Bechererite, (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2, a novel mineral species from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona
Bechererite, (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2, a novel mineral species from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona
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Bechererite,(Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2,一种来自亚利桑那州托诺帕-贝尔蒙特矿的新型矿物
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1996
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B. Rieck
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G. Giester;B. Rieck
Abstract Bechererite is a new mineral found on dump material from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A. It occurs as thin elongated crystals, commonly in hemispherical aggregates, and it is associated with rosasite, hydrozincite, willemite, smith- sonite, paratacamite, and boleite. Bechererite is light green, transparent with vitreous luster, and has perfect cleavage parallel to {001}. It has a density of 3.45(5) g/cm3 and a Mohs hardness of 2-3. Optically, it is uniaxial (-) with ε = 1.611(1) and ω = 1.705(1). The empirical formula (based on 21 O atoms) is (Zn4.93Cu1.01)Zn2(OH)13(S1.10Si0.95)[O5.30(OH)2.70], simplified to (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2. The strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [dobs (Å)(Iobs,hkl)] 7.37(100,001), 3.623(25,111̅), 3.282(30,012), 2.724(30,120), 2.556(50,121), and 1.572(20,410). The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.041 on the basis of single-crystal X-ray diffraction data of 281 unique reflections up to (sin θ)/λ = 0.48 Å-1 [space group P3̅, a = 8.319(2), c = 7.377(3) Å, V= 442.1(1) Å3, Z = 1]. The atomic arrangement of bechererite is characterized by sheets of edge-sharing octahedra with ordered vacancies, interconnected by Zn2O7 groups. Isolated XO4 tetrahedra (X = S, Si) share a common comer with one O atom of the octahedral sheet. A complex system of hydrogen bonds occurs in bechererite.