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Krásnoite, the fluorophosphate analogue of perhamite, from the Huber open pit, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

S. J. Mills ,
J. Sejkora ,
A. R. Kampf ,
I. E. Grey ,
T. J. Bastow ,
N. A. Ball ,
P. M. Adams ,
M. Raudsepp  and
M. A. Cooper
S. J. Mills*
Affiliation:
Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Australia
J. Sejkora
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum Prague, Vaclavské nám. 68, CZ-115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic
A. R. Kampf
Affiliation:
Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
I. E. Grey
Affiliation:
CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, Box 312, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
T. J. Bastow
Affiliation:
CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Private Bag 33, Rosebank MDC, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
N. A. Ball
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
P. M. Adams
Affiliation:
126 South Helberta Avenue, #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA
M. Raudsepp
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
M. A. Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
*
E-mail: smills@museum.vic.gov.au
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Abstract

Krásnoite is a new mineral (IMA2011-040) from the Huber open pit, Krásno ore district, Czech Republic and the Silver Coin mine, Nevada, USA. Krásnoite is the fluorophosphate analogue of perhamite. Krásnoite occurs as compact to finely crystalline aggregates, balls and rosette-like clusters up to 1 mm across. Individual crystals are platy, show a hexagonal outline and can reach 0.1 mm on edge at Krásno and 0.4 mm at Silver Coin. At both localities, krásnoite occurs very late in phosphaterich paragenetic sequences. Krásnoite crystals are partly transparent with a typically pearly lustre, but can also appear greasy (Krásno) or dull (Silver Coin). The streak is white and the hardness is 5 on the Mohs scale. Crystals are brittle, have an irregular fracture, one imperfect cleavage on {001} and are not fluorescent under SW and LW ultraviolet light. Penetration twinning ⊥ {001} is common. The density for both Krásno and Silver Coin material is 2.48(4) g cm–3, measured by the sink–float method in an aqueous solution of sodium polytungstate. The calculated density is 2.476 g cm–3 (Krásno). Krásnoite crystals are uniaxial (+), with ω = 1.548(2) and ε = 1.549(2) (Krásno) and ω = 1.541(1) and ε = 1.543(1) (Silver Coin). The simplified formula of krásnoite is: Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)12.1F2·8H2O. Krásnoite is trigonal, space group Pm1, with a = 6.9956(4), c = 20.200(2) Å, V = 856.09(9) Å3 and Z = 3. Raman and infrared spectroscopy, coupled with magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS–NMR) spectrometry, confirmed the presence of PO3F, PO4, SiO4, H2O and OH in the crystal structure of krásnoite.

Keywords

Krásnoiteperhamitenew mineralKrásno ore districtCzech RepublicSilver Coin mineUSANMRfluorophosphate
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 625 - 634
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2016

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