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Katerinopoulosite

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Bildbreite 5,8 mm, Aufnahmen 82 mit der Focus-Stacking-Technik,; Fundort: Lavrion-Esperanza, Sammlung Kh. Grosch
Collection: Karlheinz Grosch
Copyright: Karlheinz Grosch
Contribution: Karlheinz Grosch 2018-11-19
Locality: Esperanza Mine / Km 3, Revier / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

Collectors Summary

Crystal System monoklin, P21/a

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

(NH4)2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O

Empir­ical formula (anal­y­sis)

H0.13(NH4)1.91(Zn0.86Ni0.10Cu0.02)(SO4)2.00·6.75H2O

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Zink, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Stickstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 411.70681239 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 40.91

Info

Empirical formula:

H0.13(NH4)1.91(Zn0.86Ni0.10Cu0.02)(SO4)2.00·6.75H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

5.21

21.27

51.99

1.0079470

21.4390327
Nitrogen

N

6.50

1.91

4.67

14.0067200

26.7528352
Oxygen

O

57.32

14.75

36.05

15.9994300

235.9915925
Sulfur

S

15.58

2

4.89

32.0655000

64.1310000
Nickel

Ni

1.43

0.1

0.24

58.6934200

5.8693420
Copper

Cu

0.31

0.02

0.05

63.5463000

1.2709260
Zinc

Zn

13.66

0.86

2.10

65.4094000

56.2520840

Anal­y­sis wt%

SO3 38.33,
(NH4)2O 11.9,
NiO 1.82,
CuO 0.37,
ZnO 16.83,
H2O 29.4,
Total 98.6

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

7.CC.60

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
C: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, mit H2O
C: Mit mittelgroßen und großen [Kationen]
60:Pikromerit-Gruppe

IMA sta­tus

anerkannt - CNMNC Newsletter 37 (2017)

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

max. Birefrin­gence

0.01
Birefringence chart\! Katerinopoulosite title=Birefringence chart Katerinopoulosite

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

α = 1.492(2)

RI value β

β = 1.496(2)

RI value γ / ε

γ = 1.502(2)

2V angle

Biaxial (+), 80(5)° (gemessen), 79° (berechnet)

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

9.230(6)

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

12.476(4)

Cell param­e­ters c (Å)

6.249(4)

Cell param­e­ters a/b or c/a

0.74

Cell param­e­ters c/b

0.501

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

106.79(5)°

Cell param­e­ters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

688.918

Kristall struc­ture

Zn Analog von Boussingaultit

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

6.00(18), 5.400(37), 4.411(19), 4.314(19), 4.229(24), 4.161(100), 3.749(53), 3.034(29)
XRD chart Katerinopoulosite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

1.97(2) (gemessen), 1.986 (berechnet)

1.985 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Griechenland/Attika (Attikí, Attica)/Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt/Km 3, Revier/Esperanza Mine

Type mate­r­ial

Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskau, Russland

Col­lec­tion number of type mate­r­ial

5014/1

Preface

Name from

Das Mineral wird zu Ehren des bekannten griechischen Geologen und Mineralogen Prof. Dr. Athanassios Katerinopoulos benannt.

Author (Name, Year)

Nikita V. Chukanov, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Sergey N. Britvin, Panagiotis Voudouris, Andreas Magganas und Vasileios Stergiou (2017)

References

Chukanov, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Britvin, S.N., Voudouris, P., Magganas, A. and Stergiou, V. (2017) Katerinopoulosite, IMA 2017-004. CNMNC Newsletter No. 37, June 2017, page 739; Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 737–742

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Picromerite

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Cyanochroite

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Boussingaultite

(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/a

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Katerinopoulosite

(NH4)2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O

monoklin : 2/m : P21/a

7.CC.60

Nickelpicromerite

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IMA Number

IMA 2017-004

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