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Levinsonite-(Y) from
Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Levinsonite-(Y)
Formula:(Y,Nd,La)Al(C2O4)(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Comments:Semiquantitative EDAX analysis of the levinsonite indicates that the Nd/Y/Ce ratio is 46/28/25.(R&M)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Levinsonite-(Y) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26041
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26041:7
GUID (UUID V4):e874ffa7-011a-45b8-88a5-c4ee1f4fa408
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/01 $20.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...S0016-7037(00)00568-8 The new minerals levinsonite-(Y) [(Y, Nd,Ce)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 䡠 12H2O] and zugshunstite-(Ce)...Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, USA 2 6324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, MD 21045, USA 3 Metals & Ceramics Division...Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA (Received March 23, 2000; accepted in revised form...September 20, 2000) Abstract—Two new minerals, levinsonite-(Y) [(Y,Nd,Ce)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 䡠 12H2O] and zugshunstite-(Ce)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky, and Tennessee); hence, they will all be investigated for this article. (Note: Tennessee was not deemed...soluble nitrate efflorescences from a shelter cave in Tennessee, and the most recent (2014/2015) are two ammoniabased...Nicajack Cave, Marion County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1835 Nitromagnesite Nicajack Cave, Marion County...County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1846 Schorlomite Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Shepard...distinguish from diadochite Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee; cotype: Argenteau, Belgium Palache
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Uher, S. Michal & J. Vitdlos The minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, T ennessee...........Collector's Edge Collector's Stope Colorado Academ y o f Silversmithing Colorado Gem stone Colorado N uggets...l a n d M u s e u m o f Na t u r a l H i s t o r y The Cleveland M useum of N atural History is seeking...information. P.O . B ox 2 2 2 O c e a n sid e , N Y 1 1 5 7 2 Tel: (516) 678-3473 • Hrs. by Appt. HAWTHORNEDEN
Report (issue)
= 13.128(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA. 7.9 (100), 3.93 (70), 5.36 (50), 5...11 0.04 [32.41] Total [100.01] (1) Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA; by electron microprobe, C2 O3 and...Association: Distribution: USA. Levinsonite-(Y), epsomite, halotrichite. From Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains...Mountains National Park, Tennessee, Name: Derived from the Cherokee Indian term for the Great Smoky Mountains...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1) Rouse, R.C., D.R. Peacor, E.J. Essene
Report (issue)
Levinsonite-(Y) (Y, Nd, Ce, Sm)Al(SO4)2 (C2 O4 ) • 12H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version...Streak: White. Optical Class: Biaxial (+). Orientation: Y = b; X ' c; Z ∧ c = 19◦ . α = 1.48(1) β = 1.49(1)...= 11.015(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA. 9.3 (100), 6.28 (90), 4.89 (60), 4...15 0.29 [33.18] Total [100.00] (1) Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA; by electron microprobe, C2 O3 and...Association: Distribution: USA. Zugshunstite-(Ce), epsomite, halotrichite. From Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district of Tennessee, and where sulfide-bearing metamorphic rocks undisturbed...Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Dissolution experiments on composite salt samples...minerals; Mineralogy; Acid rock drainage; Eastern USA 1. Introduction Secondary sulfate minerals play
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
) 56° ; dispersion r > v, medium; nonpleochroic; Y = b, X ⵩ c = 4° (in obtuse angle ). Chemical analytical...São José de Brejaúba, Conceição do Mato Dentro County, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Occurrence: Associated minerals...2V(calc.) 0° ; pleochroism X pale brown, Y dark green, Z reddish; Y = b. Chemical analytical data: Mean of...pleochroism X yellowish, nearly colorless, Y pale lilac, Z greenish blue; Y = b, Z ⵩ c = 15 to 16° . Chemical...medium strong, X orange-brown, Y pale yellowish brown, Z orange-brown, Z Æ X > Y; orientation unknown. Chemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline pegmatite dyke, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Grice, J.D. et al. (2000): Can...Creek, National Forest Route 9, eastern Fresno County, California, U.S.A. Basciano, L.C. et al. (2001):...Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, U.S.A. Roberts, A.C. et al. (2000):...weathering of pyritic phyllite, Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, U.S.A. Peacor, D.R. et al...São José de Brejaúba, Conceição do Mato Dentro County, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Burns, P.C. et al. (2000):
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemical formula: (Ce 1.01 Nd 0.33 La 0.32 Pr 0.11 Y 0.11 Sm 0.01 Pb 0.04 U 0.03 Th 0.01 Ca 0.04 ) 2.01...gasparite-(Ce) (Graeser and Schwander, 1987) and paraniite-(Y) (Demartin et al., 1994) were first described in these...crystal-chemistry of an arsenicrich fergusonite-beta-(Y) was first characterized from a sample found at Mount...frequently containing Be-As-Y-REE minerals. In the pegmatite dykes, the Be, As, Y and REE minerals occur more...includes: aeschynite-(Y), agardite-(Y), Nb-rich anatase, arsenic-rich fergusonite-beta-(Y), cervandonite-(Ce)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...mineral species from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A., and it has potential uses in...2V = 16(1)°; dispersion r < v, slight; orientation Y = b, X ^ a ≈ 9° in obtuse β. Electron microprobe analyses...collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., catalog numbers...mine, near Theba, Painted Rock district, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A. (33°2′57″N 113°1′49.59″W). The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals have...the deposit. NEW ONTARIO OCCURRENCES OF KAMOTOITE-(Y) AND PHENAKITE. M. Back1, R. A. Ramik1, and E. Fodi2:... is well known for fabulous fergusonite-(Y) and euxenite-(Y) crystals. In 1978, coauthor Ramik collected...to identify. After the description of kamotoite-(Y) from the Kamoto mine, Shaba, Zaire, in 1986 and the
