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Fluoro-potassic-pargasite, KCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22F2, from the Tranomaro area, Madagascar: mineral description and crystal chemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

R. Oberti ,
M. Boiocchi ,
F. C. Hawthorne ,
R. Pagano  and
A. Pagano
R. Oberti*
Affiliation:
CNR-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, UOS Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
M. Boiocchi
Affiliation:
Centro Grandi Strumenti, Università di Pavia, via Bassi 21, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
F. C. Hawthorne
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
R. Pagano
Affiliation:
PO Box 37, I20092 Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Italy
A. Pagano
Affiliation:
PO Box 37, I20092 Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Italy
*
*E-mail: oberti@crystal.unipv.it
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Abstract

Fluoro-potassic-pargasite, ideally AKBCa2C(Mg4Al) (Si6Al2)O22WF2, a new amphibole species, has been found in a skarn in the Tranomaro area, Madgascar. The sample used for the description of the new mineral species is a large single amphibole crystal, 4 mm × 2 mm × 2 cm in size, brownish-black with brownish-yellow phlogopite lamellae adhering to one face of the crystal. Fluoro-potassic-pargasite is brittle, has a Mohs hardness of 6.5 and a splintery fracture; it is non-fluorescent, has perfect {110} cleavage, no observable parting, and has measured and calculated densities of 3.46 and 3.151 g cm−3, respectively. In plane-polarized light, it is pleochroic, X = colourless to very pale grey, Y = very pale grey, Z = colourless; X ^ a = 46.9° (in β obtuse), Y ‖ b, Z ^ c = 31.4° (in β acute). It is biaxial positive, α = 1.638(2), β = 1.641(2), γ = 1.653(2); 2Vobs = 49.6(4)°, 2Vcalc = 53.4°.

Fluoro-potassic-pargasite is monoclinic, space group C2/m, a = 9.9104(2), b = 17.9739(4), c = 5.3205(1) Å, β = 105.534(2)°, V = 913.11(6) Å3, Z = 2. The eight strongest lines in the X-ray powder-diffraction pattern are [d in Å(I)(hkl)]: 3.133(100)(310), 3.270(55)(240), 2.809(47)(330). 8.413(45)(110), 2.698(39)(151), 3.374(31)(131), 2.934(29)(221) and 1.647(29)(461). Electron microp-robe analysis gives SiO2 40.20, Al2O3 17.61, TiO2 0.46, FeO 1.96, Fe2O3 2.51, MgO 16.95, MnO 0.05, CaO 13.18, Na2O 0.99, K2O 3.72, F 2.75, H2Ocalc 0.77, sum 99.99 wt.%. The formula unit, calculated on the basis of 24 (O,OH,F) with (OH + F) = 2 - (2 × Ti), is A(K0.69Na0.28Ca0.04)∑=1.01BCa2.00C(Mg3.64Fe0.242+Mn0.01Al0.79Fe0.273+Ti0.05)∑=5.00T(Si5.80Al2.20)∑=8.00O22W[F1.26(OH)0.74]∑=2.00. The mineral species and name have been approved by the IMA CMNMC (IMA 2009-091).

Keywords

fluoro-potassic-pargasiteamphibolenew mineralelectron-microprobe analysisoptical propertiescrystal-structure refinementMadagascar
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 74 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 961 - 967
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2010

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