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Zincoberaunite from
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Zincoberaunite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zincoberaunite
Formula:ZnFe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
MgO0.28 %
CaO0.47 %
ZnO7.36 %
Al2O30.88 %
Fe2O342.42 %
P2O531.63 %
H2O16.20 %
Total:99.24 %
Empirical formulas:
1(Zn0.83Ca0.08Mg0.06)Σ0.97(Fe3+4.88Al0.16)Σ5.04(PO4)4.09(OH)4.78 *5.86H2O
Sample references:
1Holotype
Chukanov, Nikita V., Pekov, Igor V., Grey, Ian E., Price, Jason R., Britvin, Sergey N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Kampf, Anthony R., Dünkel, Bernhard, Keck, Erich, Belakovskiy, Dmitry I., MacRae, Colin M. (2017) Zincoberaunite, ZnFe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5⋅6H2O, a new mineral from the Hagendorf South pegmatite, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 111 (3) 351-361 doi:10.1007/s00710-016-0482-y
Comments:Found in in two associations: (1) with potassium feldspar, quartz, jungite, phosphophyllite and mitridatite and (2) with flurlite, plimerite, Zn-bearing beraunite, schoonerite, parascholzite/scholzite, robertsite and altered phosphophyllite.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zincoberaunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:968155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:968155:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zincoberaunite
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘHuber stock (Huber shaft; Hub stock), Krásno, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
References
Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S.J. (2016) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, CNMNC Newsletter no 30. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (2) 407-413 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.081
Chukanov, Nikita V., Pekov, Igor V., Grey, Ian E., Price, Jason R., Britvin, Sergey N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Kampf, Anthony R., Dünkel, Bernhard, Keck, Erich, Belakovskiy, Dmitry I., MacRae, Colin M. (2017) Zincoberaunite, ZnFe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5⋅6H2O, a new mineral from the Hagendorf South pegmatite, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 111 (3) 351-361 doi:10.1007/s00710-016-0482-y
 
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