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Yuanfuliite

Formula:
Mg(Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Al,Ti,Mg)[O|BO
 
3
]
Colour:BlackLustre:Adamantine, Sub-Metallic
Hardness:5 - 6
Name:Named after Yuan Fuli (1893-1987), Chinese geologist and professor.
This page provides mineralogical data about Yuanfuliite.

Classification of Yuanfuliite

IMA status:Approved 1994
Strunz 8th edition ID:5/G.03-15
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:6.AB.20

6 : BORATES
A : Monoborates
B : BO3, with additional anions; 1(D) + OH, etc.
Dana 8th edition ID:24.2.2.2

24 : ANHYDROUS BORATES
2 : A2BO2[XO3]
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Type Occurrence of Yuanfuliite

Type Locality:Zhuanmiao Boron deposit, Kuandian Co., Dandong Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

Physical Properties of Yuanfuliite

Lustre:Adamantine, Sub-Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent on thin edges, Opaque
Colour:Black
Streak:Brownish-black
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 6

Chemical Properties of Yuanfuliite

Formula:
Mg(Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Al,Ti,Mg)[O|BO
 
3
]
Essential elements:B, Fe, Mg, O
All elements listed in formula:Al, B, Fe, Mg, O, Ti

Relationship of Yuanfuliite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
6.AB.05Hambergite
Be
 
2
[O|OH|BO
 
2
]
6.AB.10Berborite
Be
 
2
[(OH,F)|BO
 
3
] · H
 
2
O
6.AB.15Jeremejevite
Al
 
6
[(F,OH)
 
3
|(BO
 
3
)
 
5
]
6.AB.20Warwickite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
Ti[O|BO
 
3
]
 
2
6.AB.25Karlite
Mg
 
7
[(OH,Cl)
 
5
|(BO
 
3
)
 
3
]
6.AB.30Azoproite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Ti,Mg)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.30Bonaccordite
Ni
 
2
Fe
3+
 
[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.30Fredrikssonite
Mg
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.30Ludwigite
Mg
 
2
Fe
3+
 
[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.30Vonsenite
Fe
2+
2
Fe
3+
 
[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.35Pinakiolite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
Mn
3+
 
[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.40Blatterite
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Sb
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.40Chestermanite
Mg
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Mn
3+
 
,Al,Sb
3+
 
)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.40Orthopinakiolite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
Mn
3+
 
[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.40Takéuchiite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.45Hulsite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Sn)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.45Magnesiohulsite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Fe
3+
 
,Sn,Mg)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.45Aluminomagnesiohulsite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
(Al,Mg,Sn)[O
 
2
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.50Fluoborite
Mg
 
3
[(F,OH)
 
3
|BO
 
3
]
6.AB.50Hydroxylborite
Mg
 
3
(BO
 
3
)(OH)
 
3
6.AB.55Shabynite
Mg
 
5
[(Cl,OH)
 
2
|(OH)
 
5
|BO
 
3
] · 4H
 
2
O
6.AB.55Wightmanite
Mg
 
5
[O|(OH)
 
5
|BO
 
3
] · 2H
 
2
O
6.AB.60Gaudefroyite
Ca
 
4
Mn
3+
2-3
[(O,OH)
 
3
|CO
 
3
|(BO
 
3
)
 
3
]
6.AB.65Sakhaite
Ca
 
12
Mg
 
4
[Cl|(OH)
 
2
|(CO
 
3
)
 
4
|(BO
 
3
)
 
7
]
6.AB.70Harkerite
Ca
 
24
Mg
 
8
Al
 
2
Si
 
8
(O,OH)
 
32
(BO
 
3
)
 
8
(CO
 
3
)
 
8
(H
 
2
O,Cl)
6.AB.75Pertsevite
Mg
 
2
BO
 
3
F
6.AB.80Jacquesdietrichite
Cu
 
2
BO(OH)
 
2
(OH)
 
3
6.AB.85Painite
ZrCaAl
 
9
[O
 
15
|BO
 
3
]

Other Names for Yuanfuliite

Synonyms:
IMA1994-001
German names:
Yuanfuliit
Russian names:
Юаньфулиит
Spanish names:
Yuanfuliita

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 Yuanfuliite

Reference List:Huang Zouliang and Wang Pu (1994): Yuanfuliite - A new borate mineral. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 13(4), 332-334 (in Chinese with English abstract). - American Mineralogist (1996), 81, 252-253 (abstract).

Ma Zhesheng, Shi Nicheng, and Liu Quanlin (1996): The crystal structure of a new mineral - Yuanfuliite. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 16(1), 33-37 (in Chinese with English abstract). - New Minerals (1997), New Minerals 1990-1994, 216 (abstract).

Grew, E.S., and Anovitz, L.M. (1996) BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, second edition, as revised (2002).

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    Localities for Yuanfuliite

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    China
     
    • Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
      • Dandong Prefecture
        • Kuandian Co.
    		Huang Zouliang and Wang Pu (1994): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 13(4), 332-334.
    Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
    		New data on yuanfulite from South Yakutia and isomorphism in orthoborates of the warwickite-yuanfulite group. (Russian with English abstract). V. V. Rudnev, G. K. Krivokoneka, S. V. Malinko & A. E. Lisitsyn, Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society, 129(3), 2000, pp 86–98.
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