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- Holtstam, Dan, 1963-
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Hubeit från Harstigen - andra lokalen i världen
- 2020
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Ingår i: Långbansnytt. - 1650-4968. ; 26, s. 13-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Hubeite occurs in an old museum specimen of rhodonite from the Harstigen mine, in a fissure in pyroxene skarn, associated with rhodonite, barite, gonyerite and calcite. Chemical and X-ray crystallographic data are very close to those of the type material from Hubei Province, PR China. A 57Fe Mössbauer spectrum is provided.
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- Holtstam, Dan, 1963-, et al.
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Kesebolite-(Ce), CeCa2Mn(AsO4) SiO3 (3), a New REE-Bearing Arsenosilicate Mineral from the Kesebol Mine, angstrom mal, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Minerals. - : MDPI AG. - 2075-163X. ; 10:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Kesebolite-(Ce), ideal formula CeCa2Mn(AsO4)[SiO3](3), is a new mineral (IMA No. 2019-097) recovered from mine dumps at the Kesebol Mn-(Fe-Cu) deposit in Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. It occurs with rhodonite, baryte, quartz, calcite, talc, andradite, rhodochrosite, K-feldspar, hematite, gasparite-(Ce), chernovite-(Y) and ferriakasakaite-(Ce). It forms mostly euhedral crystals, with lengthwise striation. The mineral is dark grayish-brown to brown, translucent, with light brown streak. It is optically biaxial (+), with weak pleochroism, and n(calc) = 1.74. H = 5-6 and VHN100 = 825. Fair cleavage is observed on {100}. The calculated density is 3.998(5) gcm(-3). Kesebolite-(Ce) is monoclinic, P2(1)/c, with unit-cell parameters from X-ray single-crystal diffraction data: a = 6.7382(3), b = 13.0368(6), c = 12.0958(6) angstrom, beta = 98.578(2)degrees, and V = 1050.66(9) angstrom(3), with Z = 4. Strongest Bragg peaks in the X-ray powder pattern are: [I(%), d(angstrom) (hkl)] 100, 3.114 (20-2); 92, 2.924 (140); 84, 3.138 (041); 72, 2.908 (014); 57, 3.228 (210); 48, 2.856 (042); 48, 3.002 (132). The unique crystal structure was solved and refined to R1 = 4.6%. It consists of 6-periodic single silicate chains along (001); these are interconnected to infinite (010) strings of alternating, corner-sharing MnO6 and AsO4 polyhedra, altogether forming a trellis-like framework parallel to (100).
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- Holtstam, Dan, 1963-, et al.
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Langhofite, Pb2(OH)[WO4(OH)], a new mineral from Långban, Sweden.
- 2020
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Ingår i: Mineralogical magazine. - : Mineralogical Society. - 0026-461X .- 1471-8022. ; 84, s. 381-389
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Langhofite, ideally Pb2(OH)[WO4(OH)], is a new mineral from the Långban mine, Värmland, Sweden. The mineral and its name were approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (IMA2019-005). It occurs in a small vug in hematite–pyroxene skarn associated with calcite, baryte, fluorapatite, mimetite and minor sulfide minerals. Langhofite is triclinic, space group P1, and unit-cell parameters a = 6.6154(1) Å, b = 7.0766(1) Å, c = 7.3296(1) Å, α = 118.175(2)°,β = 94.451(1)°, γ = 101.146(1)° and V = 291.06(1) Å3 for Z = 2. The seven strongest Bragg peaks from powder X-ray diffractometry are[dobs, Å (I )(hkl)]: 6.04(24)(010), 3.26(22)(11-2), 3.181(19)(200), 3.079(24)(1-12), 3.016(100)(020), 2.054(20)(3-11) and 2.050(18)(13-2). Langhofite occurs as euhedral crystals up to 4 mm, elongated along the a axis, with lengthwise striation. Mohs hardness is ca. 2½,based on VHN25 data obtained in the range 130–192. The mineral is brittle, with perfect {010} and {100} cleavages. The calculated density based on the ideal formula is 7.95(1) g⋅cm–3. Langhofite is colourless to white (non-pleochroic) and transparent, with a white streakand adamantine lustre. Reflectance curves show normal dispersion, with maximum values 15.7–13.4% within 400–700 nm. Electron microprobe analyses yield only the metals Pb and W above the detection level. The presence of OH-groups is demonstrated with vibration spectroscopy, from band maxima present at ∼3470 and 3330 cm–1. A distinct Raman peak at ca. 862 cm–1 is related to symmetricW–oxygen stretching vibrations. The crystal structure is novel and was refined to R = 1.6%. It contains [W2O8(OH)2]6– edge-sharingdimers (with highly distorted WO6-octahedra) forming chains along [101] with [(OH)2Pb4]6+ dimers formed by (OH)Pb3 triangles. Chains configure (010) layers linked along [010] by long and weak Pb–O bonds, thus explaining the observed perfect cleavage on{010}. The mineral is named for curator Jörgen Langhof (b. 1965), who collected the discovery sample.
