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Roméite Group

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System:IsometricColour:Yellowish to reddish ...
Hardness:5½ - 6½
Member of:Pyrochlore Supergroup
Name:
The name is after Jean Baptiste Louis Romé de L'Isle (1736-1790), eminent early French crystallographer.


The nomenclature was recently revised by Atencio et al. (2010).

Classification of Roméite Group

IMA status:Group Name 2010
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/0.0-
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.00.

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
0 :
0 :
Dana 8th edition ID:44.1.1.3

44 : ANTIMONATES
1 : A2X2O6(O,OH,F)
Hey's CIM Ref.:24.2.3

24 : Antimonates and Antimonites
2 : Antimonates of Be, Mg, Ca, Zn or Hg
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Type Occurrence of Roméite Group

Type Locality:Prabornaz Mine (ex Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Natural History Museum, Paris, France: #41.151, #41.152.
Year of Discovery:1841

Occurrences of Roméite Group

Geological Setting:Metamorphosed hydrothermal manganese deposits

Physical Properties of Roméite Group

Lustre:Sub-Adamantine, Vitreous, Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:Yellowish to reddish brown, dark brown, red, light yellow
Streak:Nearly colourless, pale yellow.
Hardness (Mohs):5½ - 6½
Cleavage:Poor/Indistinct
On {111}, poor.
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven, Splintery
Density (measured):4.95 - 5.41 g/cm3
Density (calculated):5.28 g/cm3

Crystallography of Roméite Group

Crystal System:Isometric
Class (H-M):m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral
Space Group:Fd3m {F41/d 3 2/m}
Space Group Setting:Fd3m
Cell Parameters:a = 10.28(4) Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,086.37 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:8
Morphology:Crystals octahedra, exhibiting subordinate forms {001}, {110}, {112}, {113}, and {133}. Crystalline aggregates, massive.
Twinning:Rare on {111}.
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Romeite no.1 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Romeite no.3 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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Optical Data of Roméite Group

Type:Isotropic
RI values: n = 1.817 - 1.854
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.000 - Isotropic minerals have no birefringence
Surface Relief:Very High
Comments:May be anomalously biaxial, weak to moderate, and which may be distributed in zones or sectors.

The indices of refraction vary markedly with composition (e.g.: 1.817 to 1.88).

Relationship of Roméite Group to other Species

Member of:Pyrochlore Supergroup
Other Members of Group:

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Group Members:
Cuproroméite
Cu
 
2
Sb
 
2
(O,OH)
 
7
Fluorcalcioroméite
(Ca,Sb
3+
 
)
 
2
(Sb
5+
 
,Ti)
 
2
O
 
6
F
Fluornatroroméite
(Na,Ca)
 
2
Sb
 
2
(O,OH)
 
6
F
Hydroxycalcioroméite
(Ca,Sb
3+
 
)
 
2
(Sb
5+
 
,Ti)
 
2
O
 
6
(OH)
Oxycalcioroméite
Ca
 
2
Sb
 
2
O
 
7
Oxyplumboroméite
Pb
 
2
Sb
 
2
O
 
6
O
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.00.Microlite Group
4.00.Pyrochlore Group
A
 
2
Nb
 
2
(O,OH)
 
6
Z
4.00.Písekite-(Y)
(Y,As,Ca,Fe,U)(Nb,Ti,Ta)O
 
4
4.00.UM2004-19-O:AlCeGdZr
(Gd,Ce)
 
4
Al
 
2
Zr
 
4
O
 
17
4.00.UM2004-21-O:CaFeGdZr
Ca
 
2
Gd
 
4
Fe
 
5
ZrO
 
15
4.00.UM2004-27-O:GdTi
Gd
 
2
Ti
 
4
O
 
11
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
24.2.1Swedenborgite
NaBe
 
4
Sb
5+
 
O
 
7
24.2.2Byströmite
MgSb
 
2
O
 
6
24.2.4Ordoñezite
ZnSb
 
2
O
 
6
24.2.5Theisite
Cu
 
5
Zn
 
5
(AsO
 
4
,SbO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
14
24.2.6Shakhovite
(Hg
+
2
)Hg
2+
2
(Sb
3+
 
O
 
3
)(OH)
 
3

Other Names for Roméite Group

Synonyms:
Roméite
Other Languages:
French:Roméine
German:Romeit
Russian:Ромеит
Simplified Chinese:锑钙石
Spanish:Romeita
Varieties:
AtopiteBismutostibiconiteMauzeliiteMonimoliteSchneebergite (of Brezina)
StetefeldtiteStibiconiteWeslienite

Other Information

Other Information:Insoluble in acids. Decomposed by fusion with sodium carbonate.
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 Roméite Group

Reference List:

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Damour (1841) Annales des mines: 20: 247 (as Roméine).

Damour (1853): 3: 179 (as Roméine).

Bertrand (1881) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 4: 237.

Hussak and Prior (1895) Mineralogical Magazine: 11: 80.

Sjögren (1895) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm: 17: 313.

Hussak (1905) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Stuttgart: 240.

Lacroix, A. (1910) Minéralogie de la France et des ses colonies, Paris. 5 volumes: vol. 4: 360.

Goldschmidt, V. (1913) Atlas der Krystallformen. 9 volumes, atlas, and text: vol. 1: 1: 121 (atopite variety)

Pelloux (1913) Mus. Civ. Storia nat. Genova, Ann.: [3], 6: 22.

Schaller (1916) U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 610: 81, 95.

Rose (1919) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Stuttgart: 268.

Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 128, 130.

Machatschki (1932) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 73: 159.

Machatschki (1932) Chemie der Erde, Jena: 7: 56.

Machatschki and Zedlitz (1932) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 82: 72.

Zedlitz (1932) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 81: 253.

Aminoff (1933) Ak. Stockholm, Handl.: [3]: 11: 14.

Hintze (1937) Erg.-Bd.: 571.

Pabst (1939) American Mineralogist: 24: 575.

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.: 1020-1022.

American Mineralogist (1952): 37: 982-998.

Welin, E. (1968) X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden. Arkiv Mineral. Geol., 4(30), 499–541.

Dunn, P.J. & Leavens, P.B. (1980) American Mineralogist: 65: 196-199.

Dunn, P.J., et al (1980) American Mineralogist: 65: 1143-1145.

Dunn, Pete J. (1995): Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey: the world’s most magnificent mineral deposits, part 4: 604.

Brugger, J., Gieré, R., Graeser, S. and Meisser, N. (1997): Crystal chemistry of roméite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 127: 136-146.

Lapis (2000): 25(3): 30-36.

Atencio D., Andrade M.B., Christy A.G., Giere R., Kartashov P.M. (2010): The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 569-594.

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