Tuhualite Group

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Tuhualite

Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Tuhualite

Opo Bay, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Zektzerite

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA

Tuhualite

Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Tuhualite

Opo Bay, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Zektzerite

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA

Tuhualite

Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Tuhualite

Opo Bay, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

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About Tuhualite GroupHide

A group of chain silicates structurally related to the Osumilite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

34941

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:34941:9

GUID
(UUID V4):

7de6b6b3-db4a-4364-8b43-86bc766ed2c3

Crystal StructureHide

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0010800	Emeleusite	Johnsen O, Nielsen K, Sotofte I (1978) The crystal structure of emeleusite, a novel example of sechser-doppelkette Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 147 297-306	1978	Igdlutalik Island, Julianchab District, Greenland	293
0015420	Tuhualite	Merlino S (1969) Tuhualite crystal structure Science 166 1399-1401	1969	Mayor Island, New Zealand	293
0000638	Zektzerite	Ghose S, Wan C (1978) Zektzerite, NaLiZrSi6O15: a silicate with six-tetrahedral-repeat double chains near Washington Pass, North Cascades, Washington, USA American Mineralogist 63 304-310	1978	Miarolitic cavities of the Golden Horn batholith	293

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data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Emeleusite'
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_publ_author_name
'Johnsen O'
'Nielsen K'
'Sotofte I'
_journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie'
_journal_volume 147 
_journal_year 1978
_journal_page_first 297
_journal_page_last 306
_publ_section_title
;
 The crystal structure of emeleusite,
 a novel example of sechser-doppelkette
;
_database_code_amcsd 0010800
_chemical_compound_source 'Igdlutalik Island, Julianchab District, Greenland'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Na2 Li Fe Si6 O15'
_cell_length_a 10.072
_cell_length_b 17.337
_cell_length_c 14.004
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 2445.354
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.810
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'A c a m'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,1/2+y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,z'
  '1/2+x,-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z'
  '1/2-x,+y,1/2-z'
  'x,y,-z'
  'x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,z'
  '-x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,z'
  '1/2-x,+y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z'
  '1/2+x,-y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '-x,1/2-y,1/2-z'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Na1   0.25160   0.41450   0.50000 ?
Na2   0.25000   0.22430   0.25000 ?
Li   0.00000   0.00000   0.25180   0.00500
Fe3+   0.25000   0.41370   0.25000 ?
Si1   0.48670   0.13220   0.61370   0.00390
Si2   0.19230   0.07160   0.61400   0.00370
Si3   0.45790   0.31070   0.61400   0.00500
O1  -0.00320   0.22300   0.13850   0.01300
O2   0.41230   0.42030   0.17020   0.00900
O3   0.33400   0.11160   0.36060   0.01400
O4   0.33710   0.49440   0.33060   0.00900
O5   0.08610   0.13790   0.35700   0.00900
O6   0.17570   0.33320   0.16640   0.01100
O7   0.51360   0.12090   0.50000   0.01500
O8   0.18850   0.05350   0.50000   0.01500
O9   0.43190   0.32050   0.50000   0.01500
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_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Na1 0.01700 0.02500 0.06600 -0.00200 0.00000 0.00000
Na2 0.04200 0.01200 0.02800 0.00000 -0.02100 0.00000
Fe3+ 0.01200 0.00800 0.00900 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000

Relationship of Tuhualite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:

Emeleusite	Li₂Na₄Fe₂Si₁₂O₃₀	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Tuhualite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₆O₁₅	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmca
Zektzerite	LiNaZrSi₆O₁₅	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmca