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Abswurmbachite from
Apikia, Vasiliko Mountain, Andros, South Aegean, Greece


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Abswurmbachite
Formula:CuMn63+(SiO4)O8
Comments:occurs in low-temp, high-pressure metamorphosed Mn-rich quartzites.
Habit:fibrous to elongate prismatic grains 6-50 μm in diameter and 1-5 μm in length, and as subhedral equant grains 5-50 μm
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Abswurmbachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Apikia, Vasiliko Mountain, Andros, South Aegean, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20810:7
GUID (UUID V4):467775d0-a3b6-430a-b16e-c8c405ce3028
References
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Report (issue)
(Cu; Mn2+ )Mn3+ 6 SiO12 Abswurmbachite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data:...72.1 11.6 < 0.04 0.16 99.47 (1) Evvia Island, Greece; by electron microprobe, corresponds to (Cu0:88...At Mili, Evvia Island, and Apikia, Andros Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece. To honor Dr. Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach..., E. Tillmanns, and H.-J. Bernhardt (1991) Abswurmbachite, Cu2+ Mn3+ 6 [O8 =SiO4 ]; a new mineral of
Report (issue)
(SiO3 )4:01 (OH)1:94 : (2) Mili, Evvia Island, Greece; by electron microprobe, H2 O by di®erence; corresponding...district, Greenlee Co., and at several localities south of Wickenburg, Maricopa Co.; in the Santa Fe district...At Mili, Evvia Island, and Apikia, Andros Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Name: For the type locality..., E. Tillmanns, and H.-J. Bernhardt (1991) Abswurmbachite, Cu 2+ Mn3+ 6 [O8 =SiO4 ]; a new mineral of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hollandite-cryptomelane series, piemontite-group, and abswurmbachite-braunite series occur as a small nodule in...“Pbpiemontite [PbCa(Mn3+, Fe3+, Al)3Si3O12(OH)].” The abswurmbachite-braunite series minerals (Cu = 0.30–0.53 apfu:...consisting of an abswurmbachite/braunite rich core (simply denoted hereafter as abswurmbachite) and a hollandite-rich...the high-P/T type Sanbagawa metamorphic belt. Abswurmbachite, a Cu-analogue of braunite, has to date been...localities at Mili, Evvia (Euböa) and at Apikia, Andros island, Greece (Reinecke et al. 1991). Noélbensonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OGl' Canada Abswurmbachite* T. Reinecke,E. Tillmanns, H.-J. Bernhardt (1991) Abswurmbachite, Cu'?*Mnl*[O8/SiOo]...Karystos, Evvia, Greece, and in similar quartzites on the Vasilikon mountains near Apikia, Andros Island, Greece...Greece.An electron microprobe analysis (Andros material; one of six for both localities) gave SiO, 9.8...molo/oin cuprian braunite and 52-93 molo/oin abswurmbachite. Occurs mostly as fibrous to elongateprismatic...com- a manganeseore lens at the Kombat mine, 49 km south monly showing semispherulitic texture consisting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the Potter-Cramer property in Maricopa County south of Figure 3. Peculiar shattuckite pseudomorph after...similar vein, shattuckite is almost unknown in South America. It has been reported from the Pinky mine...localities are reported from Greece, including Mili on Ewia Island and Apikia on Andros Island (Reinecke, Tillmanns...kilometers northwest of Windhoek or 40 kilometers south of Opuwo in the Joubert Mountains (Bezing et al...at Spitskopje 70 (Bezing et al. 2007). A single South African shattuckite occurrence is known from the
Journal (issue)
Figure 2. The village of Bishopton lies close to the south shore of the River Clyde In the parish of Erskine...the northern margin of.the Clyde Plateau Lavas south of the river. In this vicinity the lavas, of Dinantian...Loanhead Quarry near Beith, Ayrshire, about 18km south of Bishopcon (Meikle, 1989). MINERALIZATION As...Illzach (Telephone and Fax: 89574433). July 19th: South Western Mineral and Fossil Show, St George's Hall...24680961). September 24th-October 4th: Federation of South African Gem and Mineralogical Societies Biannual
Book
Canada Chile Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moon Nu111ber...China Portugal Republic of Macedonia Republic of South Africa Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland...Mineralogist 32, 843-854. NEW MINERALS Abswurmbachite 1990-1994 Tetragonal Cu2+MntSiO 12 Locality:The...of the Vasilikon mountain chain, 2.5 km WSW of Apikia, Andros Island, Cyclades, Greece. Occurrmce: In ...and quartz. In ardennite-piemontite quartzites (Apikia) . Associated minerals are: cuprian braunite, shattuckite
Book (edition)
abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island),...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa...pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc. For some...Tabular crystals in aggregates to 3 Apikia. Andros Is., both Greece. NJbMA 163, mm. Pink. red-brown. luster...Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co
 
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