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Wadalite, etc.

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite, etc.

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite, etc.

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wadalite

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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This page provides mineralogical data about Wadalite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

46023

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:46023:5

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014725	Wadalite	Mihajlovic T, Lengauer C L, Ntaflos T, Lolitsch U, Tillmanns E (2004) Two new minerals, rondorfite, Ca8Mg[SiO4]4Cl2, and almarudite, K(box,Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30], and a study of iron-rich wadalite, Ca12[(Al8Si4Fe2)O32]C16, from the Bellerberg (Bellberg) volcano, Eifel, Germany Eastern Eifel volcanic area, Eifel, Germany Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 179 265-294		2004	Bellerberg volcano lava field, 2 km N of Mayen,	0	293
0010280	Wadalite	Tsukimura K, Kanazawa Y, Aoki M, Bunno M (1993) Structure of wadalite Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 Acta Crystallographica C49 205-207		1993		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Wadalite'
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_publ_author_name
'Mihajlovic T'
'Lengauer C L'
'Ntaflos T'
'Lolitsch U'
'Tillmanns E'
_journal_name_full 'Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen'
_journal_volume 179 
_journal_year 2004
_journal_page_first 265
_journal_page_last 294
_publ_section_title
;
 Two new minerals, rondorfite, Ca8Mg[SiO4]4Cl2, and almarudite,
 K(box,Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30], and a study of iron-rich wadalite,
 Ca12[(Al8Si4Fe2)O32]C16, from the Bellerberg (Bellberg) volcano, Eifel, Germany
 Eastern Eifel volcanic area, Eifel, Germany
;
_database_code_amcsd 0014725
_chemical_compound_source 'Bellerberg volcano lava field, 2 km N of Mayen,'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ca6 Si2.09 Al3.688 Fe.807 Ti.076 Mg.339 O16 Cl2.847'
_cell_length_a 12.0343
_cell_length_b 12.0343
_cell_length_c 12.0343
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 1742.860
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.097
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'I -4 3 d'
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_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
CaM   0.10461   0.00000   0.25000   1.00000   0.00965
SiT2   0.23312   0.23312   0.23312   0.48500   0.00580
AlT2   0.23312   0.23312   0.23312   0.33100   0.00580
FeT2   0.23312   0.23312   0.23312   0.16500   0.00580
TiT2   0.23312   0.23312   0.23312   0.01900   0.00580
AlT1   0.37500   0.00000   0.25000   0.78800   0.00740
SiT1   0.37500   0.00000   0.25000   0.05000   0.00740
FeT1   0.37500   0.00000   0.25000   0.04900   0.00740
MgT1   0.37500   0.00000   0.25000   0.11300   0.00740
O1   0.06319   0.06319   0.06319   1.00000   0.01420
O2   0.03132   0.05061   0.64877   1.00000   0.01300
Cl1   0.87500   0.00000   0.25000   0.94900   0.02060
loop_
_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
CaM 0.00924 0.00832 0.01138 0.00000 0.00000 0.00175
SiT2 0.00583 0.00583 0.00583 0.00034 0.00034 0.00034
AlT2 0.00583 0.00583 0.00583 0.00034 0.00034 0.00034
FeT2 0.00583 0.00583 0.00583 0.00034 0.00034 0.00034
TiT2 0.00583 0.00583 0.00583 0.00034 0.00034 0.00034
AlT1 0.00570 0.00820 0.00820 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
SiT1 0.00570 0.00820 0.00820 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
FeT1 0.00570 0.00820 0.00820 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
MgT1 0.00570 0.00820 0.00820 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
O1 0.01420 0.01420 0.01420 0.00330 0.00330 0.00330
O2 0.01300 0.01080 0.01520 0.00110 -0.00200 0.00150
Cl1 0.00850 0.02670 0.02670 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000

Relationship of Wadalite Group to other SpeciesHide

Wadalite Group Members:

Adrianite	Ca₁₂(Al₄Mg₃Si₇)O₃₂Cl₆	Iso. 43m : I43d
Eltyubyuite	Ca₁₂Fe³⁺₁₀Si₄O₃₂Cl₆	Iso. 43m : I43d
Wadalite	(Ca,Mg)₆(Al,Fe³⁺)₄((Si,Al)O₄)₃O₄Cl₃	Iso. 43m : I43d

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Czech Republic
South Moravian Region Brno-Country District Oslavany ⓘ Rosice-Oslavany coalfield	[Eltyubyuite, Wadalite] Hršelová et al. (2013)

Georgia
South Ossetia Kel’ volcanic area ⓘ Shadil-Khokh volcano	[Eltyubyuite] Galuskin et al. (2013)
ⓘ NW slope	[Wadalite] Galuskina et al. (2015) +1 other reference

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Vordereifel ⓘ Bellerberg volcano	[Eltyubyuite] Galuskin et al. (2013)
Ettringen ⓘ Caspar quarry	[Wadalite] T. Mihajlović +1 other reference
ⓘ Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith	[Wadalite] Galuskin et al. (2016)
ⓘ Xenolith CS-033	[Wadalite] in the collection of Christof Schäfer
ⓘ Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith)	[Wadalite] in the collection of Christof Schäfer +1 other reference

Indonesia
ⓘ Merapi Volcano ?	[Wadalite] Knuever et al. (2023)

Japan
Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ Koriyama City	[Wadalite] Tsukimura et al. (1993) +3 other references
Tadano ⓘ Unnamed quarry	[Wadalite] Banno et al. (2023)

Mexico
Chihuahua Pueblito de Allende ⓘ Allende meteorite	[Adrianite, Wadalite] Krot et al. (2015)
Queretaro Cadereyta de Montes Municipality Maconi ⓘ Negra Mine	[Wadalite] Kanazawa et al. (1997) +1 other reference

Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 4964 meteorite (NWA 4964)	[Wadalite] Ma et al. (2024)

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Baturinskaya-Vostochnaya-1-2 mine	[Eltyubyuite, Wadalite] Sharygin (2015)
Kabardino-Balkaria Chegemsky District ⓘ Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera)	[Eltyubyuite, Wadalite] Bailau +1 other reference
ⓘ Lakargi Mountain	[Wadalite] American Mineralogist +1 other reference
ⓘ Xenolith no. 1	[Eltyubyuite, Wadalite] Galuskina et al. (2015)
ⓘ Xenolith no. 3	[Wadalite] Galuskin et al. (2011)
Sakha Mirninsky District ⓘ Vilyui River Basin	[Wadalite] Galuskina et al. (2010)
Sakhalin Oblast Kuril Islands Severo-Kurilsky District Atlasov Island Alaid volcano ⓘ Taketomi flank eruption	[Wadalite] Zhitova et al. (2025)

Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast Gorlovka Kalinin coal mine ⓘ Burned coal dumps	[Wadalite] Шарыгин (2015)

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