Ottensite, brizziite and mopungite from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy) : new occurrences and crystal structure refinement of mopungite
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Ottensite, brizziite and mopungite from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy) : new occurrences and crystal structure refinement of mopungite / E. Bittarello, F. Cámara, M.E. Ciriotti, A. Marengo. - In: MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY. - ISSN 0930-0708. - 109:4(2015 Aug), pp. 431-442.
Abstract:
Ottensite, Na3 (Sb2O3)(SbS3)·3H2O, brizziite, NaSbO3, and mopungite, NaSb(OH)6, have been found on several specimens from the antimony mine of Pereta (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy). Ottensite from Pereta mine occurs as brilliant reddish-brown spheroidal aggregates, with a diameter up to 0.2 mm, formed by radially oriented individuals. These aggregates are associated with well-shaped tabular and pseudocubic colourless crystals of mopungite and platy aggregates of brizziite. This is the second world occurrence of ottensite and brizziite. The mineral species were characterized by electron microprobe analysis, X-ray diffraction study and microRaman spectroscopy. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were collected on a twinned crystal of mopungite and the structure was for the first time refined on a natural sample in space group P42/n [unit cell parameters a = 8.036(3) Å, c = 7.926(6) Å, V = 511.88(5) Å3, Z = 4] obtaining an R1-index of 5.17, wR2 of 13.52 and GooF of 1.247.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
3.65 ANGSTROM PHASE; CETINE MINE; NASBO3; SCHOENFLIESITE; DIFFRACTION; MGSI(OH)(6); STOTTITE; BURTITE; SODIUM
Elenco autori:
E. Bittarello, F. Cámara, M.E. Ciriotti, A. Marengo
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