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Tvrdýite, Fe2+Fe32+Al3(PO4)4(OH)5(OH2)4·2H2O, a new phosphate mineral from Krásno near Horní Slavkov, Czech Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Sejkora ,
I. E. Grey ,
A. R. Kampf ,
J. R. Price  and
J. Čejka
J. Sejkora*
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, Praha 9, 193 00, Czech Republic
I. E. Grey
Affiliation:
CSIRO Mineral Resources, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
A. R. Kampf
Affiliation:
Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
J. R. Price
Affiliation:
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
J. Čejka
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, Praha 9, 193 00, Czech Republic
*
*E-mail: jiri_sejkora@nm.cz
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Abstract

Tvrdýite, Fe2+Fe3+2A13(PO4)4(OH)5(OH2)4·2H2O, is a new phosphate mineral from the abandoned Huber open pit, in the Krásno ore district near Horní Slavkov, western Bohemia, Czech Republic. It was found along with Al-rich beraunite, fluorapatite and pharmacosiderite in a cavity of quartz gangue. Tvrdýite forms acicular to fibrous crystals with diameters in the range 0.5–5 μm and lengths up to 300 μm, partly grouped in radiating aggregates up to 3 mm in size. It has a silvery to olive, greyish green colour with pearly lustre, greyish-white streak and is very brittle with an uneven fracture; individual fibres are somewhat flexible. Cleavage on {100} is good; the Mohs hardness is ∼3–4. The calculated density is 2.834 g cm–3. Tvrdýite is optically biaxial (–), with α = 1.650(2), β = 1.671(1) and γ = 1.677(1) (white light); 2V = 56(1)°; dispersion: r > v, strong; optical orientation: Z = b, X ≈ a, Y ≈ c; pleochroism: X = greenish blue, Y = yellowish orange, Z = yellowish orange (X>> Y > Z). Tvrdýite is monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 20.564(4), b = 5.101(1), c = 18.883(4) Å, β = 93.68(3)° and V = 1976.7(7) Å3, Z = 4, a:b:c= 4.031:1:3.702. The strongest eight lines in the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern [d in Å (I)(hkl)] are 10.227 (100) (200), 9.400 (6) (002), 7.156 (14) (202), 5.120 (7) (400), 3.416 (11) (600), 3.278 (6) (602), 2.562 (5) (800) and 2.0511 (3) (10,0,0). Chemical analyses by electron microprobe yielded MnO 0.01, ZnO 5.08, , FeO 4.31, Fe2O3 21.16, Al2O316.71, P2O5 32.64, As2O5 2.56, F 0.53, H2O (calc.) 17.84, O = F –0.22, total 100.62 wt.%. The resulting empirical formula, calculated on the base of 27 anions, obtained from the crystal structure, is Zn0.52Fe2+0.50Fe3+2.21Al2.75(PO4)3.86(AsO4)0.19OH4.60F0.23(OH2)4·2H2O. The ideal formula, Fe2+Fe3+2Al3(PO4)4(OH)5(OH2)4-2H2O, requires FeO 8.75, Fe2O3 19.44, Al2O3 18.62, P2O5 34.56, H2O 18.64, total 100.00 wt.%. The crystal structure of tvrdýite was solved from single-crystal data (synchrotron beamline) and refined to R1 = 0.038 for 2276 reflections with I > 2σ(I). Tvrdýite is isostructural with beraunite, but contains dominant Al in two of the four independent M sites, which are all occupied by Fe in beraunite.

Keywords

tvrdýitenew mineralphosphateberaunitecrystal structureKrásno near Horní SlavkovCzech Republic
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 80 , Issue 6 , October 2016 , pp. 1077 - 1088
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2016

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