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The composition and structure of jeanbandyite and natanite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. Betterton
Affiliation:
21 Linkway, Edgcumbe Park, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 6ES, UK
D. I. Green
Affiliation:
Manchester Museum, The University, Manchester, MI3 9PL, UK
C. Jewson
Affiliation:
Lower Carneggy Cottage, Greenbottom, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8QL, UK
J. Spratt
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
P. Tandy
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Abstract

The rare iron-tin hydroxide minerals natanite and jeanbandyite occur as small pseudo-octahedral crystals in high-temperature Sn-Cu-As veins at Penberthy Croft Mine and Hingston Downs Quarry, Cornwall. The lattice parameters for jeanbandyite and natanite are reported and compared to previously calculated values. The chemical composition of jeanbandyite is discussed and a significant proportion of divalent Fe and Mn is shown to be present.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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