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Arrojadite-(KNa)

A valid IMA mineral species

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Arrojadite-(KNa)

Big Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Big Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Big Fish River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite-(KNa)

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

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About Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Formula:

(KNa)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂

Colour:

Yellow

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Arrojadite Group

Name:

For Miguel Arrojado Lisbôa, Brazilian geologist and Redefinition after the new arrojadite nomenclature (CNMMN 05-D, October 2005).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Arrojadite Group

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

28959

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:28959:7

GUID
(UUID V4):

5abaeccb-99f2-45d5-8285-6834a86b8131

IMA Classification of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

KNa₃(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂

Approval year:

2005

First published:

2006

Classification of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

8.BF.05

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H₂O
F : With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO₄< 0.5:1

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Ajd-KNa	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Yellow

Optical Data of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.651(1) n_β = 1.656(1) n_γ = 1.662(10)

2V:

Measured: 87.8° (1), Calculated: 85°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.011

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Dispersion:

r << v.

Optical Extinction:

X = b; Y ≈ c.

Pleochroism:

Weak

Comments:

Very weak. Y = colorless; X = Z = pale yellow.

Comments:

Absorption: Y < X ≈ Z.

Chemistry of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Mindat Formula:

(KNa)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂

Elements listed:

Al, Ca, Fe, H, K, Na, O, P - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

m - Domatic

Space Group:

Cell Parameters:

a = 16.552 Å, b = 10.0529 Å, c = 24.6477 Å
β = 106.509°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.646 : 1 : 2.452

Unit Cell V:

3,932.19 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0004190	Arrojadite-(KNa)	Camara F, Oberti R, Chopin C, Medenbach O (2006) The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure American Mineralogist 91 1249-1259	2006		293
0012657	Arrojadite-(KNa)	Steele I M (2002) Arrojadite: variations in space group and composition based on four new refinements General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 18 MO2-117	2002	Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada	293
0012658	Arrojadite-(KNa)	Steele I M (2002) Arrojadite: variations in space group and composition based on four new refinements General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 18 MO2-117	2002	Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton, New Hampshire, USA	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and
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 Sample: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
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MnM5b  -0.03600   0.74070   0.10160   0.10000   0.00975
FeM6a  -0.20460   0.69430   0.15010   0.90000   0.01203
MnM6a  -0.20460   0.69430   0.15010   0.10000   0.01203
FeM6b  -0.30160   0.80830  -0.14710   0.90000   0.01343
MnM6b  -0.30160   0.80830  -0.14710   0.10000   0.01343
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MnM7a  -0.28660   0.20720  -0.15250   0.10000   0.01089
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MnM7b  -0.22220   0.69750  -0.34020   0.10000   0.01482
Al  -0.00440   0.49950   0.00160   1.00000   0.00747
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P1x  -0.42170   0.50300  -0.16040   1.00000   0.00963
P2a  -0.13380   0.46440   0.07700   1.00000   0.00823
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P3a  -0.13030   0.74540  -0.03970   1.00000   0.00760
P3b  -0.37850   0.75090   0.04140   1.00000   0.00760
P4a  -0.10750   0.23430  -0.04620   1.00000   0.00760
P4b   0.09840   0.76860   0.04970   1.00000   0.00747
P5a   0.13080   0.73120   0.21450   1.00000   0.00836
P5b  -0.13460   0.26870  -0.20970   1.00000   0.00823
P6a   0.13760   0.29920   0.21010   1.00000   0.01001
P6b  -0.13890   0.70070  -0.20430   1.00000   0.00887
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O1b  -0.02860   0.06200   0.13570   1.00000   0.01191
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O2b  -0.11440   0.85440   0.13810   1.00000   0.01254
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Na2 0.04848 0.01485 0.01415 0.00808 -0.00760 -0.00120
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O10a 0.00893 0.01229 0.00849 0.00081 0.00190 0.00120
O10b 0.01148 0.00717 0.01132 0.00242 0.00190 0.00000
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O14b 0.01148 0.00870 0.01415 0.00000 0.00570 -0.00241
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O15b 0.01659 0.01536 0.00849 -0.00485 0.00380 0.00000
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O18a 0.01659 0.02048 0.00849 0.00162 0.00190 -0.00120
O18b 0.01786 0.01587 0.00849 -0.00404 0.00380 0.00120
O19a 0.02552 0.00922 0.01415 -0.00404 -0.00190 0.00120
O19b 0.02041 0.00768 0.01415 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
O20a 0.01148 0.01843 0.01415 0.00242 0.00570 0.00120
O20b 0.01276 0.01434 0.01697 0.00162 0.00570 0.00000
O21a 0.01276 0.01434 0.01415 0.00323 -0.00190 -0.00120
O21b 0.01021 0.01434 0.01132 0.00162 -0.00380 -0.00241
O22a 0.03700 0.02867 0.01132 -0.01859 -0.00380 0.00722
O22b 0.02169 0.01690 0.00849 0.00566 0.00190 -0.00120
O23a 0.01914 0.00870 0.01415 -0.00081 0.00000 -0.00120
O23b 0.01659 0.00768 0.01132 0.00323 -0.00190 -0.00120
O24a 0.01403 0.02253 0.03112 -0.00808 0.00190 0.01324
O24b 0.01403 0.01741 0.01980 -0.00566 0.00000 0.00481
OW1 0.01403 0.01638 0.01697 0.00000 0.00760 0.00000
FW1 0.01403 0.01638 0.01697 0.00000 0.00760 0.00000
OW2 0.01403 0.01638 0.01415 -0.00162 0.00380 -0.00120

