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Wilkinsonite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

Wilkinsonite

Warrumbungles, New South Wales, Australia

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About WilkinsoniteHide

Formula:

Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(Si₆O₁₈)O₂

Colour:

Black

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

3.89 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Member of:

Aenigmatite Group > Sapphirine Supergroup

Name:

Named in 1990 by M.B. Duggan in honor of John Frederick George Wilkinson (10 October 1927, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 8 October 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), professor of geology, University of New England, Australia. He was a specialist in the petrology of igneous rocks.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Warrumbungles (Warrumbungle Range; Warrumbungle Mountain Range), New South Wales, Australia

Aenigmatite Group. The supposed Mg analogue is known as UM1991-29-SiO:FeMgNa.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

4290

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:4290:7

IMA Classification of WilkinsoniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

Na₄(Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₄)O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]

Approval year:

1988

Type description reference:

Duggan, Morris B. (1990) Wilkinsonite, Na2Fe2+4Fe3+2Si6O20, a new member of the aenigmatite group from the Warrumbungle Volcano, New South Wales, Australia. American Mineralogist, 75 (5-6) 694-701

Classification of WilkinsoniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

9.DH.40

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
H : Inosilicates with 4-periodic single chains, Si₄O₁₂

Dana 8th ed.:

69.2.1a.8

69 : INOSILICATES Chains with Side Branches or Loops
2 : Chains with Side Branches or Loops with P>2

Hey's CIM Ref.:

14.20.4

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
20 : Silicates of Fe and alkali metals

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Wkn	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of WilkinsoniteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Translucent, Opaque

Colour:

Black

Streak:

Brown

Hardness:

5 on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

3.89 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of WilkinsoniteHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.79 n_β = 1.79 n_γ = 1.90

Max. Birefringence:

δ = 0.110
Based on recorded range of RI values above.

Interference Colours:
The colours simulate birefringence patterns seen in thin section under crossed polars. They do not take into account mineral colouration or opacity.

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Grain Simulation You can rotate the grain simulation to show how this range might look as you rotated a sample under crossed polars. Each grain retains its interference colour (retardation) while its brightness falls to black at extinction and reaches a maximum between extinction positions.

Thickness: 30 µm Order divisions

Rotation:

Surface Relief:

Very High (positive)
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).

This shows the grain boundary and Becke line effect under plane-polarised light, based on the contrast between this mineral's average refractive index and the mounting medium. It does not take into account mineral colouration.

Focus:

In focus

Interference Figure:

This shows the idealized biaxial acute bisectrix (Bxa) interference figure - the conoscopic view for a grain cut perpendicular to the acute bisectrix, using this mineral's 2V. The two small white dots mark the melatopes - the points where the two optic axes emerge - and are shown only when they fall within the field of view. The coloured bands are isochromatics, and the dark bands are isogyres.

Rotate the stage: at 0°/90° the isogyres form a cross through the melatopes; at 45° they pull apart into curved hyperbolas. That splitting on rotation - absent in a uniaxial figure - is the standard diagnostic test for telling biaxial minerals from uniaxial ones. If 2V is large, the melatopes may fall outside the field of view, as they often do at the microscope too.

No measured or calculated 2V is on file for this mineral, so the value used here (0°) is estimated from its recorded refractive indices and optic sign, not from a direct 2V measurement.

Thickness: 30 µm

Stage rotation: 0°

Dispersion:

single

Pleochroism:

Strong

Comments:

X = olive-green;
Y = gray-brown;
Z = very dark brown.

Chemistry of WilkinsoniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(Si₆O₁₈)O₂

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Fe	38.534 %
O	36.799 %
Si	19.379 %
Na	5.288 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Fe, Na, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ti,Zr,Al,Cr,Nb,Mn,Ni,Mg,Ca,K

Crystallography of WilkinsoniteHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Class (H-M):

1 - Pinacoidal

Space Group:

Cell Parameters:

a = 10.3355(5) Å, b = 10.784(4) Å, c = 8.9142(4) Å
α = 105.048(3)°, β = 96.461(3)°, γ = 125.302(2)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.958 : 1 : 0.827

Unit Cell V:

738.37 Å³

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0010476	Wilkinsonite	Burt J B, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Single-crystal X-ray refinement of wilkinsonite, Na2Fe2+4Fe3+2Si6O20. Acta Crystallographica E63 i122-i124		2007	Warrumbungle Volcano, central New South Wales, Australia	0	293

