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Liskeardite

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Penberthy Croft Mine (Wheal Fancy), St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
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Formula:
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
3
[(OH)
 
6
|AsO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
Colour:White, greenish, bluish, ...
Name:After the locality at Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK.


A secondary mineral resulting from the oxidation of arsenic-bearing sulfides.

Classification of Liskeardite

IMA status:Questionable/Doubtful
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/D.23-40
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.DF.10

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
D : Phosphates, etc. with additional anions, with H2O
F : With only medium-sized cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 > 3:1
Dana 8th edition ID:42.1.1.1

42 : HYDRATED PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : A3(XO4)Zq·xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:20.9.14

20 : Arsenates (also arsenates with phosphate, but without other anions)
9 : Arsenates of Fe
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Type Occurrence of Liskeardite

Type Locality:Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhorne, Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Place of Conservation of Type Material:The Natural History Museum, London, England, UK - #50821.
Year of Discovery:1878
Associated Minerals at type locality:
ScoroditeQuartzPyriteChalcopyriteArsenopyrite

Physical Properties of Liskeardite

Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:White, greenish, bluish, brownish; colourless in transmitted light.

Crystallography of Liskeardite

Morphology:Massive, crusts with a radial-fibrous structure.

Optical Data of Liskeardite

Type:Biaxial (+)
RI values: nα = 1.661 nβ = 1.675 nγ = 1.689
2V:Measured: 90° , Calculated: 88°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.028

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:r < v strong

Chemical Properties of Liskeardite

Formula:
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
3
[(OH)
 
6
|AsO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Al, As, H, O
All elements listed in formula:Al, As, Fe, H, O

Relationship of Liskeardite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.DF.05Hotsonite
Al
 
11
[(OH)
 
21
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
|(PO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 16H
 
2
O
8.DF.10Bolivarite
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
3
|PO
 
4
] · 4-5H
 
2
O
8.DF.10Evansite
Al
 
3
[(OH)
 
6
|PO
 
4
] · 6H
 
2
O
8.DF.10Rosièresite
(Pb, Cu, Al, P, O, H)
8.DF.15Rusakovite
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
5
[(OH)
 
9
|(VO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 3H
 
2
O
8.DF.20Liroconite
Cu
 
2
Al[(OH)
 
4
|AsO
 
4
] · 4H
 
2
O
8.DF.25Sieleckiite
Cu
 
3
Al
 
4
[(OH)
 
6
|PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.DF.30Chalcophyllite
Cu
 
18
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
9
|SO
 
4
|AsO
 
4
]
 
3
 · 33H
 
2
O
8.DF.35Parnauite
Cu
 
9
[(OH)
 
10
|SO
 
4
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 7H
 
2
O
8.DF.40Gladiusite
Fe
 
2
(Fe,Mg)
 
4
(PO
 
4
)(OH)
 
11
(H
 
2
O)
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
20.9.1Angelellite
Fe
3+
4
[O
 
3
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
]
20.9.2Scorodite
Fe
3+
 
AsO
 
4
·2H
 
2
O
20.9.3Kaňkite
FeAsO
 
4
·3.5H
 
2
O
20.9.4Ferrisymplesite
Fe
3+
3
[(OH)
 
3
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 5H
 
2
O
20.9.5Kaatialaite
Fe(H
 
2
AsO
 
4
)
 
3
·5H
 
2
O
20.9.6Symplesite
Fe
2+
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.9.7Parasymplesite
Fe
2+
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.9.8Natropharmacosiderite
(Na,K)Fe
3+
4
[(OH)
 
4
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 6-7H
 
2
O
20.9.9Pharmacosiderite
KFe
3+
4
[(OH)
 
4
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 6-7H
 
2
O
20.9.10Kolfanite
Ca
 
2
Fe
3+
2
[O
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 2H
 
2
O
20.9.11Arseniosiderite
Ca
 
2
Fe
3+
3
[O
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 3H
 
2
O
20.9.12Yukonite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
 
[(OH)
 
3
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 5H
 
2
O
20.9.13Dussertite
BaFe
3+
3
[(OH)
 
5
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
]
20.9.15Mapimite
Zn
 
2
Fe
3+
3
[(OH)
 
4
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 10H
 
2
O
20.9.16Ogdensburgite
Ca
 
2
Fe
3+
4
(Zn,Mn
2+
 
)[(OH)
 
3
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
]
 
2
 · 6H
 
2
O
20.9.17Walentaite
H(Ca,Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)Fe
3+
3
[(AsO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)]
 
4
 · 7H
 
2
O

Other Names for Liskeardite

Other Languages:
German:Liskeardit
Spanish:Liskeardita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Liskeardite

Reference List:Maskelyne (1878) Nature: 18: 426.

Flight (1883) Journal of the Chemical Society, London: 43: 140.

Lacroix (1901) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 24: 27.

Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 101.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 924.

Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie (1952): 75: 71.

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    Localities for Liskeardite

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    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
          • Gwennap - St Day Area
            • St Day
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        • Liskeard District
          • Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor)
            • Linkinhorne
    		Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie (1952): 75: 71.
        • Mount's Bay District
          • St Hilary
    		No reference listed
        • St Erth - Gwithian Area
          • Gwinear
            • Fraddam
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