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Ferroberaunite from
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
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| Classification | |
| Species: | Ferroberaunite |
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O |
| Comments: | Beraunite was originally defined as a fully oxidised mineral, but was redefined by Fanfani and Zanazzi (1967), on the basis of a crystal structural analysis, as a mixed-valence iron phosphate and they left the original fully oxidized end-member unnamed. In essence, Fanfani and Zanazzi (1967) had discovered a new mineral species (ferroberaunite) but re-used a previous name. In the 19th century, both beraunite and eleonorite had been applied to the fully oxidized mineral. Eleonorite had been re-applied by the IMA to the oxidized end-member of the beraunite-eleonorite series. In the IMA 21-D redefinition the name beraunite was reapplied to the oxidised phase and the name ferroberaunite was created for the mixed-valence phase (Tvrdy et al., 2021). |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | |
| Strengite | ⓘ22 photos of Ferroberaunite associated with Strengite at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ4 photos of Ferroberaunite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Rockbridgeite | ⓘ3 photos of Ferroberaunite associated with Rockbridgeite at this locality. |
| Magnetite | ⓘ3 photos of Ferroberaunite associated with Magnetite at this locality. |
| Cacoxenite | ⓘ2 photos of Ferroberaunite associated with Cacoxenite at this locality. |
| Martite | ⓘ1 photo of Ferroberaunite associated with Martite at this locality. |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Ferroberaunite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (16 photos) |
| Data Identifiers | |
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1470476 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1470476:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c2bc195f-b842-4f7e-8265-a26daf96b2c4 |
| References | |
| Bjällerud, Carl-Gustav (1989) Phosphate Minerals from the Leveäniemi Iron Mine, Svappavaara, Sweden. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (5) 343-346 Augsten, R. (2009): Lapis 34, 20-23. [as beraunite, IMA 21-D redefinition = ferroberaunite] |