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Mineralogical ClassificationPilanesbergite published
16th Jan 2024 19:40 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
Dal Bo, F., Friis, H., Elburg, M. A., Hatert, F., and Andersen, T.: Pilanesbergite: a new rock-forming mineral occurring in nepheline syenite from the Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex, South Africa, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 73–85, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-73-2024, 2024.
The new mineral pilanesbergite, with the ideal formula Na2Ca2Fe2Ti2(Si2O7)2O2F2, was found in a nepheline syenite, locally known as green foyaite, from the Pilanesberg Complex located in the North West Province of South Africa. Pilanesbergite occurs in green foyaite in association, and partly intergrown, with aegirine. The two minerals share an assemblage of inclusions, comprising euhedral nepheline, titanite and minor sodalite. Pilanesbergite belongs to the wöhlerite group and is isomorphic with låvenite, normandite and madeiraite. It is related to these species through the homovalent chemical substitutions http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M10" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml">Mn2+↔Fe2+" role="presentation"> and http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M11" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml">Zr4+↔Ti4+" role="presentation">. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 18 anions is Na2.00(Ca1.74Na0.26)Σ2.00(Fe1.00Mn0.52Ca0.49Zr0.05)Σ2.06(Ti1.69Zr0.14Mg0.09Nb0.08)Σ2.00(Si2O7)2.00O1.84F2.16 (Z=2). The new mineral is translucent with a brown orange colour and a brownish streak. The Mohs hardness is estimated between 5 and 6 by comparison with låvenite, and no cleavage is observed. Measured and calculated densities are Dmeas=3.47 g cm−3 and Dcalc=3.40 g cm−3. In the thin section the pleochroism is strong, between straw yellow and orange red, while in immersion the strong pleochroism is observed between light yellow (α) and yellowish orange (γ). The crystals are optically biaxial (+) with α=1.743(3), β=1.768(3), γ=1.795(5) and a 2 V angle close to 90∘. The crystal structure is monoclinic (P21/a), with the unit-cell parameters a=10.7811(2), b=9.7836(1), c=7.0348(1) Å, β=108.072(2)∘ and V=705.41(2) Å3, and has been refined to R1=2.06 %. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (h k l)] are 3.219 (60) (310), 2.851 (100) (12-2), 2.802 (51) (320), 2.743 (27) (22-2), 2.423 (19) (40-2) and 1.723 (19) (44-2). Pilanesbergite formed under relatively reducing conditions from an agpaitic nepheline syenite magma that had evolved by fractional crystallization mainly of aegirine. Further crystallization of arfvedsonite caused an increase in oxygen fugacity and a change towards higher http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M57" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml">Mn/Mn+Fe" role="presentation"> of the magma, causing a change of mineral composition from pilanesbergite towards normandite.
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