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Redefinition of thérèsemagnanite, NaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O: new data and relationship to ‘cobaltogordaite’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2018

Anatoly V. Kasatkin ,
Jakub Plášil ,
Radek Škoda ,
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy ,
Joe Marty ,
Nicolas Meisser  and
Igor V. Pekov
Anatoly V. Kasatkin*
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Jakub Plášil
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, 18221 Praha, Czech Republic
Radek Škoda
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Joe Marty
Affiliation:
5199 E Silver Oak Rd., Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Nicolas Meisser
Affiliation:
Musée Cantonal de Géologie, University of Lausanne, Building Anthropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Igor V. Pekov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
*
*E-mail: anatoly.kasatkin@gmail.com
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Abstract

Thérèsemagnanite was originally described from the Cap Garonne mine, Var, France. Its ideal formula was reported as (Co,Zn,Ni)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10·8H2O; without crystal structure data, only the powder X-ray diffraction pattern was given. Revision of the holotype material revealed that thérèsemagnanite is identical to ‘cobaltogordaite’ (IMA2014-043), recently described from the Blue Lizard mine, Utah, USA. Thérèsemagnanite is thus redefined in accordance with the new data obtained for the neotype specimen from Blue Lizard (formerly the holotype specimen of ‘cobaltogordaite’) and ‘cobaltogordaite’ has been discredited by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Mineral Nomenclature and Classification (IMA CNMNC). Thérèsemagnanite has the ideal, end-member formula NaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O. The empirical formulae of the holotype (Cap Garonne) and the neotype (Blue Lizard), both based on microprobe analyses and calculated on the basis of 17 O + Cl atoms per formula unit (with fixed 6 OH groups and 6 H2O molecules; H content is calculated by stoichiometry) are (Na0.64K0.09)Σ0.73(Co2.35Zn1.22Ni0.50)Σ4.07S1.02O3.98(OH)6Cl1.02·6H2O and Na1.01(Co1.90Zn1.37Ni0.48Cu0.15Mn0.05)Σ3.95S1.03O4.09(OH)6Cl0.91·6H2O, respectively. Thérèsemagnanite is trigonal, P$\overline 3 $, a = 8.349(3), c = 13.031(2) Å, V = 786.6(4) Å3 and Z = 2 (neotype). The strongest powder X-ray diffraction lines are [dobs in Å (hkl) (Irel)]: 13.10 (001)(100), 6.53 (002)(8), 4.173 (110)(4), 3.517 (112)(5), 2.975 (104, 10$\overline 4 $)(4), 2.676 (211)(5) and 2.520 (12$\bar 2$)(5) (neotype). Thérèsemagnanite is a cobalt analogue of gordaite, NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O. These minerals represent the gordaite group, accepted by the IMA CNMNC.

Keywords

thérèsemagnanite‘cobaltogordaite’redefinitionsodium cobalt sulfateX-ray diffractiongordaite groupoxidation zoneCap Garonne mineBlue Lizard mine
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 159 - 170
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

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Footnotes

Associate Editor: Stuart Mills

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