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Magnesioleydetite and straβmannite, two new uranyl sulfate minerals with sheet structures from Red Canyon, Utah

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2018

Anthony R. Kampf ,
Jakub Plášil ,
Anatoly V. Kasatkin ,
Barbara P. Nash  and
Joe Marty
Anthony R. Kampf*
Affiliation:
Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Jakub Plášil
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 1999/2, 18221 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Anatoly V. Kasatkin
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 18-2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
Barbara P. Nash
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Joe Marty
Affiliation:
5199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
*
*Author for correspondence: Anthony R. Kampf, Email: akampf@nhm.org
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Abstract

Magnesioleydetite (IMA2017-063), Mg(UO2)(SO4)2·11H2O, and straβmannite (IMA2017-086), Al(UO2)(SO4)2F·16H2O, are two new minerals from mines in Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Magnesioleydetite occurs in the Markey mine and straβmannite occurs in both the Markey and Green Lizard mines. Both minerals are secondary phases found in efflorescent crusts on the surfaces of mine walls. Magnesioleydetite occurs in irregular aggregates (to ~0.5 mm) of blades (to ~0.2 mm) exhibiting the following properties: transparent to translucent; pale green–yellow colour; vitreous lustre; white streak; non-fluorescent; brittle; Mohs hardness ≈ 2; irregular fracture; one perfect cleavage on {001}; and calculated density = 2.463 g/cm3. Straβmannite occurs in irregular aggregates (to ~0.5 mm) of equant crystals (to ~0.2 mm) exhibiting the following properties: transparent; light yellow–green colour; vitreous to greasy lustre; nearly white streak; bright greenish-blue fluorescence; somewhat brittle, Mohs hardness ≈ 1½; irregular fracture; one good cleavage on {001}; measured and calculated densities of 2.20(2) and 2.173 g/cm3, respectively; optically biaxial (–); α = 1.477(2), β = 1.485(2) and γ = 1.489(2) (white light); 2Vmeas. = 72(2)°; dispersion r > v (slight); orientation Y = b, X ∧ c = 20° (in obtuse β); pleochroism with X = nearly colourless, Y = pale green–yellow and Z = light green–yellow (X < Y < Z). The empirical formulas for magnesioleydetite and straβmannite are (Mg0.56Fe0.26Zn0.11Mn0.01)Σ0.94(U0.99O2)(S1.015O4)2·11H2O and Al1.00Na0.16(U0.99O2)(S1.00O4)2[F0.58(OH)0.42]·16H2O, respectively. Magnesioleydetite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 11.3513(3), b = 7.7310(2), c = 21.7957(15) Å, β = 102.387(7)°, V = 1868.19(16) Å3 and Z = 4. Straβmannite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 11.0187(5), b = 8.3284(3), c = 26.6727(19) Å, β = 97.426(7)°, V = 2427.2(2) and Z = 4. The structures of magnesioleydetite (R1 = 0.016 for 2040 I > 2σI reflections) and straβmannite (R1 = 0.0343 for 2220 I > 2σI reflections) each contain uranyl-sulfate sheets based on the protasite-anion topology.

Keywords

magnesioleydetitestraβmannitenew mineraluranyl sulfatecrystal structureprotasite-anion topologyMarkey mineGreen Lizard mineUtahUSA
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 349 - 360
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

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Associate Editor: Sergey Krivovichev

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