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Zincolivenite

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Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
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Formula:
CuZn(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
System:Orthorhombic
Name:In allusion to its composition, containing ZINC, and its relationship to olivenite.


Olivenite Group.

Structurally distinct, intermediate member of the solid solution series between Olivenite and Adamite with a Zn:Cu ratio of (ideally) 1:1; Zn and Cu atoms are ordered on two different sites in the crystal structure. Chukanov et al. (2007) suggest the following compositional ranges for zincolivenite: Cu0.5Zn1.5(AsO4)(OH)-Cu1.5Zn0.5(AsO4)(OH).

Note that prior to the approval of zincolivenite 'zinc-olivenite' or 'Zn-olivenite' were also used for Zn-bearing olivenites with unspecified Zn:Cu ratios.

Arsenate analog of Zincolibethenite.

Classification of Zincolivenite

IMA status:Approved 2006
Strunz 9th edition ID:8.BB.30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BB.30

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
B : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:41.6.5.6

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
6 : A2(XO4)Zq
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Type Occurrence of Zincolivenite

Type Locality:Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Crystallography of Zincolivenite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:Pnnm (P21/n 21/n 2/m)
Cell Parameters:a = 8.5839Å, b = 8.529Å, c = 5.9696Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.006 : 1 : 0.7
Unit Cell Volume:V 437.05 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Comment:Pseudotetragonal metrics
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
6.00 (54)
4.860 (64)
3.002 (100)
2.690 (67)
2.662 (53)
2.456 (94)
2.437 (86)
1.604 (49)

Optical Data of Zincolivenite

Type:Biaxial

Chemical Properties of Zincolivenite

Formula:
CuZn(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
Essential elements:
All elements listed in formula:As, Cu, H, O, Zn

Relationship of Zincolivenite to other Species

Related to:
  • Olivenite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
    8.BB.05Amblygonite
    (Li,Na)Al[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.05Montebrasite
    LiAl[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.05Tavorite
    LiFe
    3+
     
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.10Triplite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.10Zwieselite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.10IMA2004-009
    Mg
     
    2
    		[PO
     
    4
    		](OH)
    8.BB.15Sarkinite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.15Triploidite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.15Wagnerite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.15Wolfeite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.15Stanĕkite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		(Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)[O|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.15Joosteite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		(Mn
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]O
    8.BB.20Holtedahlite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.20Satterlyite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(OH,O)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.25Althausite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.30Adamite
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    8.BB.30Eveite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.30Libethenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.30Olivenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.30Zincolibethenite
    CuZnPO
     
    4
    		OH
    8.BB.35Paradamite
    Zn
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.35Tarbuttite
    Zn
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.BB.40Barbosalite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.40Hentschelite
    CuFe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.40Lazulite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.40Scorzalite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.40Wilhelmkleinite
    ZnFe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.45Trolleite
    Al
     
    4
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    8.BB.50Namibite
    Cu(BiO)
     
    2
    		(VO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    8.BB.55Phosphoellenbergerite
    Mg
     
    14
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(HPO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		]
    8.BB.60Urusovite
    Cu[AlAsO
     
    5
    		]
    8.BB.65Theoparacelsite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|As
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    8.BB.70Turanite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|VO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.75Stoiberite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    8.BB.80Fingerite
    Cu
     
    11
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		]
    8.BB.85Averievite
    Cu
     
    6
    		[O
     
    2
    		|Cl
     
    2
    		|(VO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    8.BB.90Lipscombite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.BB.90Richellite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    10
    		[(OH,F)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    4
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O (not confirmed)
    8.BB.90Zinclipscombite
    ZnFe
    3+
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2

    Other Names for Zincolivenite

    Synonyms:
    IMA2006-047
    German names:
    ZincolivenitZinkolivenit

    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 Zincolivenite

    Reference List:Mincheva-Stefanova, I., Panchev, B., Bonev, Iv. & Punev, L. (1965): X-ray diffraction determination of chemical composition of intermediate members of the olivenite-adamite series. Izv. Geol. Inst. Bulgar. Akad. Nauk 14, 91-106. (in Bulgarian.)

    Toman, K. (1978): Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions. Acta Crystallogr., B34, 715-721.

    Walenta, K. & Greil, P. (1979): Pseudotetragonaler Cuproadamin. - Chem. Erde 38, 218-222.

    Braithwaite, R. S. W (1983): Infrared spectroscopy analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite. Mineral. Mag., 47, 51-57.

    Chisholm, J. E. (1985): Cation segregation and oxygen-hydrogen stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series. Phys. Chem. Mineral. 12, 185-190.

    Wieser, T. & Zabinski, W. (1986): Copper arsenate and sulphate minerals from Miedzianka near Kielce (Poland). Mineralogica Polonica 17 (1), 17-42. [optical properties of intermediate members]

    Katerinopoulos, A. (1996): Adamite from the Lavrion mines. Oryktos Ploutos 99, 21-28. (in Greek.)

    Gołębiowska B., A. Pieczka, & W. Franus (2006): "Olivenite-adamite solid solution from oxidation zone in Redziny (West Sudetes, Poland)": Mineralogia Polonica 37, 101-111.

    Chukanov, N.V., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Pasero, M., Merlino, S., Möckel, S., Rabadanov, M.Kh., Belakovskiy, D.I. (2007): Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH): A new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 415A, 841-845.

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    Localities for Zincolivenite

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    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Calw
    		Lapis 32 (12) 58 (Steffen Möckel information)
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		Uwe Kolitsch (single-crystal XRD + optics); Lapis 32 (6) 12 (ad); Lapis 32 (12) 58 (Steffen Möckel information)
        • Zell am Harmersbach
          • Nordrach
            • Grunern
    		Lapis 32 (12) 58 (Steffen Möckel information)
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District Mines
    		Chukanov, N.V., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Pasero, M., Merlino, S., Möckel, S., Rabadanov, M.Kh., Belakovskiy, D.I. (2007): Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH): A new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 415A, 841-845.
    Namibia
     
    • Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region
      • Tsumeb
    		Lapis 32 (12) 58 (Steffen Möckel information)
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Rudawy Janowickie Mts
        • Czarnów
          • Rędziny
    		Gołębiowska B., A. Pieczka, & W. Franus: "Olivenite-adamite solid solution from oxidation zone in Redziny (West Sudetes, Poland)": Mineralogia Polonica 37 (2006) 101-111.
    • Świętokrzyskie
      • Świętokrzyskie Mts (Holy Cross Mts)
        • Kielce District
          • Chęciny
    		WIESER, T. & ZABINSKI, W. (1986): Copper arsenate and sulphate minerals from Miedzianka near Kielce (Poland). Mineralogica Polonica 17 (1), 17-42.
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
    		Chukanov, N.V., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Pasero, M., Merlino, S., Möckel, S., Rabadanov, M.Kh., Belakovskiy, D.I. (2007): Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH): A new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 415A, 841-845.
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Almería
        • Bédar
          • El Pinar de Bédar
    		Viñals, J., Calvo, M. and Martí, J. (2008). Minerales de Pb y Cu en las minas de Pinar de Bédar, Almería. Revista de Minerales, 3 (5), 6-13
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