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
34 : Complex granite pegmatites

Type Occurrence of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

General Appearance of Type Material:

Clear, yellow, mm-sized euhedral crystals. Stout, more-or-less platy prisms.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris, France, 41081.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In open fractures in siderite-rich Lower Cretaceous sandstones. From low-salinity fluids, under very low-grade metamorphic conditions, at minimum temperatures of 180-200 C.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Quartz

Limonite

Synonyms of Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

IMA2005-047

Other Language Names for Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

German:Arrojadit-(KNa)

Russian:Арроядит-(KNa)

Relationship of Arrojadite-(KNa) to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Arrojadite Group

Other Members of this group:

Arrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Arrojadite-(KFe)	(KNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
Arrojadite-(KFeNa)	(KNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂Na)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₄)(OH)₂
Arrojadite-(NaFe)	(NaNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂
Arrojadite-(PbFe)	(Pb◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
Arrojadite-(SrFe)	(Sr◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)	(KNa)(Mn²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂Na)Mn²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₄)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Fe³⁺(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂
Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe)	(Ba◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
Fluorarrojadite-(KNa)	(KNa)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂
Fluorarrojadite-(NaFe)	(NaNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂
Fluorcarmoite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Mg₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
Manganoarrojadite-(KNa)	(KNa)(NaNa)Mn²⁺(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
Sigismundite	(Ba◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

8.BF.	Sigismundite	(Ba◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.	Manganoarrojadite-(KNa)	(KNa)(NaNa)Mn²⁺(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(KFe)	(KNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)	(KNa)(Mn²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂Na)Mn²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₄)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(SrFe)	(Sr◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(PbFe)	(Pb◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe)	(Ba◻)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(KFeNa)	(KNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂Na)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₄)(OH)₂
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(NaFe)	(NaNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂
8.BF.05	Arrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
8.BF.05	Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Fe³⁺(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂
8.BF.05	Fluorarrojadite-(KNa)	(KNa)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂
8.BF.05	Fluorarrojadite-(NaFe)	(NaNa)(Fe²⁺◻)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂
8.BF.05	Fluorcarmoite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Mg₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.05	Unnamed (Ba-dominant member of dickinsonite group)
8.BF.05	Unnamed (Pb-dominant member of dickinsonite group)
8.BF.05	Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa)	(Ba◻)(NaNa)Ca(Na₂◻)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)F₂	Mon. m : Bb
8.BF.10	Samuelsonite	(Ca,Ba)Ca₈Fe²⁺₂Mn²⁺₂Al₂(PO₄)₁₀(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
8.BF.15	Griphite	Na₄Li₂Ca₆(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg)₁₉Al₈(PO₄)₂₄(F,OH)₈	Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3
8.BF.20	Nabiasite	BaMn₉(VO₄)₆(OH)₂	Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3
8.BF.25	Starovaite	KCu₅O(VO₄)₃	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BF.30	Achyrophanite	(K,Na)₃(Fe³⁺,Ti,Al,Mg)₅O₂(AsO₄)₅	Orth. 2 2 2 : P2 2 2₁
8.BF.35	Cryptochalcite	K₂Cu₅O(SO₄)₅	Tric. 1 : P1
8.BF.35	Cesiodymite	CsKCu₅O(SO₄)₅	Tric. 1 : P1

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References for Arrojadite-(KNa)Hide

Reference List:

Cámara, F., Oberti, R., Chopin, C., Medenbach, O. (2006): The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure. American Mineralogist, 91, 1249-1259.

CHOPIN, C., OBERTI, R., CÁMARA, F. (2006): The arrojadite enigma: II. Compositional space, new members and nomenclature of the group. American Mineralogist, 91, 1260-1270.

(2023) Arrojadite-(KNa) Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Canada
Yukon Dawson mining district ⓘ Big Fish River	Anatoly Kasatkin
ⓘ Rapid Creek (TL)	CÁMARA et al. (2006) +1 other reference

Italy
Lombardy Lecco Province Colico Piona Peninsula ⓘ Malpensata pegmatitic dyke (Olgiasca-Malpensata; Croce Quarry; Secondi dyke)	Vignola et al. (2011)

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