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Zincolivenite

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Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
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Formula:
CuZn(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
System:Orthorhombic
Name:In allusion to its composition, containing ZINC, and its relationship to olivenite.


Olivenite Group.

Structurally distinct, intermediate member of the solid solution series between Olivenite and Adamite with a Zn:Cu ratio of (ideally) 1:1; Zn and Cu atoms are ordered on two differently coordinated sites in the crystal structure. Chukanov et al. (2007) suggest the following compositional ranges for zincolivenite: Cu0.5Zn1.5(AsO4)(OH)-Cu1.5Zn0.5(AsO4)(OH).

Note that prior to the approval of zincolivenite 'zinc-olivenite' or 'Zn-olivenite' were also used for Zn-bearing olivenites with unspecified Zn:Cu ratios.

Arsenate analog of Zincolibethenite.

Classification of Zincolivenite

IMA status:Approved 2006
Strunz 9th edition ID:8.BB.30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BB.30

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
B : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:41.6.5.6

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
6 : A2(XO4)Zq
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Type Occurrence of Zincolivenite

Type Locality:Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Crystallography of Zincolivenite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:Pnnm {P21/n 21/n 2/m}
Cell Parameters:a = 8.5839Å, b = 8.529Å, c = 5.9696Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.006 : 1 : 0.7
Unit Cell Volume:V 437.05 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Comment:Pseudotetragonal metrics
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
6.00 (54)
4.860 (64)
3.002 (100)
2.690 (67)
2.662 (53)
2.456 (94)
2.437 (86)
1.604 (49)

Optical Data of Zincolivenite

Type:Biaxial

Chemical Properties of Zincolivenite

Formula:
CuZn(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
Essential elements:As, Cu, H, O, Zn
All elements listed in formula:As, Cu, H, O, Zn

Relationship of Zincolivenite to other Species

Member of Group:
Olivenite Group:
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.BB.05Amblygonite
LiAl[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.05Montebrasite
LiAl[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.05Tavorite
LiFe
3+
 
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.10Triplite
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.10Zwieselite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Sarkinite
Mn
2+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Triploidite
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Wagnerite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Wolfeite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Stanĕkite
Fe
3+
 
(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)[O|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.15Joosteite
Mn
2+
 
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[PO
 
4
]O
8.BB.15Hydroxylwagnerite
Mg
 
2
[PO
 
4
](OH)
8.BB.20Holtedahlite
Mg
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.20Satterlyite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[(OH,O)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.25Althausite
Mg
 
2
[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Adamite
Zn
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)(OH)
8.BB.30Eveite
Mn
2+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Libethenite
Cu
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Olivenite
Cu
 
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.30Zincolibethenite
CuZnPO
 
4
OH
8.BB.30Auriacusite
Fe
3+
 
Cu
2+
 
AsO
 
4
O
8.BB.35Paradamite
Zn
 
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BB.35Tarbuttite
Zn
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
8.BB.40Barbosalite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Hentschelite
CuFe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Lazulite
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Scorzalite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.40Wilhelmkleinite
ZnFe
3+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.45Trolleite
Al
 
4
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BB.50Namibite
Cu(BiO)
 
2
(VO
 
4
)(OH)
8.BB.55Phosphoellenbergerite
Mg
 
14
[(OH)
 
6
|(HPO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
2
|(PO
 
4
)
 
6
]
8.BB.60Urusovite
Cu[AlAsO
 
5
]
8.BB.65Theoparacelsite
Cu
 
3
[(OH)
 
2
|As
 
2
O
 
7
]
8.BB.70Turanite
Cu
 
5
[(OH)
 
2
|VO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.75Stoiberite
Cu
 
5
[O
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
2
]
8.BB.80Fingerite
Cu
 
11
[O
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
6
]
8.BB.85Averievite
Cu
 
6
[O
 
2
|Cl
 
2
|(VO
 
4
)
 
2
]
8.BB.90Lipscombite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BB.90Richellite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
10
[(OH,F)
 
3
|(PO
 
4
)
 
2
]
 
4
 · nH
 
2
O (not confirmed)
8.BB.90Zinclipscombite
ZnFe
3+
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2

Other Names for Zincolivenite

Synonyms:
IMA2006-047
Other Languages:
German:Zincolivenit
Zinkolivenit

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 Zincolivenite

Reference List:Mincheva-Stefanova, I., Panchev, B., Bonev, Iv. & Punev, L. (1965): X-ray diffraction determination of chemical composition of intermediate members of the olivenite-adamite series. Izv. Geol. Inst. Bulgar. Akad. Nauk 14, 91-106. (in Bulgarian.)

Toman, K. (1978): Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions. Acta Crystallogr., B34, 715-721.

Walenta, K. & Greil, P. (1979): Pseudotetragonaler Cuproadamin. - Chem. Erde 38, 218-222.

Braithwaite, R. S. W (1983): Infrared spectroscopy analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite. Mineral. Mag., 47, 51-57.

Chisholm, J. E. (1985): Cation segregation and oxygen-hydrogen stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series. Phys. Chem. Mineral. 12, 185-190.

Wieser, T. & Zabinski, W. (1986): Copper arsenate and sulphate minerals from Miedzianka near Kielce (Poland). Mineralogica Polonica 17 (1), 17-42. [optical properties of intermediate members]

Katerinopoulos, A. (1996): Adamite from the Lavrion mines. Oryktos Ploutos 99, 21-28. (in Greek.)

Gołębiowska B., A. Pieczka, & W. Franus (2006): "Olivenite-adamite solid solution from oxidation zone in Redziny (West Sudetes, Poland)": Mineralogia Polonica 37, 101-111.

Chukanov, N.V., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Pasero, M., Merlino, S., Möckel, S., Rabadanov, M.Kh., Belakovskiy, D.I. (2007): Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH): A new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 415A, 841-845.

Gröbner, J. & Kolitsch, U. (2009): Zinkolivenit: Neue Fundstellen in Europa. Lapis 34 (3), 35-37 (in German).

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