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As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

F. Cámara ,
E. Bittarello ,
M. E. Ciriotti ,
F. Nestola ,
F. Radica ,
F. Massimi ,
C. Balestra  and
R. Bracco
F. Cámara*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino, via Tommaso Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Torino, Italy CrisDi, Interdepartmental Centre for the Research and Development of Crystallography, via Pietro Giuria 5, I-10125 Torino, Italy
E. Bittarello
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino, via Tommaso Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Torino, Italy CrisDi, Interdepartmental Centre for the Research and Development of Crystallography, via Pietro Giuria 5, I-10125 Torino, Italy
M. E. Ciriotti
Affiliation:
Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, via San Pietro 55, I-10073 Devesi-Cirié, Torino, Italy
F. Nestola
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy
F. Radica
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, I-00146 Roma, Italy
F. Massimi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, I-00146 Roma, Italy
C. Balestra
Affiliation:
Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, via Luigi Delfino 74, I-17017 Millesimo, Savona, Italy
R. Bracco
Affiliation:
Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, via Montenotte 18/6, I-17100 Savona, Italy
*
*E-mail: fernando.camaraartigas@unito.it
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Abstract

The new mineral species canosioite, ideally Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), has been discovered in the dump of Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy. Its origin is probably related to the reaction between ore minerals and hydrothermal fluids. It occurs in reddish-brown granules, subhedral millimetre-size crystals, with a pale yellow streak and vitreous lustre. Canosioite is associated with aegirine, baryte, calcite, hematite, bronze Mn-bearing muscovite, unidentified Mn oxides and unidentified arsenates. Canosioite is biaxial (+) with a 2Vmeas = 84(2)°. It is weakly pleochroic with X = brownish yellow, Y = brown, Z = reddish brown, Z > Y > X. Canosioite is monoclinic, P21/m, with a = 7.8642(4), b = 6.1083(3), c = 9.1670(5) Å, β = 112.874(6)°, V = 405.73(4) Å3 and Z = 2. Calculated density is 4.943 g cm–3. The seven strongest diffraction lines of the observed powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d in Å, (I) (hkl)]: 3.713 (18)(111), 3.304 (100)(211̄), 3.058 (31)(020), 3.047 (59)(103̄), 2.801 (73)(112), 2.337 (24)(220), 2.158 (24)(123̄). Electron microprobe analyses gave (wt.%): Na2O 0.06, MgO 0.43, CaO 0.02, NiO 0.02, CuO 0.03, SrO 0.42, BaO 49.36, PbO 1.69, Al2O3 1.25, Mn2O3 3.89, Fe2O3 6.95, Sb2O3 0.01, SiO2 0.03, P2O5 0.02, V2O5 10.88, As2O5 24.64, SO3 0.01, F 0.02, H2O1.61 was calculated on the basis of 1 (OH,F,H2O) group per formula unit. Infrared spectroscopy confirmed the presence of OH. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 9 O apfu, is (Ba1.92Pb0.05Sr0.02Na0.01)∑2.00(Fe0.523+Mn0.293+Al0.15Mg0.06)∑1.02[(As0.64V0.36)∑1.00O4]2[(OH0.92F0.01)(H2O)0.07]and the ideal formula is Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH). The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and found to be isostructural to that of arsenbrackebuschite. The structure model was refined (R1 = 2.6%) on the basis of 1245 observed reflections. Canosioite is named after the small municipality of Canosio, where the type locality, the Valletta mine, is situated. The new mineral and name were approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (IMA2015-030).

Keywords

canosioitearsenatearsenbrackebuschite groupnew mineral speciescrystal structureVallettaPiedmontItaly
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 305 - 317
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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