Mendigite, Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2, a new mineral species of the bustamite group from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany
| dc.creator | Chukanov, N.V. | |
| dc.creator | Aksenov, S.M. | |
| dc.creator | Rastsvetaeva, R.K. | |
| dc.creator | Van, K.V. | |
| dc.creator | Belakovskiy, D.I. | |
| dc.creator | Pekov, I.V. | |
| dc.creator | Gurzhiy, Vladislav V. | |
| dc.creator | Schüller, W. | |
| dc.creator | Ternes, B. | |
| dc.date | 2016-05-06T13:46:42Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-05-06T13:46:42Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-31T11:39:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-31T11:39:20Z | |
| dc.description | A new mineral, mendigite (IMA no. 2014-007), isostructural with bustamite, has been found in the In den Dellen pumice quarry near Mendig, Laacher Lake area, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. Associated minerals are sanidine, nosean, rhodonite, tephroite, magnetite, and a pyrochlore-group mineral. Mendigite occurs as clusters of long-prismatic crystals (up to 0.1 × 0.2 × 2.5 mm in size) in cavities within sanidinite. The color is dark brown with a brown streak. Perfect cleavage is parallel to (001). D calc = 3.56 g/cm3. The IR spectrum shows the absence of H2O and OH groups. Mendigite is biaxial (–), α = 1.722 (calc), β = 1.782(5), γ = 1.796(5), 2V meas = 50(10)°. The chemical composition (electron microprobe, mean of 4 point analyses, the Mn2+/Mn3+ ratio determined from structural data and charge-balance constraints) is as follows (wt %): 0.36 MgO, 10.78 CaO, 37.47 MnO, 2.91 Mn2O3, 4.42 Fe2O3, 1.08 Al2O3, 43.80 SiO2, total 100.82. The empirical formula is Mn2.00(Mn1.33Ca0.67) (Mn0.50 2+ Mn0.28 3+ Fe0.15 3+ Mg0.07)(Ca0.80 (Mn0.20 2+)(Si5.57 Fe0.27 3+ Al0.16O18). The idealized formula is Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2. The crystal structure has been refined for a single crystal. Mendigite is triclinic, space group P1¯; the unit-cell parameters are a = 7.0993(4), b = 7.6370(5), c = 7.7037(4) Å, α = 79.58(1)°, β = 62.62(1)°, γ = 76.47(1)°; V = 359.29(4) Å3, Z = 1. The strongest reflections on the X-ray powder diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.72 (32) (020), 3.40 (20) (002, 021), 3.199 (25) (012), 3.000 (26), (012¯, 12¯0), 2.885 (100) (221, 21¯1, 12¯1), 2.691 (21) (222, 21¯0), 2.397 (21) (022¯, 211¯, 203, 031), 1.774 (37) (412, 32¯1). The type specimen is deposited in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, registration number 4420/1. | |
| dc.identifier | 1075-7015 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1134/S1075701515080048 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11701/2250 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.geologyscience.ru/handle/123456789/1876 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.relation | Geology of Ore Deposits;V. 57. Issue 8 | |
| dc.title | Mendigite, Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2, a new mineral species of the bustamite group from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany | |
| dc.type | Article |