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Joëlbruggerite

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Formula:
Pb
 
3
Zn
 
3
(Sb
5+
 
,Te
6+
 
)As
 
2
O
 
13
(OH,O)
System:TrigonalColour:various shades of purple ...
Hardness:3
Member of:Dugganite Group
Name:
Named for Joël Brugger (b. 1967), Swiss-Australian mineralogist, for his contributions to mineralogy.
Isostructural with:Dugganite, Kuksite


Dugganite Group.

Classification of Joëlbruggerite

IMA status:Approved 2008
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.B0.20

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
0 :
Dana 8th edition ID:43.2.5.4

43 : COMPOUND PHOSPHATES, ETC.
2 : Anhydrous Normal Compound Phosphates, etc·
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Type Occurrence of Joëlbruggerite

Type Locality:Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine Tailings; Black Pine Dump), Flint Creek Valley, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA
General Appearance of Type Material:Barrel-shaped or stout hexagonal prismatic crystals [0001] up to about 50 μm across
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Holotype specimen preserved in the Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum (catalog no. G32400). Cotype (microprobe mount) preserved in the Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (catalog no. CMNMC 86061)
Associated Minerals at type locality:
Mimetite

Physical Properties of Joëlbruggerite

Lustre:Adamantine
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:various shades of purple (light purple, bluish purple and greyish purple)
Streak:white
Hardness (Mohs):3
Tenacity:Brittle
Cleavage:None Observed
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven
Density (calculated):6.73 g/cm3

Crystallography of Joëlbruggerite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Class (H-M):3 2 - Trapezohedral
Space Group:P3 2 1
Cell Parameters:a = 8.4803(17) Å, c = 5.2334(12) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.617
Unit Cell Volume:V 325.94 ų
Z:1
Morphology:Barrel-shaped or stout hexagona prismatic [0001] crystals up to about 50 microns across. Forms observed are {0001}, {1120}, and {1121}
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.636 (58)
3.487 (100)
2.787 (21)
2.626 (68)
2.466 (19)
2.177 (24)
1.847 (21)
1.798 (61)

Optical Data of Joëlbruggerite

Type:Uniaxial (-)

Chemical Properties of Joëlbruggerite

Formula:
Pb
 
3
Zn
 
3
(Sb
5+
 
,Te
6+
 
)As
 
2
O
 
13
(OH,O)
Essential elements:As, H, O, Pb, Sb, Zn
All elements listed in formula:As, H, O, Pb, Sb, Te, Zn

Relationship of Joëlbruggerite to other Species

Member of:Dugganite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Cheremnykhite
Pb
 
3
Zn
 
3
(VO
 
4
)
 
2
(TeO
 
6
)
Dugganite
Pb
 
3
Zn
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(TeO
 
6
)
Kuksite
Pb
 
3
Zn
 
3
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(TeO
 
6
)

Other Names for Joëlbruggerite

Synonyms:
IMA2008-034Joelbruggerite
Other Languages:
German:Joëlbruggerit
Spanish:Joëlbruggerita

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 Joëlbruggerite

Reference List:

- +
Mills, S. J., Groat, L. A. & Kolitsch, U. (2008) Te, Sb and W mineralization at the Black Pine mine, Montana. Poster, 18th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 13-18, 2008; abstract in Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, Special Supplement 12S, A632.

Mills, S. J., Kolitsch, U., Miyawaki, R., Groat, L. A. & Poirier, G. (2009) Joëlbruggerite, Pb3Zn3(Sb5+,Te6+)As2O13(OH,O), the Sb5+ analogue of dugganite, from the Black Pine mine, Montana. American Mineralogist, 94, 1012–1017.

Mills, S. J., Christy, A. G., Chen, E. C.–C. & Raudsepp, M. (2009) Revised values of the bond valence parameters for [6]Sb(V)–O and [3–11]Sb(III)–O. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 224, 423–431.

Christy, A. G. & Mills, S. J. (2009) Improved bond valence parameters for Sb(III) and Sb(V), demonstrating coordination number independence of parameters. Biennial conference of the Specialist Group for Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology of the Geological Society of Australia, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 8-13 Nov., 2009.

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    • Montana
      • Granite Co.
        • Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District)
          • John Long Mts
            • Flint Creek Valley
    		Am. Min. 94,1012(2009); Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Kolitsch, U., Housley, R. M. & Raudsepp, M. (2010) The crystal chemistry and crystal structure of kuksite, Pb3Zn3Te6+P2O14, and a note on the crystal structure of yafsoanite, (Ca,Pb)3Zn(TeO6)2. American Mineralogist, 95(7), 933–938.; Gobla, M. J. (2012) Montana Mineral Locality Index. Rocks and Minerals 87:208-240.
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