Abellaite (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species

About AbellaiteHide

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Colour:

Colourless to white

Specific Gravity:

5.93 (Calculated)

Name:

Named in honour of Catalan gemmologist Joan Abella i Creus (born 13 December 1968, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain) who has long studied the minerals of the Eureka mine and also found the mineral.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:47008:3

09456ce9-e11d-4698-8d93-91fcbb2181d8

IMA Classification of AbellaiteHide

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Type description reference:

Ibáñez-Insa J., Elvira J.J., Llovet X., Pérez-Cano J., Oriols N., Busquets-Masó M., Hernández S. (2017): Abellaite, NaPb2(CO3)2(OH), a new supergene mineral from the Eureka mine, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. European Journal of Mineralogy: 29: 915-922.

Classification of AbellaiteHide

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5.BE.X

5 : CARBONATES (NITRATES)
B : Carbonates with additional anions, without H2O
E : With Pb, Bi

Mineral SymbolsHide

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Physical Properties of AbellaiteHide

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Comment:

Vitreous to nacreous lustre

Colour:

Colourless to white

Comment:

The aggregates of microcrystals are highly friable.

Density:

5.93 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Chemistry of AbellaiteHide

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Mindat Formula:

NaPb2(CO3)2(OH)

Crystallography of AbellaiteHide

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Class (H-M):

6_m_ m - Dihexagonal Pyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.254(2) Å, c = 13.450(5) Å

Morphology:

As coatings consisting of subhedral crystals; hexagonal platelets (up to ∼30 μm); Individual crystals: Tabular to lamellar habit and forming disordered aggregates.

Comment:

Note on the space group. The authors assumed the space group given by Krivovichev and Burns (2000) is correct and that the space group P31c given by Belokoneva et al. (2002) is incorrect, because "(...) application of the Addsym tool from the Platon program (Spek, 2009) indicates that the P31c structure has missing symmetries, which does not occur in the case of the P63mc structure." Belokoneva et al. (2002) give the unit-cell parameters a = 5.268(4) and c = 13.48(1) Å.

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Type Occurrence of AbellaiteHide

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General Appearance of Type Material:

As sparse coatings concisting of subhedral crystals not larger than 10 μm as well as larger hexagonal platelets up to ∼30 μm

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, specimen number MGB 26.350

Empirical Formula of Type Material:

Na0.96Ca0.04Pb1.98(CO3)2(OH)

Chemical Analysis of Type Material:

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Ibáñez-Insa J., Elvira J.J., Llovet X., Pérez-Cano J., Oriols N., Busquets-Masó M., Hernández S. (2017): Abellaite, NaPb2(CO3)2(OH), a new supergene mineral from the Eureka mine, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. European Journal of Mineralogy: 29: 915-922

Synonyms of AbellaiteHide

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Common AssociatesHide

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Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

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Fluorescence of AbellaiteHide

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Other InformationHide

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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 AbellaiteHide

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References for AbellaiteHide

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Reference List:

Belokoneva, E. L., Al’-Ama, A. G., Dimitrova, O. V., Kurazhkovskaya, V. S., Stefanovich, S. Yu. (2002) Synthesis and crystal structure of new carbonate NaPb2(CO3)2(OH) Crystallography Reports, 47 (2) 217-222 doi:10.1134/1.1466495

**Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Brandstätter, F., Schreiber, F., Fabritz, K. H., Blaß, G., Gröbner, J. (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II) Mineralien-Welt, 25 (2) 82-95 **As unnamed Na-Pb-carbonate

Ibáñez-Insa J., Elvira J.J., Llovet X., Pérez-Cano J., Oriols N., Busquets-Masó M., Hernández S. (2017): Abellaite, NaPb2(CO3)2(OH), a new supergene mineral from the Eureka mine, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. European Journal of Mineralogy: 29: 915-922.

Siidra, Oleg, Nekrasova, Diana, Depmeier, Wulf, Chukanov, Nikita, Zaitsev, Anatoly, Turner, Rick (2018) Hydrocerussite-related minerals and materials: structural principles, chemical variations and infrared spectroscopy. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 74 (2). 182-195 doi:10.1107/s2052520618000768

Localities for AbellaiteHide

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Locality ListHide

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- 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.