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 Single-crystal X-ray refinement of wilkinsonite, Na2Fe2+4Fe3+2Si6O20.
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Fe2   0.00000   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   0.00792
Fe3   0.31905   0.85202   0.17897   1.00000   0.00742
Fe4   0.76728   0.82004   0.15109   1.00000   0.00742
Fe5   0.09363   0.93553   0.05864   1.00000   0.01104
Fe6   0.59487   0.94132   0.06557   1.00000   0.00708
Fe7   0.99381   0.73633   0.26446   1.00000   0.00706
Si1   0.47856   0.23504   0.33068   1.00000   0.00584
Si2   0.98595   0.23337   0.34225   1.00000   0.00495
Si3   0.79150   0.33856   0.24104   1.00000   0.00509
Si4   0.72159   0.66157   0.77590   1.00000   0.00559
Si5   0.64857   0.94629   0.44736   1.00000   0.00608
Si6   0.35235   0.55640   0.04592   1.00000   0.00539
O1   0.35818   0.06889   0.16487   1.00000   0.00790
O2   0.86095   0.06772   0.17513   1.00000   0.00799
O3   0.55580   0.95318   0.29564   1.00000   0.00787
O4   0.01485   0.93349   0.27479   1.00000   0.00762
O5   0.24029   0.87626   0.39573   1.00000   0.00945
O6   0.75486   0.88351   0.39477   1.00000   0.00751
O7   0.50726   0.80265   0.50559   1.00000   0.00809
O8   0.95777   0.78451   0.49264   1.00000   0.00658
O9   0.89916   0.32134   0.37379   1.00000   0.00739
O10   0.59320   0.66083   0.64779   1.00000   0.00691
O11   0.33560   0.82749   0.92558   1.00000   0.00777
O12   0.84312   0.83177   0.93604   1.00000   0.00788
O13   0.52551   0.71191   0.03936   1.00000   0.00860
O14   0.06659   0.72728   0.06868   1.00000   0.00815
O15   0.24054   0.60582   0.11124   1.00000   0.00724
O16   0.74816   0.60204   0.12861   1.00000   0.00747
O17   0.59950   0.50029   0.81427   1.00000   0.00792
O18   0.93448   0.50527   0.21937   1.00000   0.00944
O19   0.83356   0.63351   0.68068   1.00000   0.00757
O20   0.67365   0.36341   0.33607   1.00000   0.00814
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Na1 0.01321 0.01409 0.01308 0.00920 0.00318 0.00594
Na2 0.01086 0.01320 0.01675 0.00442 0.00296 0.00733
Fe1 0.00765 0.00758 0.01054 0.00497 0.00108 0.00270
Fe2 0.00626 0.00853 0.00711 0.00417 0.00190 0.00219
Fe3 0.00687 0.00730 0.00832 0.00475 0.00202 0.00296
Fe4 0.00679 0.00778 0.00715 0.00459 0.00230 0.00234
Fe5 0.00914 0.01221 0.01226 0.00646 0.00323 0.00645
Fe6 0.00779 0.00659 0.00733 0.00437 0.00305 0.00366
Fe7 0.00583 0.00704 0.00751 0.00423 0.00170 0.00166
Si1 0.00534 0.00565 0.00726 0.00345 0.00262 0.00339
Si2 0.00550 0.00606 0.00513 0.00425 0.00258 0.00275
Si3 0.00492 0.00506 0.00563 0.00320 0.00198 0.00240
Si4 0.00542 0.00580 0.00606 0.00384 0.00170 0.00235
Si5 0.00587 0.00739 0.00602 0.00434 0.00228 0.00352
Si6 0.00472 0.00398 0.00566 0.00217 0.00119 0.00130
O1 0.00911 0.00842 0.00716 0.00623 0.00296 0.00253
O2 0.00704 0.00920 0.00911 0.00578 0.00366 0.00338
O3 0.00448 0.00930 0.00941 0.00387 0.00272 0.00433
O4 0.00610 0.00878 0.00816 0.00468 0.00199 0.00385
O5 0.01098 0.00804 0.01162 0.00728 0.00554 0.00284
O6 0.00727 0.00750 0.00906 0.00534 0.00282 0.00323
O7 0.00560 0.00841 0.00810 0.00317 0.00228 0.00380
O8 0.00526 0.00806 0.00804 0.00466 0.00229 0.00415
O9 0.00841 0.00935 0.00840 0.00721 0.00298 0.00450
O10 0.00778 0.00802 0.00535 0.00540 0.00270 0.00196
O11 0.00503 0.00576 0.00752 0.00210 -0.00067 0.00072
O12 0.00332 0.00772 0.00847 0.00214 0.00076 0.00189
O13 0.00782 0.00853 0.00988 0.00496 0.00362 0.00453
O14 0.00958 0.00689 0.00795 0.00491 0.00272 0.00382
O15 0.00785 0.00853 0.00698 0.00686 0.00162 0.00119
O16 0.00584 0.00878 0.00792 0.00526 0.00065 0.00255
O17 0.00773 0.00950 0.01125 0.00725 0.00310 0.00562
O18 0.00638 0.00991 0.00954 0.00388 0.00306 0.00382
O19 0.00620 0.00462 0.00978 0.00233 0.00378 0.00249
O20 0.00798 0.00711 0.00905 0.00485 0.00347 0.00240

