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Natrozippeite

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Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), Copper Point, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
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Formula:
Na
 
4
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 4H
 
2
O
System:OrthorhombicColour:Yellow to greenish ...
Hardness:5 - 5½
Name:Named in 1976 for its composition, with dominant sodium, and its relationship to Zippeite.
Isostructural with:Zippeite Group


Zippeite Group.

Classification of Natrozippeite

IMA status:Approved 1971
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/D.20-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.EC.05

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
E : Uranyl sulfates
C : With medium-sized and large cations
Dana 7th edition ID:31.10.4.2
Dana 8th edition ID:31.10.4.2

31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
10 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:25.8.10

25 : Sulphates
8 : Sulphates of Sb, V, Cr and U
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Type Occurrence of Natrozippeite

Type Locality:Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), Copper Point, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
General Appearance of Type Material:velvety crusts of minute yellow masses and rare crystals
Year of Discovery:1976
Geological Setting of type material:Post-mine encrustation and/or supergene in origin.

Occurrences of Natrozippeite

Geological Setting:A secondary mineral of uranium mineral deposits, frequently if not most commonly as post-mine growths.

Physical Properties of Natrozippeite

Lustre:Dull, Earthy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Yellow to greenish yellow or yellowish green
Streak:yellow
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½
Cleavage:Perfect
Parallel to flattening of grains.
Fracture:Micaceous

Crystallography of Natrozippeite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:a = 8.82Å, b = 17.12Å, c = 7.32Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.515 : 1 : 0.428
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,105.31 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:Space Group unknown, system may be Tetragonal rather than Orthorhombic. Found as earthy to velvety patches or crusts of earthy yellow mineral, rarely as micro-crystals.
Twinning:Reported as common, but no morphology given.
Comment:Pronounced pseudo-cells may be 5 x b
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
7.34(100)
3.75(10)
3.66(50)
3.49(40)
3.15(40)
2.86(20)
2.12(10)
Comments:Data collected on synthetic material

Optical Data of Natrozippeite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.630 nβ = 1.690 nγ = 1.738
2V:Measured: 80° , Calculated: 80°
Birefringence:0.100-0.109
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.108

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:relatively strong
Pleochroism:Strong
Comments:Colorless to yellow

Chemical Properties of Natrozippeite

Formula:
Na
 
4
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 4H
 
2
O
Essential elements:H, Na, O, S, U
All elements listed in formula:H, Na, O, S, U

Relationship of Natrozippeite to other Species

Member of Group:
Zippeite Group:
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.EC.05Cobaltzippeite
Co
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
10
·16H
 
2
O
7.EC.05Magnesiozippeite
Mg(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)(OH)
 
4
·1.5H
 
2
O
7.EC.05Nickelzippeite
Ni
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
10
·16H
 
2
O
7.EC.05Zinczippeite
Zn
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
10
·16H
 
2
O
7.EC.05Zippeite
K
 
4
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 4H
 
2
O
7.EC.10Rabejacite
Ca(UO
 
2
)
 
4
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
6
 · 6H
 
2
O
7.EC.15Marécottite
(H
 
3
O)
 
8
Mg
 
3
(UO
 
2
)
 
4
[O
 
3
|OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
]
 
2
 · 10H
 
2
O
7.EC.15IMA2009-008
Y
 
2
[(UO
 
2
)
 
8
O
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
2
]·26H
 
2
O
7.EC.20Pseudojohannite
Cu
 
6.5
(UO
 
2
)
 
8
[O
 
8
|(OH)
 
5
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
] · 25H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
25.8.1Klebelsbergite
Sb
 
4
[O
 
4
|(OH)
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
25.8.2Coquandite
Sb
 
6
[O
 
8
|SO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
25.8.3Peretaite
Ca(SbO)
 
4
[(OH)|SO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
25.8.4Cannonite
Bi
 
2
[O|(OH)
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
25.8.5Minasragrite
(V
4+
 
O)[SO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
25.8.6Stanleyite
(V
4+
 
