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Roselite

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Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
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Formula:
Ca
 
2
(Co
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
System:MonoclinicColour:Rose-red, pink; rose ...
Hardness:3½
Name:For German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Berlin.
Isostructural with:Brandtite


Roselite Group, Roselite-Wendwilsonite Series. The monoclinc dimorph of β-Roselite. The cobalt analogue of Wendwilsonite.

Classification of Roselite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/C.17-100
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.CG.10

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
C : Phosphates without additional anions, with H2O
G : With large and medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:40.2.3.1

40 : HYDRATED NORMAL PHOSPHATES,ARSENATES AND VANADATES
2 : AB2(XO4)2·xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:20.10.3

20 : Arsenates (also arsenates with phosphate, but without other anions)
10 : Arsenates of Co and Ni
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Type Occurrence of Roselite

Type Locality:Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Year of Discovery:1824
Geological Setting of type material:Quartzose vein material
Associated Minerals at type locality:
QuartzChalcedony

Physical Properties of Roselite

Lustre:Vitreous
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:Rose-red, pink; rose coloured in transmitted light.
Comment:Darker coloured crystals frequently exhibit marked colour zoning due to variations in composition.
Hardness (Mohs):3½
Cleavage:Perfect
On {010}, perfect (easy).
Density (measured):3.46 - 3.74 g/cm3
Density (calculated):3.65 g/cm3
Comment:Density increases with Co content

Crystallography of Roselite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:P21/b (P1 1 21/b) [P21/c] {P1 21/c 1} {P21/a}
Cell Parameters:a = 5.8Å, b = 12.89Å, c = 5.61Å
β = 107.42°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.45 : 1 : 0.435
Unit Cell Volume:V 400.18 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:Crystals short prismatic [001]; thick tabular {001} uncommon. Terminations commonly simple and exhibiting monoclinic or orthorhombic aspect with large {122} and {_122}. Druses of interlocking crystals and spherical aggregates.
Twinning:On {100}, very common, with {100} as the composition plane; also as fourlings.

Optical Data of Roselite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.725 nβ = 1.728 nγ = 1.735
2V:Calculated: 68°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.010

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:r > v weak
Pleochroism:Visible
Comments:Light rose coloured material:
X = ^c~ 0° to 4° = Light rose
Y = b = Lighter rose
Z = ^c~ 90° to +91° = lightest rose

Dark rose coloured material:
X = b = Dark rose
Y = ^c +12° to +20° = light rose
Z = ^c -78° to -70° = lighter rose

Chemical Properties of Roselite

Formula:
Ca
 
2
(Co
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
Essential elements:As, Ca, Co, H, O
All elements listed in formula:As, Ca, Co, H, Mg, O

Relationship of Roselite to other Species

Series:Forms a series with Wendwilsonite (see here)
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
8.CG.05Cassidyite
Ca
 
2
(Ni
2+
 
,Mg)[PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Collinsite
Ca
 
2
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)[PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Fairfieldite
Ca
 
2
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)[PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Gaitite
Ca
 
2
Zn[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Messelite
Ca
 
2
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)[PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Parabrandtite
Ca
 
2
Mn
2+
 
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Talmessite
Ca
 
2
Mg[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.05β-Uranophane
Ca(UO
 
2
)
 
2
[HSiO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 5H
 
2
O
8.CG.05Hillite
Ca
 
2
(Zn,Mg)[PO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2 H
 
2
O
8.CG.10Brandtite
Ca
 
2
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.10Wendwilsonite
Ca
 
2
(Mg,Co
2+
 
)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.10Zincroselite
Ca
 
2
Zn[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.15Ferrilotharmeyerite
Ca(Fe
3+
 
,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Lotharmeyerite
Ca(Zn,Mn
3+
 
)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Mawbyite
Pb(Fe
3+
 
,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Mounanaite
PbFe
3+
2
[VO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,F)
8.CG.15Thometzekite
Pb(Cu,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
,SO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Tsumcorite
Pb(Zn,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Cobaltlotharmeyerite
Ca(Co,Fe
3+
 
,Ni)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Cabalzarite
Ca(Mg,Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Krettnichite
(Pb,Sr)(Mn
3+
 
