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Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
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Formula:
Fe
3+
 
VO
 
4
 · H
 
2
O
System:Triclinic
Name:For French mineralogist, Henri J. Schubnel (b. 1935).
This page provides mineralogical data about Schubnelite.

Classification of Schubnelite

IMA status:Approved 1970
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/G.03-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.CB.35

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
C : Phosphates without additional anions, with H2O
B : With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:47.3.3.1

47 : VANADIUM OXYSALTS
3 : Hydrated Normal Vanadium Oxysalts
Hey's CIM Ref.:21.4.22

21 : Vanadates (and vanadates with arsenate or phosphate)
4 : Vanadates of U, Mn, Fe or Ni
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Type Occurrence of Schubnelite

Type Locality:Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Year of Discovery:1970

Crystallography of Schubnelite

Crystal System:Triclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 6.59Å, b = 5.43Å, c = 6.62Å
α = 125°, β = 104°, γ = 84.72°
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.214 : 1 : 1.219
Unit Cell Volume:V 187.96 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Schubnelite

Formula:
Fe
3+
 
VO
 
4
 · H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Fe, H, O, V
All elements listed in formula:Fe, H, O, V

Relationship of Schubnelite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.CB.05Serrabrancaite
MnPO
 
4
 · H
 
2
O
8.CB.10Hureaulite
(Mn,Fe)
 
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(HPO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.10Sainfeldite
CaCa
 
2
Ca
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.10Villyaellenite
MnMn
 
2
Ca
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.10UM1997-09-AsO:CaHMgZn
(Mg,Ca,Zn)
 
5
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.10Nyholmite
Cd
 
3
Zn
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.10Miguelromeroite
MnMn
 
2
Mn
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.15Fluckite
CaMn
2+
 
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
8.CB.15Krautite
Mn(HAsO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
8.CB.20Cobaltkoritnigite
(Co,Zn)(HAsO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
8.CB.20Koritnigite
Zn(HAsO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
8.CB.25Yvonite
Cu(HAsO
 
4
) · 2H
 
2
O
8.CB.30Geminite
Cu(HAsO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
8.CB.40Radovanite
Cu
 
2
Fe
3+
 
(AsO
 
4
)(HAs
3+
 
O
 
3
)
 
2
 · H
 
2
O
8.CB.45Kazakhstanite
Fe
3+
5
V
4+
3
V
5+
12
O
 
39
(OH)
 
9
 · 9H
 
2
O
8.CB.50Kolovratite
Ni
 
x
Zn
 
y
(VO
 
4
)
 
0.67(x+y)
 · nH
 
2
O
8.CB.55Irhtemite
Ca
 
4
Mg(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
8.CB.60Burgessite
Co
 
2
(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 5H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
21.4.1Uvanite
U
6+
2
V
5+
6
O
 
21
 · 15H
 
2
O (?)
21.4.2Vanuranylite
(H
 
3
O)
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
21.4.3Strelkinite
Na
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 6H
 
2
O
21.4.4Carnotite
K
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 3H
 
2
O
21.4.5Margaritasite
(Cs,K,H
 
3
O)
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · H
 
2
O
21.4.6Sengierite
Cu
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 6H
 
2
O
21.4.7Metatyuyamunite
Ca(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 3-5H
 
2
O
21.4.8Tyuyamunite
Ca(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 5-8H
 
2
O
21.4.9Rauvite
Ca(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(V
 
10
O
 
28
) · 16H
 
2
O
21.4.10Francevillite
(Ba,Pb)(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 5H
 
2
O
21.4.11Metavanuralite
Al(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH) · 8H
 
2
O
21.4.12Vanuralite
Al(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH) · 11H
 
2
O
21.4.13Curienite
Pb(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 5H
 
2
O
21.4.14Fritzscheite
Mn(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(PO
 
4
,VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 10H
 
2
O (?)
21.4.15Palenzonaite
(Ca,Na)
 
3
CaMn
2+
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
3
21.4.16Santafeite
(Na,Ca,Sr)
 
12
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
3+
 
,Al,Mg)
 
8
Mn
4+
8
(VO
 
4
)
 
16
(OH,O)
 
20
 · 8H
 
2
O
21.4.17Pyrobelonite
PbMn
2+
 
(VO
 
4
)(OH)
21.4.18Brackebuschite
Pb
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)(VO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
21.4.19Čechite
Pb(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)(VO
 
4
)(OH)
21.4.20Heyite
Pb
 
5
Fe
2+
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
O
 
4
21.4.21Mounanaite
PbFe
3+
2
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
 · 2(OH,F)
21.4.23Fervanite
Fe
3+
4
V
5+
4
O
 
16
 · 5H
 
2
O
21.4.24Kazakhstanite
Fe
3+
5
V
4+
3
V
5+
12
O
 
39
(OH)
 
9
 · 9H
 
2
O
21.4.25Bokite
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
1.3
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 7.4H
 
2
O
21.4.26Rusakovite
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
5
(VO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
9
 · 3H
 
2
O
21.4.27Kolovratite
Ni
 
x
Zn
 
y
(VO
 
4
)
 
0.67(x+y)
 · nH
 
2
O

Other Names for Schubnelite

Synonyms:
IMA1970-015
Other Languages:
German:Schubnelit
Russian:Шубнелит
Spanish:Schubnelita

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 Schubnelite

Reference List:

- +
American Mineralogist (1972): 57: 1556.

American Mineralogist (1990): 75: 508-521.

Schindler, M., and Hawthorne, F.C. (1999): Schubnelite, Fe(3+)(V(5+)O4)(H2O), a novel heteropolyhedral framework mineral. American Mineralogist 84(4), 665-668.

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    Gabon
     
    • Haut-Ogooué Province
      • Franceville
    		Bull.Soc.fr.Min.Crist.(1970) 93, 470-475
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Apache Co.
        • Navajo Indian Reservation
          • Monument Valley
            • Monument No. 2 channel
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 365; Haynes, P. (1991), Arizona news, Min.News: Jan: 9.
    • Nevada
      • Eureka Co.
        • Lynn District
          • Elko
    		MinRecord 26:467
        • Maggie Creek District
    		MinRec 26(5):449-469.
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