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Wickmanite

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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
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Formula:
Mn
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
Colour:Brownish yellow, yellowHardness:4 - 4½
Name:Named after Franz-Erik Wickman (b. 1915), Swedish mineralogist


Schoenfliesite Group.

Classification of Wickmanite

IMA status:Approved 1965
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/F.16-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.FC.10

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
F : Hydroxides (without V or U)
C : Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:6.3.6.1

6 : HYDROXIDES AND OXIDES CONTAINING HYDROXYL
3 : X(OH)3
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.11.7

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
11 : Oxides of Sn and Pb
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Type Occurrence of Wickmanite

Type Locality:Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Year of Discovery:1967

Physical Properties of Wickmanite

Lustre:Vitreous, Resinous
Colour:Brownish yellow, yellow
Hardness (Mohs):4 - 4½

Chemical Properties of Wickmanite

Formula:
Mn
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
Essential elements:H, Mn, O, Sn
All elements listed in formula:H, Mn, O, Sn
Common Impurities:Ca

Relationship of Wickmanite to other Species

Related to:
  • Schoenfliesite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    4.FC.05Bernalite
    Fe(OH)
     
    3
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O (n = 0.0 to 0.25)
    4.FC.05Dzhalindite
    In(OH)
     
    3
    4.FC.05Söhngeite
    Ga(OH)
     
    3
    4.FC.10Burtite
    Ca[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Mushistonite
    (Cu,Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Natanite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Schoenfliesite
    Mg[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Vismirnovite
    Zn[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Jeanbandyite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Mopungite
    Na[Sb
    5+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Stottite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Ge
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Tetrawickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.20Ferronigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-6N6S
    Sn(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    8
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Mg,Fe)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Ferronigerite-6N6S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    8
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Zinconigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Zn,Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Zinconigerite-6N6S
    4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
    (Mg,Fe,Zn)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    6
    		BeO
     
    12
    4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
    Mg
     
    3
    		Al
     
    8
    		BeO
     
    16
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    7.11.1Romarchite
    SnO
    7.11.2Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    7.11.4Schoenfliesite
    Mg[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.5Burtite
    Ca[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.6Vismirnovite
    Zn[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.8Tetrawickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.9Jeanbandyite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.10Natanite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.11Mushistonite
    (Cu,Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.12Ferronigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    7.11.13Magnesionigerite
    7.11.14Argutite
    GeO
     
    2
    7.11.15Brunogeierite
    (Ge,Fe)Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    7.11.16Stottite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Ge
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.17Carboirite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		GeO
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    2
    7.11.18Otjisumeite
    PbGe
     
    4
    		O
     
    9
    7.11.19Bartelkeite
    PbFe
    2+
     
    		Ge
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    7.11.20Massicot
    PbO
    7.11.21Litharge
    PbO
    7.11.22Minium
    Pb
     
    3
    		O
     
    4
    7.11.23Plattnerite
    PbO
     
    2
    7.11.24Scrutinyite
    alpha-PbO
     
    2
    7.11.25Murdochite
    PbCu
     
    6
    		O
     
    8-x
    		(Cl,Br)
     
    2x
    		 x<=0.5
    7.11.26Macedonite
    PbTiO
     
    3
    7.11.27Cesàrolite
    PbH
     
    2
    		Mn
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    7.11.28Coronadite
    Pb(Mn,Mn)
     
    8
    		O
     
    16
    7.11.29Quenselite
    PbMnO
     
    2
    		(OH)
    7.11.30Plumboferrite
    PbFe
     
    4
    		O
     
    7
    7.11.31Magnetoplumbite
    (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
     
    12
    		O
     
    19
    7.11.32Senaite
    Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
     
    21
    		O
     
    38

    Other Names for Wickmanite

    Synonyms:
    IMA1965-024
    Other Languages:
    German:Wickmanit
    Russian:Викманит
    Spanish:Wickmanita

    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 Wickmanite

    Reference List:Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi (1967): 4: 395-399.

    Acta Crystallographica: 13: 601-603.

    American Mineralogist (1968): 1063.

    American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 1488.

    Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal, Kiev (1984): 6: 89-92.

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    Localities for Wickmanite

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    Australia
     
    • Tasmania
      • Heazlewood district
        • Luina
    		http://www.crocoite.com/mainadit/luina.htm
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province)
        • Llallagua
    		[MinRec 32:474]
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Ostrov
            • Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal)
    		Josef Vajdak (2002) Mineral News, 18, #1, 6.
    Morocco
     
    • Meknès-Tafilalet Region
      • Meknès Prefecture
        • Meknès
          • Mount Hammam
    		Econ Geol (1989) 84:575-590
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • El Hammam (El Hamman)
    		Ph. M. Sonnet : "Burtite, Calcium Hexahydrostannate, a New Mineral from El Hamman, Central Morocco", Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 19, 1981, pp. 397-401.
    Namibia
     
    • Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/wickmanite.pdf.
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Porsgrunn
        • Mørje
          • Sagåsen (Strandåsen)
    		Engvoldsen,T.,Andersen, F.,Berge, S.A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18(1),15-71
    • Vestfold
      • Larvik
        • Hedrum
          • Lågendalen
    		Andersen, F. (1993): Hedrum pukkverk i Lågendalen. STEIN 20 (4), 236-238
        • Tvedalen
    		Åmli, R. & Griffin, W. L. (1972): Three minerals new to Norway. Wickmannite, leadhillite, and hydrocerussite. Nor. Geol. Tidsskr., 52, 193-196; Neumann (1985, p. 89).
    Kamphaug,E. (1987):"Wikmanitt (sic!) fra Vevja-bruddet i Tvedalen".NAGS-nytt 14 ("),27. (in norwegian)
    Nordrum, F. S. (2007): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2006-2007. STEIN 34 (2), 14-26
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Ladoga Region
    		[MinRec 13:238]
            • Old Mining Field
    		Can. Min. 15,437(1977)
    Sweden
     
    • Södermanland
      • Stockholm
        • Haninge
    		Langhof, J., Holtstam, D. & Gustafsson, L., 2000: Chiavennite and zoned genthelvite-helvite as late-stage minerals of the Proterozoic LCT pegmatites at Utö, Stockholm, Sweden. GFF, Vol. 122 (Pt. 2, June), pp. 207-212. Stockholm. ISSN 1103-5897
    • Värmland
      • Filipstad
    		No reference listed
    Arkiv Min.Geol.(1967) 4, 395-399; MinRec: 4:27, 13:238; Nysten, P., Holtstam, D. and Jonsson, E. (1999) The Långban minerals. In Långban - The mines,their minerals, geology and explorers (D. Holtstam and J. Langhof, eds.), Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 89-183.
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • St Just District
          • Botallack - Pendeen Area
            • Botallack
              • Botallack Mine
    		[N.Hubbard, Mineralogical Magazine 48, p388]
    USA
     
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland Co.
        • Kings Mountain District
    		Jan H.Bernard and Jaroslav Hyrsl,2004, Minerals and their Localities,pg # 658
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
    		Min Rec 17:5 p342
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