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Bjarebyite Group

A group of related mineral species
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Kulanite

Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
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Perloffite, etc.

Big Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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Perloffite

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Kulanite

Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
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Perloffite, etc.

Big Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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Perloffite

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Kulanite

Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
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Perloffite, etc.

Big Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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About Bjarebyite GroupHide

This page provides mineralogical data about Bjarebyite Group.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
29277
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:29277:7

Classification of Bjarebyite GroupHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):
8.BH.20

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
H : With medium-sized and large cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 = 1:1

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0019754PenikisiteBowman M G, Downs R T, Yang H (2013) Penikisite, BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3, isostructural with bjarebyite Acta Crystallographica E69 i4-i52013Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada0293
0019599PerloffiteElliott P, Willis A C (2011) The crystal structure of perloffite Mineralogical Magazine 75 317-3252011Spring Creek copper mine, near Wilmington, South Australia0293
0014643JohntomaiteKolitsch U, Pring A, Tiekink E R T (2000) Johntomaite, a new member of the bjarebyite group of barium phosphates: description and structure refinement Mineralogy and Petrology 70 1-142000Spring Creek copper mine, southern Flinders Ranges, South Australia0293
0005343KulaniteCooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1994) Refinement of the crystal structure of kulanite The Canadian Mineralogist 32 15-191994Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada0293
0000407BjarebyiteMoore P B, Araki T (1974) Bjarebyite, Ba(Mn,Fe)2Al2(OH)3[PO4]3: Its atomic arrangement American Mineralogist 59 567-57219740293
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Relationship of Bjarebyite Group to other SpeciesHide

Bjarebyite Group Members:
Bjarebyite (Ba,Sr)(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Johntomaite BaFe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Kulanite Ba(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Nigelcookite  PbFe2+2V3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Penikisite Ba(Mg,Fe2+,Ca)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Perloffite Ba(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Plumbojohntomaite  PbFe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Plumboperloffite PbMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Strontioperloffite SrMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
Click on any node to view relationships. Formula-derived relationship network for the group members above. Use Find related species to add formula-neighbour species outside the current group view. Solid links show inferred chemical differences; dashed violet links show same-formula crystallographic differences. Hydration states are not treated as relationship changes. These relationships do not imply any real-world substitution reactions between these species.

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

8.BH.PeterchiniteZn3Zn2(OH)6As[O3(OH)3]Mon. 2/m : B2/m
8.BH.ReznitskyiteCaMg(VO4)FMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.PlumbogottlobitePbMg(VO4)(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
8.BH.CuprozheshengitePb4CuZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2Tric. 1 : P1
8.BH.ZheshengitePb4ZnZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2Tric. 1 : P1
8.BH.CrimsonitePbFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cccm
8.BH.05ThadeuiteCa(Mg,Fe2+)3(PO4)2(OH,F)2Orth. 222 : C2221
8.BH.10PanasqueiraiteCaMg(PO4)(OH)Mon.
8.BH.10IsokiteCaMg(PO4)FMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.10LacroixiteNaAl(PO4)FMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.10ArsenatrotitaniteNaTi(AsO4)OMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.10MaxwelliteNaFe3+(AsO4)FMon. 2/m : P2/m
8.BH.10DurangiteNaAl(AsO4)FMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.10KononoviteNaMg(SO4)FMon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.15DrugmanitePb2Fe3+(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)2Mon. 2/m : P21/b
8.BH.20Nigelcookite PbFe2+2V3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20Plumbojohntomaite PbFe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20CirroliteCa3Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 (?)
8.BH.20PenikisiteBa(Mg,Fe2+,Ca)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20PerloffiteBa(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20StrontioperloffiteSrMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20PlumboperloffitePbMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20JohntomaiteBaFe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20Bjarebyite(Ba,Sr)(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.20KulaniteBa(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)3(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BH.25BertossaiteLi2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
8.BH.25NatropalermoiteNa2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)4Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
8.BH.25PalermoiteLi2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)4Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
8.BH.30SewarditeCaFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cccm
8.BH.30CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cccm
8.BH.35AdeliteCaMg(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35DuftitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35CobaltaustiniteCaCo(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35NickelaustiniteCaNi(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35GabrielsonitePbFe3+(As3+O3)OOrth. mm2 : Pmc21
8.BH.35ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35ArsendescloizitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35'Duftite-alpha'PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
8.BH.35GottlobiteCaMg(VO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35AustiniteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35HermannroseiteCaCu(PO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.35TangeiteCaCu(VO4)(OH)Orth. 222 : P212121
8.BH.40ČechitePbFe2+(VO4)(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
8.BH.40Khorixasite(Bi0.67◻0.33)Cu(VO4)(OH)Mon. 2/m : P2/m
8.BH.40MottramitePbCu(VO4)(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
8.BH.40DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
8.BH.40PyrobelonitePbMn2+(VO4)(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
8.BH.45BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2Mon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.45VésigniéiteBaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2Mon. 2/m : B2/m
8.BH.50PaganoiteNiBi(AsO4)OTric. 1 : P1
8.BH.55JagoweriteBaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2Tric.
8.BH.55HarrisoniteCa(Fe2+,Mg)6(PO4)2(SiO4)2Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BH.60AttakoliteCaMn2+Al4(SiO3OH)(PO4)3(OH)4Mon. 2/m : B2/m
8.BH.65LeningraditePbCu3(VO4)2ClOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Ibam
8.BH.70KatiarsiteKTiO(AsO4)Orth. mm2 : Pna21
8.BH.70YurgensoniteK2SnTiO2(AsO4)2Orth. mm2 : Pna21
8.BH.75MelanarsiteK3Cu7Fe3+O4(AsO4)4Mon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BH.80EvseeviteNa2Mg(AsO4)FOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
8.BH.80MoraskoiteNa2Mg(PO4)FOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
8.BH.85PiccoliiteNaCaMn3+2(AsO4)2O(OH)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcm

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Localities for Bjarebyite GroupHide

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This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia
 
  • South Australia
    • District Council of Mount Remarkable
      • Wilmington
[Johntomaite, Perloffite, Strontioperloffite] Pring et al. (1999)
    • Pastoral Unincorporated Area
      • Bimbowrie Conservation Park
        • Old Boolcoomata Station
          • White Rock Feldspar Mine
[Perloffite] Elliott (2022) +1 other reference
      • Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station)
[Plumboperloffite] Miyawaki et al. (2020) +2 other references
Austria
 
  • Carinthia
    • Spittal an der Drau District
      • Spittal an der Drau
        • Wolfsberg
[Bjarebyite, Kulanite] Niedermayr et al. (1995) +1 other reference
  • Styria
    • Murau District
      • Stadl-Predlitz
[Bjarebyite] Bojar (2019)
Brazil
 
  • Minas Gerais
[Perloffite] Sergio Varvello collection
[Perloffite] Found and analyzed by Dr Ricardo Scholz
Canada
 
  • Manitoba
    • Cross Lake
      • North Group
[Perloffite] Ercit et al. (2010)
  • Nova Scotia
    • Yarmouth Co.
      • Argyle
        • East Kemptville
[Kulanite] Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.
  • Yukon
    • Dawson mining district
[Kulanite, Penikisite] Robinson et al. (1992)
[Kulanite] Richard Gunter Collection
[Bjarebyite, Kulanite, Penikisite] Robinson et al. (1992)
        • Kulan Camp (Area A; Area 1)
[Kulanite] Robinson et al. (1992) +1 other reference
[Kulanite] Robinson et al. (1992)
[Kulanite] Robinson et al. (1992)
[Kulanite] Collected by Rod Tyson
[Kulanite] Modris Baum specimens
          • Young's Creek
[Kulanite] Robinson et al. (1992)
    • Mayo mining district
[Penikisite] M. Mauthner (collection)
[Penikisite] University of British Columbia (Pacific Museum of the Earth) +2 other references
China
 
  • Fujian
    • Nanping
      • Yanping District
        • Nanping pegmatite field
[Kulanite] Rao +7 other references
  • Guangdong
    • Meizhou
      • Mei Co.
[Nigelcookite, Plumbojohntomaite] Yao +1 other reference
Czech Republic
 
  • Karlovy Vary Region
    • Cheb District
      • Aš
[Kulanite] Breiter K.
    • Sokolov District
      • Krásno
        • Vysoký Kámen
[Perloffite] Jirásek et al. (2016)
Germany
 
  • Bavaria
    • Upper Palatinate
      • Neustadt an der Waldnaab District
        • Waidhaus
[Perloffite] Mücke (1987)
[Perloffite] web.archive.org (2001) +1 other reference
Italy
 
  • Liguria
    • Savona Province
      • Balestrino
[Kulanite] Bracco et al. (2016)
Morocco
 
  • Drâa-Tafilalet Region
    • Ouarzazate Province
      • Amerzgane Cercle
        • Ouisselsate Caïdat
[Perloffite] Georges FAVREAU collection & EDX ...
Portugal
 
  • Vila Real
    • Chaves
      • Vidago
[Perloffite] Neiva et al. (2001)
Rwanda
 
  • Western Province
    • Ngororero District
      • Muhororo
[Bjarebyite] von Knorring (1969) +3 other references
Sweden
 
  • Skåne County
    • Bromölla
      • Näsum
[Bjarebyite] Thomasson (1983)
USA
 
  • Arizona
    • Yavapai County
[Kulanite] London et al. (1982)
        • Independence Gulch
[Kulanite] London et al. (1982)
  • Maine
    • Oxford County
      • Greenwood
        • Uncle Tom Mountain
[Perloffite] Falster et al. (2019)
  • New Hampshire
    • Grafton County
      • Groton
[Bjarebyite, Kulanite] Rocks & Min. 80:251
[Bjarebyite, Kulanite] Moore (1973) +3 other references
  • South Dakota
    • Custer County
      • Custer Mining District
        • Fourmile
[Perloffite] Loomis (2011)
    • Pennington County
      • Keystone Mining District
        • Glendale
[Perloffite] Kampf (1977) +1 other reference
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