,Co)
 
2
[VO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Cobalttsumcorite
Pb(Co,Fe
3+
 
,Ni)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Nickellotharmeyerite
Ca(Ni,Fe
3+
 
,Co)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.15Manganlotharmeyerite
Ca(Mn
3+
 
,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Schneebergite
(Bi
3+
 
,Ca)(Co,Ni,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.15Nickelschneebergite
(Bi
3+
 
,Ca)(Ni,Co,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(OH,H
 
2
O)
8.CG.20Gartrellite
Pb(Cu,Fe
3+
 
,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
,SO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.20Helmutwinklerite
Pb(Zn,Cu)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.20Zincgartrellite
Pb(Zn,Fe
3+
 
,Cu)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.20Rappoldite
Pb(Co,Ni,Zn)
 
2
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CG.20Phosphogartrellite
Pb(Cu,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[PO
 
4
,AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.20Lukrahnite
Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe
3+
 
,Zn)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2(H
 
2
O,OH)
8.CG.25Pottsite
HPbBi(VO
 
4
)
 
2
·2H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
20.10.1Erythrite
Co
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.10.2Cobaltaustinite
CaCo[OH|AsO
 
4
]
20.10.4β-Roselite
Ca
 
2
(Co
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.10.5Wendwilsonite
Ca
 
2
(Mg,Co
2+
 
)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.10.6Cobaltkoritnigite
(Co,Zn)[HAsO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
20.10.7Aerugite
Ni
 
8.5
(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
As
5+
 
O
 
8
20.10.8Xanthiosite
Ni
 
3
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
20.10.9Annabergite
Ni
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.10.10Smolianinovite
(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)
 
3
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
4
·11H
 
2
O
20.10.11Nickelaustinite
Ca(Ni,Zn)[OH|AsO
 
4
]

Other Names for Roselite

Synonyms:
Roselith
German names:
Roselit
Russian names:
Розелит
Spanish names:
Roselita

Other Information

Other Information:Readily soluble in acids.
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 Roselite

Reference List:Lévy (1824) Annals of Philosophy, London: 8: 439.

Lévy (1825) Edinburgh Journal of Science: 2: 177.

Schrauf (1874) Mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Vienna: 137.

Winkler (1874) Zeitscrift praktische Chemie: 10: 190.

Weisbach (1877) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: 407.

Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 810.

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

Goldschmidt, V. (1922) Atlas der Krystallformen. 9 volumes, atlas, and text: vol. 7: 127.

Peacock (1936) American Mineralogist: 21: 589.

Wolfe (1940) American Mineralogist: 25: 750.

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.: 723-725.

Canadian Mineralogist (1977): 36-42.

Dunn, P. J., Sturman, B. D., Nelen, J. A. (1987): Wendwilsonite, the magnesium analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico, and new data on roselite. Am. Mineral., 72, 217-221.

Weiss, S., Lengauer, C.L., Parodi, G.C. (2002): Roselith, Wendwilsonit und kobalthaltiger Talmessit aus Bou Azzer, Marokko. Lapis 27 (1), 37-41; 58. (in German)

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    Localities for Roselite

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    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Slocan Mining Division
        • Sandon
    		[MinRec 1996]
    Chile
     
    • Atacama Region
      • Copiapó Province
        • Tierra Amarilla
          • Pampa Larga district
    		maurizio dini collection - quantitative analysis
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Schapbach
          • Wildschapbach valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Schenkenzell
          • Wittichen
            • Heubach Valley
    		No reference listed
    • Hesse
      • North Hesse
        • Richelsdorf District
          • Bauhaus
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
          • Süss
            • Richelsdorf Smelter
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1992
      • Odenwald
        • Wald-Michelbach
          • Mackenheim
    		M Kampf collection
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Siegerland
        • Betzdorf
          • Schutzbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schneeberg District
    		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: 753.
    Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
    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: 725.
    Lapis 30(7/8):22-23 (2005)
    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: 725; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    Lapis 30(7/8):22-23 (2005)
    Morocco
     
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • Tazenakht
          • Bou Azzer District
            • Aghbar
    		Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68
    Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68
            • Bou Azzer
    		Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68
            • Oumlil
    		M. Kampf collection
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