Feodosiyite

Feodosiyite is a very rare chloride mineral, just recently approved,[1] with the formula Cu11Mg2Cl18(OH)8•16H2O. Its structure is unique.[2] Feodosiyite comes from the Tolbachik volcano, famous for many rare fumarolic minerals.[3] Chemically similar minerals, chlorides containing both copper and magnesium, include haydeeite, paratacamite-(Mg) and tondiite.[4]

Feodosiyite
General
CategoryHalide mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
Cu11Mg2Cl18(OH)8•16H2O
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP21/c
Unit cella = 12.90, b = 16.42
c = 11.96 [Å]; β = 113.69° (approximated)
Identification
References[1][2]

References

  1. "Feodosiyite: Feodosiyite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Vigasina, M.F., Britvin, S.N., Sidorov, E.G., and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. ,2015. Feodosiyite, IMA 2015-063. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1860; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
  3. "Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia - Mindat.org". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. "Haydeeite: Haydeeite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.


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