PLÁŠIL, Jakub, Pavel ŠKACHA, Jiří SEJKORA, Antony KAMPF, Radek ŠKODA, Jiří ČEJKA, Jan HLOUŠEK, Anatoly KASATKIN, Radim PAVLÍČEK and Karel BABKA. Plavnoite, a new K-Mn member of the zippeite group from Jachymov, Czech Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy. STUTTGART: E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG, SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017, vol. 29, No 1, p. 117-128. ISSN 0935-1221. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2583.
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Original name Plavnoite, a new K-Mn member of the zippeite group from Jachymov, Czech Republic
Authors PLÁŠIL, Jakub (203 Czech Republic), Pavel ŠKACHA (203 Czech Republic), Jiří SEJKORA (203 Czech Republic), Antony KAMPF (840 United States of America), Radek ŠKODA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jiří ČEJKA (203 Czech Republic), Jan HLOUŠEK (203 Czech Republic), Anatoly KASATKIN (643 Russian Federation), Radim PAVLÍČEK (203 Czech Republic) and Karel BABKA (203 Czech Republic).
Edition European Journal of Mineralogy, STUTTGART, E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG, SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2017, 0935-1221.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10504 Mineralogy
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 1.190
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100327
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2583
UT WoS 000396823700010
Keywords in English plavnoite; uranyl sulfate hydrate; new mineral; zippeite group; crystal structure; chemical composition
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Nicole Zrilić, učo 240776. Changed: 10/4/2018 16:52.
Abstract
The new mineral plavnoite (IMA2015-059), ideally K0.8Mn0.6[(UO2)(2)O-2(SO4)]center dot 3.5H(2)O, is a member of the zippeite group. It was found in the Plavno mine, in the eastern part of the Jachymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, where it occurs as a supergene alteration phase formed by hydration-oxidation weathering of uraninite in hydrothermal U-veins. It was found to be associated with marecottite, magnesiozippeite, blatonite and gypsum. The mineral occurs as reddish to reddish-orange thin blades, elongated on [0 0 1] and flattened on {0 1 0}, which are intergrown in globular aggregates up to 0.5 mm across. Crystals are transparent with a vitreous to silky lustre. The streak is pale orange. The mineral is non-fluorescent under both long- and short-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The Mohs hardness is about 2. Crystals are brittle with perfect {0 1 0} cleavage and uneven fracture. The density calculated from the empirical formula is 4.926 g cm(-3). Optically, plavnoite is biaxial (+), with alpha = 1.740(5), beta = 1.770(5), gamma = 1.850(5) (measured in white light). The measured 2V is 64.6(4)degrees; the calculated 2V is 65.3 degrees. Dispersion could not be observed; no pleochroism was observed. Electron-microprobe analyses yielded the empirical formula (based on 2 U atoms per formula unit,apfu) K-0.77(Mn0.51Zn0.04Ni0.03Mg0.02)(Sigma 0.60)[(UO2)(2)O-1.08(OH)(0.92)(SO4)(0.96)(SiO4)(0.24)](H2O)(3.50). Plavnoite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 8.6254 (16), b = 14.258(3), c = 17.703(4) angstrom, beta = 104.052(18)degrees, V = 2122.0(8) angstrom(3) and Z = 8. The structure (R-1 = 4.99% for 989 reflections with 1 > 3 sigma[I]) contains UO7 pentagonal bipyramids and SO4 tetrahedra forming sheets of the well-known zippeite topology. The interlayer region contains infinite zig-zag chains of corner-sharing Mn2+phi(6) octahedra (phi=O, H2O) with K-centred polyhedra. The K atom sits at the partially occupied, mixed K/O site, the non-shared corner of the Mn2 octahedron. The mineral is named after the type locality - the Plavno mine.
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MUNI/A/1316/2015, interní kód MUName: Geologické, geodynamické a environmentální procesy východního okraje Českého masívu (Acronym: Geodyn)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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