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
8.10 Å	(100)
3.149 Å	(100)
2.696 Å	(80)
2.533 Å	(80)
2.115 Å	(70)
2.935 Å	(60)
1.481 Å	(50)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
6 : Secondary asteroid phases	4.566-4.560
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
9 : Lava/xenolith minerals (hornfels, sanidinite facies)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
35 : Ultra-alkali and agpaitic igneous rocks

Type Occurrence of WilkinsoniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Warrumbungles (Warrumbungle Range; Warrumbungle Mountain Range), New South Wales, Australia

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Petrological Museum, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia, R29655.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

eruptive peralkaline trachyte

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Analcime	'Anorthoclase'	Arfvedsonite	Eudialyte	Nepheline
Sodalite

Reference:

Synonyms of WilkinsoniteHide

IMA1988-053

Other Language Names for WilkinsoniteHide

Dutch:Wilkinsoniet

German:Wilkinsonit

Spanish:Wilkinsonita

Relationship of Wilkinsonite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Aenigmatite Group > Sapphirine Supergroup

Other Members of Aenigmatite Group:

Aenigmatite	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
Krinovite	Na₂Mg₄Cr³⁺₂(Si₆O₁₈)O₂	Tric. 1 : P1
'UM1991-29-SiO:FeMgNa'	Na₄(Mg₅Fe³⁺₇)O₄[Si₉Fe³⁺₃O₃₆]

