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Penberthycroftite from
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Penberthycroftite
Formula:[Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5] · 8H2O
Comments:Penberthcroftite occurs as tufts of white, ultrathin (sub-micrometre) rectangular laths, with lateral dimensions generally < 20 μm. The laths are flattened on {010} and elongated on [100] [Grey et.al. 2016].
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Penberthycroftite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:941434
Long-form Identifier:1:3:941434:1
GUID (UUID V4):b92cf6fb-6288-4128-8434-8290603a9238
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2016, Vol. 80(7), pp. 1149–1160 Penberthycroftite, [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O, a second new...aluminium arsenate mineral from the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, UK I. E. GREY1,*, J. BETTERTON2...Museum, 78 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2LA, UK Mineral Sciences Dept., Natural History Museum of...Editor: Giancarlo Della Ventura] ABSTR ACT Penberthycroftite, ideally [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O, is...arsenate mineral from the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK. It occurs as tufts of
Report (issue)
D(meas.) = n.d. D(calc.) = 2.02 Dehydrates to penberthycroftite between 67 and 97° C. Optical Properties:...Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England. 13.65 (100), 13.51 (50)...1 33.7 36.2 100.0 (1) Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England; average of 4 electron microprobe...pharmacosiderite. Dehydrates to penberthycroftite at temperatures likely on oxidizing mine dumps. Association: Arsenopyrite...Arsenopyrite, chamosite, liskeardite, penberthycroftite, pharmacoalumite, pharmacosiderite, brochantite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aluminium arsenate minerals from the Penberthy Croft mine, Cornwall, UK IAN E. GREY1,*, HELEN E. A. BRAND2...Museum, 78 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2LA, UK [Received 2 March 2016; Accepted 25 May 2016; Associate... and penberthycroftite, [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O, two new minerals from the Penberthy Croft mine...mine, Cornwall, have flexible layer structures based on cornerconnected heteropolyhedral columns. Their response...157°C. The bettertonite sample transforms to penberthycroftite in a narrow temperature range of 67 to 97°C
Report (issue)
[Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O Penberthycroftite Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. As crusts...4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England. 9.732 (100), 13.264 (46)...1 2.15 32.1 100.00 (1) Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England; average of 14 electron microprobe...Distribution: From the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England. Name: For the mine that produced the...(M53452), and in the Natural History Museum, London, England (BM 2015,3). References: (1) Gray, I.E., J. Betterton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number...Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number...collections of the Mineralogy Department, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia 199034, catalogue...No. 2015-024 Andychristyite PbCu2+Te6+O5(H2O) Aga mine, Otto Mountain, 1 mile NW of Baker, San Bernardino...2015-025 Penberthycroftite [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
Journal (issue)
college I was very active in surface collecting the mine dumps and clandestine collecting underground in...He showed me around the office and said the three mine geologists were underground on their rounds. He...solicited Nathan Bartlett ( 1811-1895), who had been mine manager at the Mechanical Zinc Works in Newark,...morning I arrived at the appointed time to meet the 3 mine geologists who were Sam, Joe, and Tim (I have forgotten...last names). My job title was "swamper" and the mine geologists started going over what I would be doing
 
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