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Norsethite from
Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Norsethite
Formula:BaMg(CO3)2
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
BaO53.11 %
MgO11.28 %
MnO4.68 %
Total:69.07 %
Sample references:
1 -
Comments:Mn-, Ca-, and Fe-bearing varieties occur.
Habit:complex aggregates built by packets of fine platy crystals flattened on {0001}; sub-parallel aggregates of long prismatic crystals ending with sharp rhombohedra, which have faces c{0001}, m{1010} and a{1120}; clusters of needle prismatic crystals terminated by very sharp rhombohedra; spherulite aggregates with radiate fibrous structure.
Colour:pale yellow
Luminescent properties:weak dark red under UV = 366 nm, more brightly brownish red under UV = 254 nm.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Optical Analysis
XRD
SEM-EDS
Ion Microprobe
Infrared Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ1 photo of Norsethite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Norsethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135489
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135489:8
GUID (UUID V4):ebbc4584-fe2f-461c-93be-fbe853706ade
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Verlagsbuchhandlung 2009 Mn-rich norsethite from the Kremikovtsi ore deposit, Bulgaria Nikola Zidarov, Ognyan Petrov...Mn-rich norsethite, Ba(Mg, Mn)(CO3)2, is described for the ïŹrst time in Bulgaria, in the Kremikovtsi ore...diffraction study shows that the studied Mn-rich norsethite is trigonal, space group R3᎑ m with slightly...larger unit cell parameters than those of the norsethite – a = 5.0318(11) Å, c = 16.8705(15) Å, V = 369...solutions and deposition of Mn-rich norsethite and Ca-Mn-Fe bearing norsethite varieties in voids within the
Journal (issue)
mineral & lapidary society SMLS FIELD TRIP TO BULGARIA. Part 2 Journal 205 - January/February 2007 ...Journal 205 Jan/Feb 2007 SMLS COLLECTING TRIP TO BULGARIA: A BALKAN ADVENTURE, September 2006 Part 2. Mineral...Collecting, Purchasing and Exchanging The Republic of Bulgaria is situated in the south-east of the Balkan peninsula...almost entirely within the Alpine folded belt. Bulgaria covers part of the Moesian platform to the north...mineral deposits of Bulgaria www.bggems.com/priloj/prilo1.htm) We arrived in Sofia with the prospect of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00269-019-01038-w ORIGINAL PAPER Crystal structure of norsethite‑type BaMn(CO3)2 and its pressure‑induced transition...Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Single crystals of norsethite-type carbonate BaMn(CO3)2 up to 200 ÎŒm in size...from a pressure-induced transition. Keywords Norsethite-type BaMn(CO3)2 · Single crystal growth · Single...(Reeder 1983). As a typical double carbonate, norsethite BaMg(CO3)2 is a rare mineral existing sparsely...2009). Composition analysis of these natural norsethite carbonates revealed that ­Mg2+ cations were often
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatite at the Sevathur complex contains norsethite, calcioburbankite, and benstonite as inclusions...enrichment in their parental carbonatitic magma. Norsethite, calcioburbankite, and benstonite have not been...Keywords: dolomite carbonatites; pyrochlore; norsethite; benstonite; calcioburbankite; Sevathur; India...the first discovered carbonatite from Tamil Nadu province in 1966 by the State Geology Survey [2] (also...b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. b.d. Norsethite 0.58 1.25 b.d. b.d. 13.96 14.01 4.04 1.9 0.91
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kbar) earlier. The authors mentioned isotypy to norsethite, BaMg[CO3 ]2 . So far, the natural occurrence...Fukuoka, 1988). More recently, however, a Mn-rich norsethite (Ba(Mg,Mn)[CO3 ]2 ) was described from a hydrothermal...there is a solidsolution behavior between pure norsethite and the still unnamed BaMn double carbonate....carbonate geochemistry, because of its isotypy to norsethite the structural relation to the structure type...synthesized under similar conditions as described for norsethite (Lippmann, 1973; Böttcher, 2000). However, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Raman spectrum of synthetic BaMg(CO3)2 (norsethite) was carried out. Both double carbonates are...high pressure, high temperature, BaMg(CO3)2, norsethite. 1. Introduction formation of an ordered double...of the Raman spectrum of synthetic BaMg(CO3)2 (norsethite) was carried out for a direct comparison with...structurally very close to the rhombohedral mineral norsethite, BaMg(CO3)2. Although the natural occurrence...et al., 2012). In addition, a Mn(II)-bearing norsethite was recently described from a hydrothermal setting
Catalog/List
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014, Vol. 78(7), pp. 1589–1611 Synthetic norsethite, BaMg(CO3)2: revised crystal structure, thermal...of synthetic BaMg(CO3)2 whose mineral name is norsethite was re-investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction...displacement of the oxygen atom. K EY WORDS : norsethite, space-group symmetry, single-crystal X-ray data...05 # 2014 The Mineralogical Society mineral norsethite, BaMg(CO3)2, where Ba and Mg atoms coexist on...within the dolomite-related crystal structure. Norsethite is a rare mineral found only at a few localities
Book (volume)
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Book (edition)
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