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Wilkinsonite associated with Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
1 photo of Wilkinsonite associated with 'Anorthoclase'	(Na,K)AlSi₃O₈
1 photo of Wilkinsonite associated with Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl
1 photo of Wilkinsonite associated with Aenigmatite	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]
1 photo of Wilkinsonite associated with Arfvedsonite	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.DH.	Devilliersite	Ca₄Ca₂Fe³⁺₁₀O₄[(Fe³⁺₁₀Si₂)O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.	'Gageite-2M'	(Mn,Mg,Zn)₄₂Si₁₆O₅₄(OH)₄₀	Mon. 2/m
9.DH.	Bavsiite	Ba₂V₂O₂[Si₄O₁₂]	Tet. 4/m : I4/m
9.DH.	Yuzuxiangite	Sr₃Fe³⁺(Si₂O₆)₂(OH) · 3H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
9.DH.	Louisfuchsite	Ca₂(Mg₄Ti₂)(Al₄Si₂)O₂₀	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.05	Leucophanite	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	Orth. 222 : P2₁2₁2₁
9.DH.10	Ohmilite	Sr₃(Ti,Fe³⁺)(Si₄O₁₂)(O,OH) · 2-3H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
9.DH.15	Haradaite	SrVSi₂O₇	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
9.DH.15	Suzukiite	BaVSi₂O₇	Orth.
9.DH.20	Shcherbakovite	(K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)₂(Si₄O₁₂)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Imma
9.DH.20	Batisite	BaNaNaTi₂(Si₄O₁₂)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Imma
9.DH.20	Noonkanbahite	BaKNaTi₂(Si₄O₁₂)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Imma
9.DH.25	Taikanite	Sr₃BaMn²⁺₂(Si₄O₁₂)O₂	Mon. 2 : B2
9.DH.30	Krauskopfite	BaSi₂O₅ · 3H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.DH.35	Gageite	Mn₂₁(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₃(OH)₂₀	Mon. 2/m
9.DH.35	Balangeroite	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₄₂Si₁₆O₅₄(OH)₄₀	Mon. 2/m
9.DH.40	Kuratite	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₅Ti)O₂[Si₄Al₂O₁₈]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Aenigmatite	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Dorrite	Ca₄(Mg₃Fe³⁺₉)O₄(Si₃Al₈Fe³⁺O₃₆)	Tric.
9.DH.40	Serendibite	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Rhönite	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Khesinite	Ca₄(Mg₃Fe³⁺₉)O₄(Fe³⁺₉Si₃)O₃₆	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	'UM1991-29-SiO:FeMgNa'	Na₄(Mg₅Fe³⁺₇)O₄[Si₉Fe³⁺₃O₃₆]
9.DH.40	Høgtuvaite	Ca₄[Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₆]O₄[Si₈Be₂Al₂O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	'Leucorhönite'	Ca₂(Mg,Fe³⁺,Al)₆(Si,Al)₆O₂₀	Tric.
9.DH.40	Welshite	Ca₄Mg₉Sb₃O₄[Si₆Be₃AlFe₂O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Krinovite	Na₂Mg₄Cr³⁺₂(Si₆O₁₈)O₂	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.40	Makarochkinite	(Ca,Na)₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₈Be₂Al₂O₃₆]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.45	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.DH.50	Khmaralite	(Mg,Al,Fe)₁₆[(Al,Si,Be)₁₂O₃₆]O₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.DH.55	'UM1988-26-SiO:AlMg'	Mg₄Al₂O[Si₃Al₂O₁₅]
9.DH.55	Surinamite	(Mg,Fe)₃Al₄BeSi₃O₁₆	Mon. 2/m
9.DH.60	Deerite	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.DH.65	Taneyamalite	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄	Tric.
9.DH.65	Howieite	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DH.70	Johninnesite	Na₂Mn²⁺₉Mg₇(OH)₈[AsO₄]₂[Si₆O₁₇]₂	Tric.
9.DH.75	Agrellite	NaCa₂Si₄O₁₀F	Tric. 1 : P1

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Health Risks:

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References for WilkinsoniteHide

Reference List:

Gaeta, Mario, Mottana, Annibale (1991) Phase relations of aenigmatite minerals in a syenitic ejectum, wonchi volcano, Ethiopia. Mineralogical Magazine, 55 (381) 529-534 doi:10.1180/minmag.1991.055.381.05

Burt, D.M. (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to høgtuvaite. Canadian Mineralogist: 32: 449-457.

Jensen, B. B. (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (403) 982-986 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.14

Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) New Minerals 1990-1994. The Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. 220pp.p.211

Kunzmann, Thomas (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group. European Journal of Mineralogy, 11 (4) 743-756 doi:10.1127/ejm/11/4/0743

(2001) Wilkinsonite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Burt, Jason B., Downs, Robert T., Costin, Gelu (2007) Single-crystal X-ray refinement of wilkinsonite, Na₂Fe₄²⁺Fe₂³⁺Si₆O₂₀. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, 63 (5). i122-i124 doi:10.1107/s1600536807015048

Grew, E. S.; Hålenius, U.; Pasero, M.; Barbier, J. (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite groups (sapphirine supergroup). Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (4). p.839-876. doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.4.839

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Australia (TL)
New South Wales ⓘ Warrumbungles (Warrumbungle Range; Warrumbungle Mountain Range) (TL)	Duggan (1990) +1 other reference

Brazil
Minas Gerais ⓘ Poços de Caldas alkaline complex	Guarino et al. (2021)

Czech Republic
Karlovy Vary Region Cheb District Ovesné Kladruby ⓘ Podhorní hill (Podhora)	Jirasek et al. (2026)

Ethiopia
Oromia Region ⓘ Wonchi volcano	Gaeta et al. (1991) +1 other reference

Mongolia
Khovd Province Myangad District Khaldzan Buragtag massif ⓘ Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov (n.d.)

Yemen
Hadhramaut Governorate ⓘ Kaidun meteorite	Zolensky et al. (2003)

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