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Oxiberaunite

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Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
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Formula:
(Fe
3+
 
,Mn
3+
 
)Fe
3+
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
O(OH)
 
4
 · 6H
 
2
O
System:MonoclinicHardness:3½ - 4


This oxidised "variety" of beraunite is possibly a valid species. It was first described from the Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany.

Classification of Oxiberaunite

IMA status:Not Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/D.11-80

7 : Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates
D : Water-bearing phosphates with unfamiliar anions, mostly cations of small size: Be, Li
11 : Strunzite series
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Physical Properties of Oxiberaunite

Hardness (Mohs):3½ - 4

Crystallography of Oxiberaunite

Crystal System:Monoclinic

Chemical Properties of Oxiberaunite

Formula:
(Fe
3+
 
,Mn
3+
 
)Fe
3+
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
O(OH)
 
4
 · 6H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Fe, H, O, P
All elements listed in formula:Fe, H, Mn, O, P

Relationship of Oxiberaunite to other Species

Related Minerals - Strunz Grouping):

- +
7/D.11-10Ferrostrunzite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
 · 6H
 
2
O
7/D.11-20Strunzite
Mn
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
 · 6H
 
2
O
7/D.11-30Ferristrunzite
Fe
3+
 
Fe
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
3
 · 5H
 
2
O
7/D.11-40Bermanite
Mn
2+
 
Mn
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O
7/D.11-50Cacoxenite
Fe
3+
24
Al(PO
 
4
)
 
17
O
 
6
(OH)
 
12
 · 17H
 
2
O
7/D.11-60Tinticite
Fe
3+
5.34
(PO
 
4
)
 
3.62
(VO
 
4
)
 
0.38
(OH)
 
4
 · 6.7H
 
2
O
7/D.11-70Beraunite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
5
 · 4H
 
2
O
7/D.11-90Souzalite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
4
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-100Gormanite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
3
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
4
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-105Santabarbaraite
Fe
3+
3
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
3
 · 5H
 
2
O
7/D.11-107Allanpringite
Fe
3+
3
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
3
 · 5H
 
2
O
7/D.11-110Dufrénite
Ca
 
0.5
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-115Matioliite
NaMgAl
 
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-120Burangaite
NaFe
2+
 
Al
 
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-130Natrodufrénite
NaFe
2+
 
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
5
(PO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
6
 · 2H
 
2
O
7/D.11-140Kidwellite
NaFe
3+
9
(PO
 
4
)
 
6
(OH)
 
11
 · 3H
 
2
O

Other Names for Oxiberaunite

Synonyms:
EleonoriteOxyberaunite
Other Languages:
German:Eleonorit
Oxiberaunit
Spanish:Oxiberaunita

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 Oxiberaunite

Reference List:

- +
Nies (1880) Ber. Oberhess. Ges.: 19: 111 (as Eleonorite).

Streng (1881) Jahrbuch Min.: I: 102 (as Eleonorite).

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 959.

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    • Localities for Oxiberaunite

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    Cameroon
     
    • Adamaoua Region
      • Adamaoua Plateau (Adamawa Plateau)
    		F. Pillard : "Contribution à l'étude de l'altération de la vivianite : cas de la vivianite d'Anloua (Cameroun)", Doctorate Thesis, Orléans University, 1984.
    Germany
     
    • Bavaria
      • Lower Bavaria
        • Bavarian Forest
          • Zwiesel
            • Rabenstein
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Upper Palatinate
        • Auerbach
          • Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch)
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Oberpfälzer Wald
          • Vohenstrauß
            • Waidhaus
              • Hagendorf
    • Hesse
      • Wetzlar
        • Laufdorf
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Rodheim-Bieber
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Waldgirmes
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
        • Weilburg
          • Essershausen
    		U. Kolitsch, H.-J. Bernhardt, C. L. Lengauer, G. Blaß and E. Tillmanns (2006): Allanpringite, Fe3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O, a new ferric iron phosphate from Germany, and its close relation to wavellite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 793-801.
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Sauerland
        • Warstein
          • Hirschberg
    		D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991
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    • North Carolina
      • Gaston Co.
        • Bessemer City
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