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Maricopaite

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Maricopait
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Maricopait
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Leonardus; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Big Horn Mts/Osborn District/Moon Anchor Mine
Mineral: Maricopaite
Image: 1218134711
Rating: 7.5 (votes: 2)
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Maricopait

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2008-08-07
Locality: Moon Anchor Mine / Osborn District / Big Horn Mts / Maricopa Co. / Arizona / USA
Maricopait
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Maricopait
Bildbreite: 13 mm, Fundort: Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: thdun5
Location: USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Big Horn Mts/Osborn District/Moon Anchor Mine
Mineral: Maricopaite
Image: 1279973503
Rating: 7.33 (votes: 3)
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Maricopait

Bildbreite: 13 mm, Fundort: Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: thdun5 2010-07-24
Locality: Moon Anchor Mine / Osborn District / Big Horn Mts / Maricopa Co. / Arizona / USA
Maricopait
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Maricopait
von der Moon Anchor Mine im Maricopa County, Arizona; nadelige farblose Kristalle, als Begleiter Mimetesit, BB = 6 mm
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A000087, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Big Horn Mts/Osborn District/Moon Anchor Mine
Mineral: Maricopaite
Image: 1463651655
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Maricopait (SNr: A000087)

von der Moon Anchor Mine im Maricopa County, Arizona; nadelige farblose Kristalle, als Begleiter Mimetesit, BB = 6 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2016-05-19
Locality: Moon Anchor Mine / Osborn District / Big Horn Mts / Maricopa Co. / Arizona / USA
Maricopait
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Maricopait
USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah, Moon Anchor Mine. Bildbreite 0,8 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah-Belmont Mine
Mineral: Maricopaite
Image: 1627895646
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Maricopait

USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah, Moon Anchor Mine. Bildbreite 0,8 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2021-08-02
Locality: Tonopah-Belmont Mine / Belmont Mountain / Maricopa Co. / Arizona / USA
Maricopait
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Maricopait
USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah, Moon Anchor Mine. Bildbreite 1,2 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah-Belmont Mine
Mineral: Maricopaite
Image: 1627895896
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Maricopait

USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Belmont Mountain/Tonopah, Moon Anchor Mine. Bildbreite 1,2 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2021-08-02
Locality: Tonopah-Belmont Mine / Belmont Mountain / Maricopa Co. / Arizona / USA

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color weiß, farblos
Streak color weiß
Lustre Seidenglanz, Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 1.00 - 2.00
Cleavages unvollkommen {010}
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Cm2m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2Pb7(Si36,Al12)(O,OH)99·n(H2O,OH)

Empirical formula (analysis)

Pb7.2Ca2.2(Al11.6Si36.4)O99.6·31.8H2O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Blei, Calcium, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 5081.81414632 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 252.4

Info

Empirical formula:

Pb7.2Ca2.2(Al11.6Si36.4)O99.6·31.8H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.26

63.6

25.20

1.0079470

64.1054292
Oxygen

O

41.37

131.4

52.06

15.9994300

2,102.3251020
Aluminium

Al

6.16

11.6

4.60

26.9815382

312.9858431
Silicon

Si

20.12

36.4

14.42

28.0855300

1,022.3132920
Calcium

Ca

1.74

2.2

0.87

40.0784000

88.1724800
Lead

Pb

29.36

7.2

2.85

207.2100000

1,491.9120000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 42.00, Al2O3 : 11.40, CaO : 2.40, PbO : 30.80, H2O : 11.00 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 88)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.GD.35

9: Silikate (Germanate)
G: Gerüstsilikate (Tektosilikate) mit zeolithischem H2O; Familie der Zeolithe
D: Ketten von fünfer-Ringen
35:Mordenit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/H.35-020

VIII: SILIKATE
H: Schichtsilikate
35: Schichtsilikate mit anderen Einfachschichten [Si6O15] 6- u.a.

Classification by Hölzel

9.FM.150

9: SILICATES
F: Tektosilicates
M: Mordenite-Group

Dana 8th edition

77.01.06.03

77: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group
01: Tektosilicates Tectosilicate Zeolite group true zeolites
06: Mordenite and related species

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Zeolite group  ⇒ MOR zeolite structure group

Optical Properties

Color

weiß, farblos

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend, transparent

Lustre

Seidenglanz, Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.029
Birefringence chart\! Maricopaite title=Birefringence chart Maricopaite

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

1.563

RI value β

1.582

RI value γ / ε

1.592

Ri mean

1.579

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 70° (gemessen) 71.9 (berechnet)

Orientation

X = a, Y = c, Z = b

Dispersion

stark, r > v

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mm2

Space Group number

38

Space Group

Cm2m

Cell parameters a (Å)

19.434

Cell parameters b (Å)

19.702

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.538

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.986

Cell parameters c/b

0.383

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

1

Volume (ų)

2886.215

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

13.7(100),
9.86(40),
4.79(20),
4.35(30),
3.357(40),
3.216(50),
2.978(40),
2.845(40)
XRD chart Maricopaite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

1.00 - 2.00

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

18 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.94 (gemessen)

2.924 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

unvollkommen {010}

Tenacity

bröselig

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Arizona/Maricopa Co./Big Horn Mts/Osborn District/Moon Anchor Mine

Preface

Occurrences

in hydrothermalen Pb-Cu-Erzadern als Beschichtung und Füllung in Rissen von Quarz

Associations

Cerussit, Mimetesit, Fornacit, Phönikochroit, Duftit, Chrysokoll, Wickenburgit, Calcit, Fluorit, Quarz

Author (Name, Year)

Peacor & Dunn & Simmons & Wicks & Raudsepp, 1988

References

Canadian Mineralogist 26 (1988), 309

IMA group assignments

 
Zeolite group
 
 
 

 
 
MOR zeolite structure group
 
 
 

 
 
 
Maricopaite
Ca2Pb7(Si36,Al12)(O,OH)99·n(H2O,OH)
orthorhombisch
Cm2m

 
 
 
Mordenite
(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O
orthorhombisch
Cmc21

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Actuality: 13. Sep 2024 - 04:51:49

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CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mrp

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) Yl_ewTk7zU2dW1FH3L2yhw
GUID (Global unique identifier) C1DE5F62-3B39-4DCD-9D5B-5147DCBDB287
Database ID 2394