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Friedrichbeckeite

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Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Formula:
K(□
 
0.5
Na
 
0.5
)
 
2
Mg
 
2
Be
 
3
Si
 
12
O
 
30
System:Hexagonal
Member of:Osumilite Group
Name:In honour of the Austrian mineralogist and petrographer Friedrich Johann Karl Becke (1855–1931).


Osumilite Group.

Can be distinguished from its Mn analogue almarudite and from yellowish roedderite only by quantitative chemical analysis.


Classification of Friedrichbeckeite

IMA status:Approved 2008
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Type Occurrence of Friedrichbeckeite

Type Locality:Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Crystallography of Friedrichbeckeite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Class (H-M):6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal
Space Group:P6/mcc {P6/m 2/c 2/c}
Cell Parameters:a = 9.970Å, c = 14.130Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.417
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,216.36 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.993 (30)
4.321 (25)
4.081 (30)
3.6898 (30)
3.5381 (25)
3.1799 (100)
2.8847 (70)
2.7374 (25)

Chemical Properties of Friedrichbeckeite

Formula:
K(□
 
0.5
Na
 
0.5
)
 
2
Mg
 
2
Be
 
3
Si
 
12
O
 
30
Essential elements:Be, K, Mg, Na, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:Be, K, Mg, Na, O, Si

Relationship of Friedrichbeckeite to other Species

Member of:Osumilite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Almarudite
K(□,Na)
 
2
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Be,Al)
 
3
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Armenite
BaCa
 
2
Al
 
6
Si
 
9
O
 
30
 · 2H
 
2
O
Berezanskite
K□
 
2
Li
 
3
(Ti,Zr,Sn)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Brannockite
(K,Na)□
 
2
Li
 
3
(Sn,Zr,Ti)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Darapiosite
KNa
 
2
(Zn,Li)
 
3
(Mn,Zr)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Dusmatovite
K(Na,□)
 
2
(Zn,Li)
 
3
(Mn
2+
 
,Y,Zr)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Klöchite
(□Na)KFe
 
3
Zn
 
3
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Merrihueite
(K,Na)
 
2
(Fe,Mg)
 
5
Si
 
12
O
 
30
Milarite
K
 
2
Ca
 
4
Al
 
2
Be
 
4
Si
 
24
O
 
60
 · H
 
2
O
Osumilite
(K,Na)(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
3
(Si,Al)
 
12
O
 
30
Osumilite-(Mg)
(K,Na)(Mg,Fe)
 
2
(Al,Fe)
 
3
(Si,Al)
 
12
O
 
30
 · H
 
2
O
Roedderite
(Na,K)
 
2
(Mg,Fe)
 
5
Si
 
12
O
 
30
Shibkovite
K(□,K,Na)
 
2
Zn
 
3
Ca
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Sogdianite
K(□,Na)
 
2
Li
 
3
(Zr,Fe,Ti)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Sugilite
K(Na,□)
 
2
Li
 
3
(Fe,Mn,Al,Zr)
 
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Trattnerite
(□,K)(Mg, Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
Fe
3+
2
[Si
 
12
O
 
30
]
Yagiite
(Na,K)
 
3
Mg
 
4
(Al,Mg)
 
6
(Si,Al)
 
24
O
 
60

Other Names for Friedrichbeckeite

Synonyms:
IMA2008-019
Other Languages:
German:Friedrichbeckeit

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 Friedrichbeckeite

Reference List:

- +
Lengauer, C.L., Hrauda, N., Kolitsch, U., Krickl, R., Tillmanns, E. (2009): Friedrichbeckeite, K(□0.5Na0.5)2(Mg0.8Mn0.1Fe0.1)2(Be0.6Mg0.4)3[Si12O30], a new milarite-type mineral from the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel area, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 96, 221-232.

Jahn, S. (2009): Friedrichbeckeit - Ein neues Mineral vom Bellerberg. Mineralien-Welt 20 (5), 7. [Brief portrait in German]

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          • Ettringen
            • Bellerberg volcano
    		[IMA website - Proposals approved in August 2008] [ Lengauer, C.L., Hrauda, N., Kolitsch, U., Krickl, R., Tillmanns, E. (2009): Friedrichbeckeite, K(□0.5Na0.5)2(Mg0.8Mn0.1Fe0.1)2(Be0.6 Mg0.4)3[Si12O30], a new milarite-type mineral from the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel area, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 79]
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