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Tuperssuatsiaite from
Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

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Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Locality type:

Quarry

Classification

Species:

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula:

Fe³⁺Fe₂³⁺(Na◻)◻₂Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂(H₂O)₄ · 2H₂O

Chemical Analyses:

Empirical formulas:

1	(Na_1.85K_0.01)_Σ1.86(Fe_2.83Mn_0.08Mg_0.04Ca_0.02Zn_0.02)_Σ2.99(Si_7.96Al_0.03Ti_0.02Σ8.01O₂₀((OH)_2.47F_0.04Cl_0.03)_Σ2.54(OH)₂)_3.90

Sample references:

1	-	von Knorring, O., Petersen, O. V., Karup-Moeller, S., Leonardsen, E. S., Condliffe, E. (1992) Tuperssuatsiaite, from Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992. Stuttgart. 145-152

Habit:

Acicular and rulershaped xx up to 1 cm, forming fan-shaped aggregates or rosettes

Colour:

Dark red-brown, red brown, dark brown, green

Quality for species:

Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)

Abundance at site:

Common

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Polylithionite
Sazhinite-(Ce)

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Villiaumite

ⓘ63 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Villiaumite at this locality.

Aegirine

ⓘ51 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Aegirine at this locality.

Ellingsenite

ⓘ32 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Ellingsenite at this locality.

Makatite

ⓘ22 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Makatite at this locality.

Natrolite

ⓘ22 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Natrolite at this locality.

Fluorite

ⓘ21 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Fluorite at this locality.

Quartz

ⓘ11 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Quartz at this locality.

Hilairite

ⓘ11 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Hilairite at this locality.

Pectolite

ⓘ8 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Pectolite at this locality.

Phonolite

ⓘ8 photos of Tuperssuatsiaite associated with Phonolite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Tuperssuatsiaite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Photo Gallery

View Gallery (205 photos)

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

43620

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:43620:5

GUID (UUID V4):

ba8b7a77-7a83-433c-9bb5-c1d98ff1f390

References

[http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/aris.htm]

von Knorring, O. and Franke, W. (1987): A preliminary note on the mineralogy and geochemistry of the Aris phonolite, SWA/Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of South West Africa / Namibia, 3, 65 [as "unknown iron silicate"]

von Knorring, O., Petersen, O. V., Karup-Moeller, S., Leonardsen, E. S., Condliffe, E. (1992) Tuperssuatsiaite, from Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992. Stuttgart. 145-152

Cámara, Fernando, Garvie, Laurence A.J., Devouard, Bertrand, Groy, Thomas L., Buseck, Peter R. (2002) The structure of Mn-rich tuperssuatsiaite: A palygorskite-related mineral. American Mineralogist, 87 (10) 1458-1463 doi:10.2138/am-2002-1023

Atencio, Daniel, Coutinho, José M.V., Vlach, Silvio R.F. (2005) Tuperssuatsiaite from the Bortolan quarry, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 36 (3) 275-280

Rocks & Min. (2007) 82:243-244

Chukanov, Nikita V., Britvin, Sergey N., Blass, Günter, Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Van, Konstantin V. (2012) Windhoekite, Ca₂Fe³⁺_3-x(Si₈O₂₀)(OH)₄·10H₂O, a new palygorskite-group mineral from the Aris phonolite, Namibia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (1) 171-179 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2161 (includes analysis of a tuperssuatsiaite.)

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Tuperssuatsiaite from Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite from
Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia