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Viséite

A variety of Crandallite
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Viséite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Viséite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
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Viséite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Viséite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Viséite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
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Viséite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Viséite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Viséite, etc.

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
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About ViséiteHide

Colour:
Yellowish white, blue
Lustre:
Waxy, Earthy
Hardness:
3 - 4
Name:
Named after its discovery locality, Visé near Liège, Belgium.
First discovered here in 1888 by Giuseppe Raimondo Pio Cesàro (1849-1939), but not fully described until 1942 by Joseph Mélon (1898-1991).
Si-bearing crandallite.

Originally described from Visé, Liège Province, Belgium.


Name EncodingHide

ASCII-7:
Viseite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
4189 (as Viséite)
1147 (as Crandallite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:4189:4 (as Viséite)
mindat:1:1:1147:7 (as Crandallite)

Similar NamesHide

FusciteA synonym of 'Scapolite'
Ghoseite◻[Mn2+Na][Mg4Al]Si8O22(OH)2
IseiteA valid IMA mineral speciesMn2Mo3O8
VaesiteA valid IMA mineral species - grandfatheredNiS2
ViteiteA valid IMA mineral speciesPd5InAs

IMA Classification of ViséiteHide

IMA status:
Discredited

Classification of ViséiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):
8.BL.10 va

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
L : With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1
Dana 8th ed.:
43.5.9.1

43 : COMPOUND PHOSPHATES, ETC.
5 : Hydrated Compound Phosphates, etc·, Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
Hey's CIM Ref.:
17.6.3

17 : Silicates Containing other Anions
6 : Silicates with phosphate

Physical Properties of ViséiteHide

Lustre:
Waxy, Earthy
Transparency:
Translucent
Colour:
Yellowish white, blue
Hardness:
3 - 4 on Mohs scale

Other Language Names for ViséiteHide

Afrikaans:Viséite
German:Viseit
Spanish:Viseita

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:
1 photo of Viséite associated with TrolleiteAl4(PO4)3(OH)3

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

8.BL.KiryuiteNaMnAl(PO4)F3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BL.MetaheimitePbCu2(AsO4)(OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/b
8.BL.Graulichite-(La)LaFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.ClouditeBaFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.OberwolfachiteSrFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.ArsenobenauiteSrFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05GallobeudantitePbGa3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m : R3m
8.BL.05SlottaiteSrFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05CorkitePbFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05HidalgoitePbAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m : R3m
8.BL.05HinsdalitePbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05'UM2011-07-POSO:AlBaH'BaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
8.BL.05KemmlitziteSrAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05BeudantitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05WeileriteBaAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6Hex.
8.BL.05WoodhouseiteCaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.05SvanbergiteSrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10SegnititePbFe3+3AsO4(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10ArsenogoyaziteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10ArsenogorceixiteBaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10DussertiteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10GalloplumbogummitePb(Ga,Al,Ge)3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m : R3m
8.BL.10StibiosegnititePb(Fe3+2.5Sb5+0.5)(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10ArsenocrandalliteCaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m)
8.BL.10BenauiteSrFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10PhilipsbornitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10SpringcreekiteBaV3+3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10EylettersiteTh0.75Al3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10KintoreitePbFe3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.10GorceixiteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Mon. m : Bm
8.BL.10GoyaziteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Florencite-(Ce)CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Florencite-(La)LaAl3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Florencite-(Nd)NdAl3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13ZaïriteBiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Arsenoflorencite-(La)LaAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13'Arsenoflorencite-(Nd)'NdAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig.
8.BL.13'Unnamed (As-analogue of Zaïrite)'(Bi,Pb)Fe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)6
8.BL.13Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)CeAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Graulichite-(Ce)CeFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13'Arsenowaylandite'BiAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6Trig.
8.BL.13WaylanditeBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.13Florencite-(Sm)SmAl3(PO4)2(OH)6Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
8.BL.15ViitaniemiiteNa(Ca,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
8.BL.25PattersonitePbFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2OTric. 1 : P1

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for ViséiteHide

References for ViséiteHide

Reference List:
Mélon, J. (1942) La viséite, nouvelle espèce minérale. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 66, B53-B56. (in French) [Abs. in American Mineralogist 30 (1945): 548].
McConnell, Duncan (1952) Viseite, a zeolite with analcime structure and containing linked SiO4, PO4, and HxO4 groups. American Mineralogist, 37 (7-8) 609-617
Dunn, Pete J., Appleman, Daniel E. (1977) Perhamite, a new calcium aluminum silico-phosphate mineral, and a re-examination of viséite. Mineralogical Magazine, 41 (320) 437-442 doi:10.1180/minmag.1977.041.320.03
Fleischer, Michael; Pabst, Adolf, White, John Sampson (1978) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 63 (7-8). 793-796 p.796
Di Renzo, F., Gabelica, Z. (1995) New data on the structure and composition of the silicoaluminophosphate viséite and a discreditation of its status as a zeolite. In Ming, D.W., Mumpton, F.A. (Eds.) Natural Zeolites '93: Occurrence, properties, use. International Committee on Natural Zeolites, Brockport, New York, 173-185.
Kim, Yeongkyoo, James Kirkpatrick, R. (1996) Application of MAS NMR spectroscopy to poorly crystalline minerals: viséite. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (403) 957-962 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.10
Coombs, Douglas S., Alberti, Alberto, Armbruster, Thomas, Artioli, Gilberto, Colella, Carmine, Galli, Ermanno, Grice, Joel D., Liebau, Friedrich, Mandarino, Joseph A., Minato, Hideo, et al. (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals; report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35 (6). 1571-1606
(2001) Viséite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for ViséiteHide

Showing 7 localities.

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.
Belgium
 
  • Wallonia
    • Liège
Mélon (1942) +3 other references
Van Der Meersche (1991) +2 other references
China
 
  • Hubei
    • Shiyan
      • Zhushan Co.
Zhenrong Shi et al. (2008)
Russia
 
  • Buryatia
Arkhipchuk (1971)
Slovakia
 
  • Košice Region
    • Rožňava District
      • Kečovo
Cílek (1999)
Spain
 
  • Catalonia
    • Barcelona
      • Baix Llobregat
        • Gavà
          • Bruguers
Rosell-Riba et al. (2022)
USA
 
  • California
    • Mono County
      • White Mountains
        • White Mountain Peak
Wise (1977) +2 other references
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