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Santafeite, a re-examination and new empirical formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Pete J. Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

Abstract

Santafeite, known only from New Mexico, USA, is re-examined using single-crystal X-ray and microprobe techniques. The new idealized formula, consistent with space group requirements, is

(Mn2+, Fe3+,Al,Mg)8(Mn4+, Mn2+)8 (Ca,Sr,Na)12[(VO4),(AsO4)]16(OH)20 · 8H2O.

Type
Mineralogy
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1986

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References

Ming-Shan, Sun, and Weber, R.H. (1958) Santafeite, a new hydrated vanadate from New Mexico. Am. Mineral, 43, 677-87.Google Scholar