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Glaukokerinit (SNr: A003528)

vom Bergbaurevier Kamariza bei Laurion, Attika, Griechenland; kugelige blaugrüne Kristalle; BB = 9.0 mm

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Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter

Hannes Osterhammer

Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2017-03-04

Locality: Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Glaukokerinit

Grünlich-blaues Glaukokerinit-Aggregat, 2 cm Bildbreite; Fundort: Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland

JHM

Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-04-24

Locality: Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Glaukokerinit

Serpieri, Kamariza, Laurion (Lavrion), Attika, Griechenland. Bildbreite 20 mm

Collection:

Ulrich Baumgärtl

Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2014-03-07

Locality: Serpieri Mine / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Glaukokerinit

Stufengröße: 5 x 4 cm; Fundort:Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland

JHM

Contribution: JHM 2005-11-20

Locality: Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Glaukokerinit

Bildbreite: 15 mm; Fundort: Jean Baptist Mine, Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland

Fritz Schreiber

Contribution: Hg 2007-05-06

Locality: Jean Baptist Mine / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Glaucocerinit

Größe: 90x60 mm; Fundort: Hilarion-Stollen, Kamariza, Lavrion, Attika, Griechenland

Paul Bongaerts

Contribution: slugslayer 2010-01-21

Locality: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion-Stollen, Mine Nr. 50) / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Collectors Summary

Color

weiß, himmelblau, grau, grünlich, bräunlich

Streak color

bläulichweiß

Hardness (Mohs)

Cleavages

{???} vollkommen

Solubility

+++ Säuren

Crystal System

hexagonal,

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2}

Empirical formula (analysis)

(Zn_0.6Al_0.4)(SO₄)_0.2(OH)₂·1.2H₂O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Zink, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 124.88404208 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 9.6

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Empirical formula:

(Zn_0.6Al_0.4)(SO₄)_0.2(OH)₂·1.2H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	3.55	4.4	45.83	1.0079470	4.4349668
Oxygen	O	51.25	4	41.67	15.9994300	63.9977200
Aluminium	Al	8.64	0.4	4.17	26.9815382	10.7926153
Sulfur	S	5.14	0.2	2.08	32.0655000	6.4131000
Zinc	Zn	31.43	0.6	6.25	65.4094000	39.2456400

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Analysis wt%

CuO : 11.60, ZnO : 28.70, Al₂O₃ : 15.40, SO₃ : 11.80, H₂O : 30.90 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 85)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DD.35

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
D: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) mit weitere Anionen, mit H₂O
D: mit mittelgroßen Kationen; Lagen von kantenverknüpften Oktaedern
35:Woodwardit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/D.08-110

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
D: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, mit fremden Anionen
8: Mittelgroße Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.DD.230

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
D: Sulfate-Hydrotalcites

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Hydrotalcite Supergroup ⇒ Glaucocerinite Group

Optical Properties

Color	weiß, himmelblau, grau, grünlich, bräunlich
Streak color	bläulichweiß
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	transparent
max. Birefringence	0.022
	$Birefringence chart\! Glaucocerinite title=Birefringence chart Glaucocerinite$ Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.
RI value α / ω / n	1.540
RI value β	1.554
RI value γ / ε	1.562
Ri mean	1.547
2V angle	Biaxial (-) 60°~

Crystallography

Crystal System	hexagonal
Cell parameters a (Å)	3.070
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	32.65
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	10.635
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	120°
Z	3
Volumne (Å³)	266.496
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	10.9(100), 5.45(90), 3.63(80), 2.62(60), 2.46(60), 2.231(50), 1.981(50), 1.535(40)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	1
Density (g/cm³)	2.4
	2.334 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Cleavages	{???} vollkommen
Instability	+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

Griechenland /Attika (Attikí, Attica)/Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt /Kamariza /Serpieri Mine

Preface

Name from	Aus dem griechischen γλαυκός für "himmelsblau" und κήρινος für "Wachs ähnlich", eine Anspielung auf die Erscheinung.
Author (Name, Year)	Dittler & Koechlin, 1932

References

Mineralogical Magazine 49 (1985), 583

IMA group assignments

Hydrotalcite Supergroup

Glaucocerinite Group

Carrboydite

(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O

hexagonal

Glaucocerinite

(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2}

hexagonal

Hydrohonessite

(Ni_1-x Fe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x < 0.5} {n > 3x/2}

hexagonal

Mountkeithite

(Mg,Ni)₁₁(Fe³⁺,Cr,Al)₃(OH)₂₄(SO₄,CO₃)_3.5·11H₂O

hexagonal

Zincaluminite

Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O

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Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Shigaite	NaMn₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Honessite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n<3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Wermlandite	(Ca,Mg)Mg₇(Al,Fe³⁺)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·12H₂O trigonal : 3m : P3c1	7.DD.35
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Motukoreaite	Mg₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
Nikischerite	NaFe₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Mountkeithite	(Mg,Ni)₁₁(Fe³⁺,Cr,Al)₃(OH)₂₄(SO₄,CO₃)_3.5·11H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	7.DD.35
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrohonessite	(Ni_1-x Fe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x < 0.5} {n > 3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite'		7.DD.35
'Natroglaucocerinite'	NaZn₅Al₃[(OH)₁₆\|(SO₄)₂]·6H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DD.35
Zincowoodwardit-1R	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O] _{{x = 0.32-0.50}}	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite-3R'	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O {x=0.32-0.50} trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Bechererite	Zn₇Cu[(OH)₁₃\|SiO(OH)₃\|SO₄] trigonal : 3, 3 : P3, P3	VI/D.08-005
Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	VI/D.08-010
Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VI/D.08-020
Carbonatecyanotrichite	Cu₄²⁺Al₂(CO₃,SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	VI/D.08-030
Camérolaite	Cu₄Al₂[HSbO₄,SO₄]OH₁₀(CO₃)·2H₂O monoklin : 2, 2/m : P2₁, P2₁/m	VI/D.08-035
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-040
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	VI/D.08-042
'Zincowoodwardite'		VI/D.08-045
Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2 : P2₁	VI/D.08-050
Kyrgyzstanite	ZnAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	VI/D.08-055
'Nickelalumite'	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(SO₄),(NO₃)₂](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	VI/D.08-060
Mbobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-070
Hydrombobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·13-14H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-080
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-090
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	VI/D.08-100
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	VI/D.08-110

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	7.DD.200
Bechererite	Zn₇Cu[(OH)₁₃\|SiO(OH)₃\|SO₄] trigonal : 3, 3 : P3, P3	7.DD.210
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.230
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.235
'Natroglaucocerinite'	NaZn₅Al₃[(OH)₁₆\|(SO₄)₂]·6H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DD.240
Zincowoodwardit-1R	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O] _{{x = 0.32-0.50}}	7.DD.250
'Zincowoodwardite-3R'	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O {x=0.32-0.50} trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.255
Shigaite	NaMn₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.270
Nikischerite	NaFe₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.275

Other languages

Spanish	Glaucocerinita
English	Glaucocerinite
French	Glaucocerinite
German	Glaukokerinit
Russian	Глаукокеринит

Alternative Name

	Glaucocerinit
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