O)[SO
 
4
] · 6H
 
2
O
25.8.7Redingtonite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
·22H
 
2
O
25.8.8Meta-uranopilite
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|SO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
25.8.9Uranopilite
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|SO
 
4
] · 12H
 
2
O
25.8.11Zippeite
K
 
4
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
[(OH)
 
10
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 4H
 
2
O
25.8.12Johannite
Cu(UO
 
2
)
 
2
[OH|SO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 8H
 
2
O
25.8.13Magnesiozippeite
Mg(UO
 
2
)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)(OH)
 
4
·1.5H
 
2
O
25.8.14Zinczippeite
Zn
 
2
(UO
 
2
)
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
10
·16H
 
2
O

Other Names for Natrozippeite

Synonyms:
IMA1971-004Na ZippeiteSodium-Zippeite
Other Languages:
German:Na Zippeit
Russian:Натрийциппеит

Other Information

Fluorescence in UV light:Bright yellow in both SW and LW
Thermal Behaviour:Small amount of water (= 0.5 %) may be lost at 101 degrees C.
Health Warning:Naturally radioactive.

References for Natrozippeite

Reference List:Frondel Clifford, Ito, Jun, Honea. Russell M., and Weeks, Alice M., (1976), Mineralogy of the Zippeite Group, Canadian Mineralogist: 14: 429-436.

Gaines, Richard V., H. Catherine, W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig, Vandall King, (1997), Dana's New Mineralogy : The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana: 661.

Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Prague (1997): 42(4): 48.

Burns, P.C. (2005) U 6+ minerals and inorganic compounds: insights into an expanded structural hierarchy of crystal structures. Canadian Mineralogist: 43: 1839-1894.

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    Localities for Natrozippeite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Argentina
     
    • Mendoza
      • Malargüe Department
        • Pampa Amarilla District
    		Brodtkorb, M.K. de, Mineralogia y consideraciones geneticas del yacimiento Huemul. Provincia de Mendoza. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 21 (3): 165-179. 1966
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Ostrov
            • Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal)
    		Lapis 2002(7/8), 59
      • Ústí Region
        • Bílina (Bilin)
    		Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Dubí
    		Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)]
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Vysočina Region
        • Nové Město na Moravě
    		Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    Mineralienwelt 1993(1), 13
    Petr Pauliš, Stanislav Kopecký, Pavel Černý: Uranové minerály České republiky a jejich lokality 2007
    Petr Pauliš
    Germany
     
    • Saxony-Anhalt
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schwarzenberg District
          • Pöhla
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Chitinskaya Oblast'
          • Krasnokamensk
            • Strel'tsovskoe Mo-U ore field
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • St Just District
          • Botallack - Pendeen Area
            • Pendeen
    		[Golley & Williams, 1995, 57 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Gila Co.
        • Sierra Ancha Mts
          • Sierra Ancha District
            • Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) area
              • Bull Canyon
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 375.
      • Yavapai Co.
        • Eureka District
          • Bagdad
            • Bozarth Mesa
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 313, 375; Frondel, C., et al (1976), Mineralogy of the zippeite group, Can.Min.: 14: 429-436;
    • Colorado
      • Gilpin Co.
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
      • Montrose Co.
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Nevada
      • Lander Co.
        • Reese River District
    		Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley Co.
    		Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996; Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
          • Ambrosia Lake area
    		Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
    • Utah
      • Emery Co.
        • San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell)
          • Delta
    		Rocks & Min.:57:249.; Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
    Can Min 14:429-436
      • Grand Co.
        • Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons)
          • Parco Mine Group
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah; Am Min 49:1511-1526; Am Min (1964) 49:1511-1526; Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
    Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
      • San Juan Co.
        • Cane Springs
    		Can Min 14:429-436
        • Green River District
    		Can Min 14:429-436
        • White Canyon District
          • White Canyon
            • Copper Point
    		Can Min 14:429-436; Bridget E. McCollam (2002) ZIPPEITES: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SAMPLES MS Thesis, Notre Dame University
            • Deer Flat
    		Can Min 14:429-436
      • Wayne Co.
        • Fruita
    		Can Min 14:429-436
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