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Lahnsteinit X

Analysed with X-ray diffraction XRD

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Grube Jean Baptist, Kamariza, Laurion (Lavrion), Attika, Griechenland

Stephan Wolfsried

Contribution: Hg 2014-10-28

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

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Lahnsteinit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Grube Jean Baptist, Kamariza, Laurion (Lavrion), Attika, Griechenland

Fritz Schreiber

Contribution: Hg 2014-10-28

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

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Lahnsteinit xx, Gips xx

Fundort Lavrion-Jean Baptist, Attika/Griechenland; Bildbreite 2 mm erstellt aus 74 Aufnahmen mit der Stacking-Methode

Collection:

Karlheinz Grosch

Contribution: Karlheinz Grosch 2017-09-09

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

Collectors Summary

Color

farblos

Cleavages

vollkommen, Glimmer ähnlich

Crystal System

triklin, P1

Morphology

weiche tafelförmige Glimmer ähnliche Kristalle

Additional information / Summary

Chemisch verwandt mit Namuwit und Osakait

Chemism

Chemical formula

Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·3H₂O

Additional chem. information

Chemisch verwandt mit Namuwit und Osakait

Chemical composition

Zink, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 513.791054 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 30

Info

Empirical formula:

Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·3H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	2.35	12	40.00	1.0079470	12.0953640
Oxygen	O	40.48	13	43.33	15.9994300	207.9925900
Sulfur	S	6.24	1	3.33	32.0655000	32.0655000
Zinc	Zn	50.92	4	13.33	65.4094000	261.6376000

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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DD.50

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

Classification by Hölzel

7.DB.630

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
B: Langite-Group

IMA status

anerkannt - April 2012 - CNMNC Newsletter No. 13, June 2012, page 808; Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 807-817

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

farblos

Crystallography

Crystal System	triklin
Class (H-M)	1
Space Group number	1
Space Group	P1
Cell parameters a (Å)	8.313
Cell parameters b (Å)	14.545
Cell parameters c (Å)	18.504
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	0.572
Cell parameters c/b	1.272
Cell parameters α	89.72
Cell parameters β	90.5
Cell parameters γ	90.13
Z	8
Volumne (Å³)	2237.249
Kristall structure	Struktur bestimmt
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	9.30(100), 4.175(18), 3.476(19), 3.290(19), 2.723(57), 2.624(36), 2.503(35), 1.574(25)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)
Morphology	weiche tafelförmige Glimmer ähnliche Kristalle

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)
	3.051 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Cleavages	vollkommen, Glimmer ähnlich

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality	Deutschland /Rheinland-Pfalz /Rhein-Lahn-Kreis /Bad Ems /Grube Friedrichssegen
Type material	Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Collection number of type material	4252/1

Preface

Associations	Goethit, Hydrozinkit, Pyromorphit, Kupfer
Author (Name, Year)	Nikita V. Chukanov*, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Sergey M. Aksenov, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy, Günter Blass und Gerhard Möhn (2012)

References

Bear, I.J., Grey, I.E., Madsen, I.C., Newnham, I.E., Rogers, L.J. - Structures of the basic zinc sulfates 3Zn(OH)2·ZnSO4·mH2O, m = 3 and 5. Acta Crystallographica (1986), B42, 32-39.

Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Aksenov, S.M., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I. , Blass, G., Möhn, G. - Lahnsteinite, IMA 2012-002. CNMNC Newsletter No. 13, June 2012, page 813; Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (2012), 807-817.

Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Aksenov, S.M.,Chukanov, N.V., and I. A. Verin - Crystal Structure of a New Mineral Lahnsteinite, Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O. Kristallografia 57(5) (2012), 820-824.

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

Namuwite	(Zn,Cu)₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DD.50
Lahnsteinite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·3H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DD.50

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

Langite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O monoklin : m : Pc	7.DB.600
Posnjakite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O monoklin : m : Pa	7.DB.610
Wroewolfeite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O monoklin : m : Pc	7.DB.620
Lahnsteinite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·3H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.630
Namuwite	(Zn,Cu)₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DB.650
Osakaite	Zn₄SO₄(OH)₆·5H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.670

Other languages

German	Lahnsteinit
English	Lahnsteinite
Russian	Ланштайнит

IMA Number

IMA 2012-002

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