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- Holtstam, Dan, 1963-
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Plumbonakrit och somersetit (?) från Långban
- 2020
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Ingår i: Långbansnytt. - 1650-4968. ; 26, s. 20-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The occurence of plumbonacrite, and possibly somersetite, at the Långban deposit has been verified by powder X-ray diffraction and chemical point analysis (EDS). The minerals are intergrown with hydrocerussite, and coexisting minerals on the crack surface of the specimen, a pinkish carbonate rock with mica, chlorite and minor oxides, are sahlinite, native lead, pyrochroite, calcite and baryte.
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- Karlsson, Andreas, 1986-, et al.
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Adding complexity to the garnet supergroup: monteneveite, Ca3Sb5+2(Fe3+2Fe2+)O12, a new mineral from the Monteneve mine, Bolzano Province, Italy
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Mineralogy. - : Copernicus GmbH. - 0935-1221 .- 1617-4011. ; 32:1, s. 77-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Monteneveite, ideally Ca3Sb5+2(Fe3+2Fe2+)O12, is a new member of the garnet supergroup (IMA 2018-060). The mineral was discovered in a small specimen belonging to the Swedish Museum of Natural History coming from the now abandoned Monteneve Pb-Zn mine in Passiria Valley, Bolzano Province, Alto Adige (South Tyrol), Italy. The specimen consists of mainly magnetite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite-(Fe) and oxycalcioroméite. Monteneveite occurs as black, subhedral crystals with adamantine lustre. They are equidimensional and up to 400 μm in size, with a subconchoidal fracture. Monteneveite is opaque, grey in reflected light, and isotropic under crossed polars. Measured reflectance values (%) at the four COM wavelengths are 12.6 (470 nm), 12.0 (546 nm), 11.6 (589 nm) and 11.4 (650 nm). The Vickers hardness (VHN100/ is 1141 kgmm-2, corresponding to H D 6:5-7, and the calculated density is 4.72(1) g cm-3. A mean of 10 electron microprobe analyses gave (wt %) CaO 23.67, FeO 3.75, Fe2O3 29.54, Sb2O5 39.81, SnO2 2.22, ZnO 2.29, MgO 0.15, MnO 0.03 and CoO 0.03. The crystal chemical formula calculated on the basis of a total of eight cations and 12 anions, and taking into account the available structural and spectroscopic data, is (Ca2:97Mg0:03)6D3:00 (Sb5+1.73Sn4+0.10Fe3+0.17)6D2.00(Fe3+2.43Fe2+0.37Zn0:20)6D3:00O12. The most significant chemical variations encountered in the sample are related to a substitution of the type Y Sn4CCZFe3CY Sb5CCZFe2C. Mössbauer data obtained at RT and 77K indicate the presence of tetrahedrally coordinated Fe2C. Raman spectroscopy demonstrates that there is no measurable hydrogarnet component in monteneveite. The six strongest Bragg peaks in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d (Å), I (%), (hkl)]: 4.45, 100, (220); 3.147, 60, (400); 2.814, 40, (420); 2.571, 80, (422); 1.993, 40, (620); 1.683, 60, (642). Monteneveite is cubic, space group Ia-3d, with a D 12:6093(2) Å, V D 2004:8(1)Å3, and Z D 8. The crystal structure was refined up to R1 D 0:0197 for 305 reflections with Fo 4.Fo/ and 19 parameters. Monteneveite is related to the other Ca-, Sb- and Fe-bearing, nominally Si-free members of the bitikleite group, but it differs in that it is the only known garnet species with mixed trivalent and divalent cations (2 V 1) at the tetrahedral Z site. Textural and mineralogical evidence suggests that monteneveite formed during peak metamorphism (at ca. 600 C) during partial breakdown of tetrahedrite-(Fe) by reactions with carbonate, under relatively oxidizing conditions. The mineral is named after the type locality, the Monteneve (Schneeberg) mine. © Author(s) 2020.
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