Journal (issue)
r lhc purpose o f c hecking paper mo ney. In the USA, the littl e strip inserted in the bi ll nuoresces...0885-4327) is published monthly for: S1 9.00 per year, two y ears $34.00, one year First Class S27.00, two years...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...inches long, East Pit, Chino Mine, Hurley, Grant County, New Mexico. wonde rfu l e longated spine! law...copper fro m East Pit. Chino Mine. Hurley. Gram County. New Mex ico (Fig. 7). These were collcc_tc d June
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1063, USA 6, St. Ronan's Terrace, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire...sulphate and sulphide standards was used nearly 40 y ago to identify the valence state of sulphur in the...limits (Table 1). The elements F, Ca, Mn, V, As, Sr, Y, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd and Th were analysed both...Si- a P- a S- a Cl- a Ca- a Mn- a V- a As- a Sr- a Y- a Ba- a La- a Ce- a Pr- b Nd- a Sm- b Gd- b Pb- a...synthetic V2O5 natural olivenite Maybee celestite syn. Y-Al garnet (YAG) synthetic alforsite synthetic LaPO4
Show/Event (guide)
2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;...and W B. Simmons 3:00 C o f f e e Break 3:15 C r y s t a l growth: Inference of mechanisms and geological...distributions byD. E. Kile and D. D. Eberl 3:30 T y p o m o r p h i s m of quartz, calcite and pyrite:...Fremont County, CObyM. I. Jacobson,.1, W Nizamoff,A. U. Falster and IV. B. Simmons 4:30 A l u m Cave Bluff...Bluff revisited: Nd-rich levinsonite, jurbanite crystals, a potentially newMg-Fe sulfate, and a new variety
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...that the copper and manganese are present in the Y crystallographic site, substituting for aluminum....found. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has an interesting specimen consisting of fractured...Anthony Kampf (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) for reviewing the manuscript, and for graciously...Association, Pisa, Italy, 1–13. ALMEIDA, F. F. M., HASUI, Y., BRITO NEVES, B. B., AND FUCK, R. A. (1981) Brazilian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
atoms: (#1) −y, x–y + 1, z; (#2) –x + y, −x + 1, z; (#3) −y + 1, x–y + 1, z: (#4) −x + y − 1, −x, z; (#5)...(#5) −y + 1, x–y + 2, z; (#6) −x + y − 1, −x + 1, z Symmetry transformations used to generate equivalent...atoms: (#1) −y, x–y + 1, z; (#2) −x + y, −x + 1, z; (#3) −x + y − 1, −x, z; (#4) −y + 1, x–y + 1, z; (#5)...(#5) −y + 1, x–y + 2, z; (#6) −x + y − 1, −x + 1, z natural materials basically possess the same crystal...O23 O7W O32 O7W O24 O9W O12 O9W O8W [−y + 1, x–y + 1, z] [−x + y, −x + 1, z] 2.00(2) 1.92(2) 2.19(2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2O 4)3•3H 2O (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO 4 )2 (C 2O 4)•8H 2O (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO 4) 2 (C 2O 4)•12H 2O (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO 4)2...(1986) Garavelli (1955b) Rouse et al. (2001) Levinsonite-(Y) Coskrenite-(Ce) Rouse et al. (2001) Peacor...(C24H12) from the Picacho Peak area, San Benito County, California: evidences for the hydrothermal formation...and celestite from a fault opening in San Juan County, Utah. Am. Mineral. 45, 1257-1265. 1351 Hayatsu...a new rare-earth oxalate mineral from Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee: characterization and crystal structure
Report (chapter)
the vertices of a tetrahedron: (SO3F)–. Reederite-(Y), ideally Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl (Grice et al. 1995)...and Will 1980). (a) in the mirror plane (010) at y = 0; (b) in the mirror plane (100) at x = 1/4 ; (c)...anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodium alum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra: (a) cyanochroite; (b) sodium alum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...clusters either side of y = 0, and layers of [M(TO4)2Ø2] clusters either side of y = 1/2. Like layers are
Journal (issue)
Thirty-two, Number Three May-June 2001 S12 T 7 ^ y ^ \T M[ I ]A K I JI/^TV A I \ S c Iv TT yl /...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite, Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya... 2001 Natural History Museum o f Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm .org/m...volume 32, May-June, 2001 La r g e Ba r it e C r y s t a l s FROM THE El a n d sr a n d G o ld M So u
Book (edition)
Strunz since 1941 (Strunz and Nickel 2001): • Subsidim-y anions (OH,F,O) are positioned before the complex...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...ardennite, Triclinic. ah,c = 8. 4+, 11.12. 7.28, o.,~,y = 90°53', hollandite. and shattuckite, etc., in brownish...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
Report (volume)
...................... 66 -- - - - - - - - v ' y Apatite-like structures ..... ... .. .............the vertices of a tetrahedron: (SO3F)–. Reederite-(Y), ideally Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl (Grice et al. 1995)...and Will 1980). (a) in the mirror plane (010) at y = 0; (b) in the mirror plane (100) at x = 1/4 ; (c)...anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodium alum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra: (a) cyanochroite; (b) sodium alum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;
 
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