnO6 octahedra parallel to a that are linked by edge- and corner-sharing ZnO5 trigonal bipyramids and TO4 (T = P, As) tetrahedra forming zig-zag sheets parallel to {0 1 0}. Sheets are linked by half-occupied, distorted TO4 (T = P, S) tetrahedra in the [0 1 1] direction. Interstitial channels extend parallel to the a-direction and are occupied by strongly to weakly hydrogen-bonded H2O groups.
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July 01, 2018
Description and crystal structure of vanderheydenite, Zn6(PO4)2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott;
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South Australian Museum
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Uwe Kolitsch
Uwe Kolitsch
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Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien
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Uwe Kolitsch
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Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien
, Althanstraße 14, 1090Wien, Austria
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Publisher: Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Sociedad Española de Mineralogia, Societá Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Société Francaise de Minéralogie
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02 Nov 2017
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14 Nov 2017
First Online:
15 May 2018
Online ISSN: 1617-4011
Print ISSN: 0935-1221
© 2018 E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-70176 Stuttgart
European Journal of Mineralogy (2018) 30 (4): 835–840.
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Received:
02 Aug 2017
Revision Received:
02 Nov 2017
Accepted:
14 Nov 2017
First Online:
15 May 2018
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Peter Elliott, Uwe Kolitsch; Description and crystal structure of vanderheydenite, Zn6(PO4)2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy 2018;; 30 (4): 835–840. doi: https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2750
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- Australasia
- Australia
- Broken Hill
- cell dimensions
- chemical composition
- crystal form
- crystal structure
- crystal systems
- electron probe data
- formula
- FTIR spectra
- hydrates
- infrared spectra
- monoclinic system
- new minerals
- New South Wales Australia
- optical properties
- phosphates
- physical properties
- polyhedra
- refinement
- spectra
- sulfates
- tetrahedra
- X-ray diffraction data
- hydrogen bonding
- vanderheydenite
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