Johillerite

Johillerite, etc.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Johillerite

Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Johillerite

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Johillerite, etc.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Johillerite

Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Johillerite

Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Johillerite, etc.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Johillerite

Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

About JohilleriteHide

Classification of JohilleriteHide

Physical Properties of JohilleriteHide

Optical Data of JohilleriteHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.715 n_β = 1.743 n_γ = 1.783

2V:

Measured: 80° , Calculated: 82°

Birefringence:

0.068

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.068

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

Surface Relief:

High

Dispersion:

weak

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemical Properties of JohilleriteHide

Crystallography of JohilleriteHide

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0005933	Johillerite	Tait K T, Hawthorne F C (2004) Johillerite from Tolbachik, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia: Crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition The Canadian Mineralogist 42 717-722		2004	Tolbachik, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia	0	293
0014830	Johillerite	Keller P, Hess H (1988) Die kristallstrukturen von o'danielit, Na(Zn,Mg)3H2(AsO4)3, und johillerit, Na(Mg,Zn)3Cu(AsO4)3 Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1988 395-404		1988	Tsumeb, Namibia	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Johillerite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Tait K T' 'Hawthorne F C' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 42 _journal_year 2004 _journal_page_first 717 _journal_page_last 722 _publ_section_title ; Johillerite from Tolbachik, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia: Crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition ; _database_code_amcsd 0005933 _chemical_compound_source 'Tolbachik, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia' _chemical_formula_sum 'Cu1.6 Na.77 Pb.01 Ca.01 K.03 Mg2.09 Fe.25 Al.06 As3 O12' _cell_length_a 6.7520 _cell_length_b 12.739 _cell_length_c 11.068 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 100.37 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 936.450 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.299 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'I 1 2/a 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '1/2-x,y,-z' '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '1/2+x,-y,z' '+x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '-x,-y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Cu2+A1 0.25000 0.00236 0.50000 1.00000 0.01260 NaA2 0.25000 0.00710 0.00000 0.77000 0.03290 Pb2+A2 0.25000 0.00710 0.00000 0.01000 0.03290 CaA2 0.25000 0.00710 0.00000 0.01000 0.03290 KA2 0.25000 0.00710 0.00000 0.03000 0.03290 MgM1 0.25000 0.73963 0.00000 0.79000 0.01700 Cu2+M1 0.25000 0.73963 0.00000 0.21000 0.01700 MgM2 0.08832 0.15530 0.21465 0.65000 0.01380 Cu2+M2 0.08832 0.15530 0.21465 0.19500 0.01380 Fe3+M2 0.08832 0.15530 0.21465 0.12500 0.01380 AlM2 0.08832 0.15530 0.21465 0.03000 0.01380 As5+T1 0.25000 0.28556 0.00000 1.00000 0.01089 As5+T2 0.10551 0.88564 0.23053 1.00000 0.01094 O1 0.05370 0.00302 0.16790 1.00000 0.01710 O2 0.30300 -0.10913 0.61610 1.00000 0.01440 O3 0.15640 0.37986 -0.10620 1.00000 0.01290 O4 0.27830 0.82990 0.15880 1.00000 0.01450 O5 -0.10340 0.81130 0.21560 1.00000 0.01410 O6 0.43940 0.21446 -0.03740 1.00000 0.01310 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Cu2+A1 0.02060 0.00600 0.01110 0.00000 0.00210 0.00000 NaA2 0.03800 0.04400 0.01860 0.00000 0.00770 0.00000 Pb2+A2 0.03800 0.04400 0.01860 0.00000 0.00770 0.00000 CaA2 0.03800 0.04400 0.01860 0.00000 0.00770 0.00000 KA2 0.03800 0.04400 0.01860 0.00000 0.00770 0.00000 MgM1 0.02120 0.01550 0.01310 0.00000 -0.00010 0.00000 Cu2+M1 0.02120 0.01550 0.01310 0.00000 -0.00010 0.00000 MgM2 0.01920 0.00960 0.01200 -0.00040 0.00110 0.00100 Cu2+M2 0.01920 0.00960 0.01200 -0.00040 0.00110 0.00100 Fe3+M2 0.01920 0.00960 0.01200 -0.00040 0.00110 0.00100 AlM2 0.01920 0.00960 0.01200 -0.00040 0.00110 0.00100 As5+T1 0.01570 0.00730 0.01060 0.00000 0.00495 0.00000 As5+T2 0.01500 0.00780 0.01050 -0.00062 0.00335 -0.00067 O1 0.02320 0.00750 0.02090 0.00260 0.00480 0.00110 O2 0.02330 0.00970 0.00930 -0.00040 0.00080 0.00090 O3 0.01940 0.00750 0.01100 0.00290 0.00090 0.00100 O4 0.01740 0.01180 0.01520 0.00020 0.00560 -0.00290 O5 0.01690 0.01240 0.01370 -0.00410 0.00460 -0.00180 O6 0.01800 0.01170 0.01030 0.00190 0.00460 -0.00090

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Localities for JohilleriteHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia Arnsberg Märkischer Kreis Iserlohn Letmathe ⓘ Genna zinc smelter slag locality	Bender, D. and Krimmelbein, W. (1994) Aktuelle Übersicht: Mineralien der Zinkhütte Genna/Sauerland. Stand Juni 1994. Mineralien-Welt, 4/94, 10.; Wittern, A. (2001) Mineralfundorte in Deutschland.
Namibia (TL)
Oshikoto Region Tsumeb ⓘ Tsumeb Mine (TL)	Keller, P., Hess, H., Dunn, P.J. (1982) Johillerit, Na(Mg, Zn)3Cu(AsO4)3, ein neues Mineral aus Tsumeb, Namibia. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 29: 169–175.
Russia
Kamchatka Krai Tolbachik volcano Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture) Northern Breakthrough (North Breach) ⓘ Second scoria cone	Glavatskikh, S.F. and Bykova, E.Y. (1998) First finding of exhalative johillerite (Kamchatka). Doklady Akademii Nauk: 361: 795-798.; Jambor, J.L. and Roberts, A.C. (2002) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 87: 765-768.; Vergasova, L.P., Krivovichev, S.V., Britvin, S.N., Burns, P.C., and Ananiev, V.V. (2004) Filatovite, K[(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8], a new mineral species from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy: 16(3): 533-536.;
ⓘ Arsenatnaya fumarole	Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Vigasina, M.F., Sidorov, E.G., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu. (2014): New arsenate minerals from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. I. Yurmarinite, Na7(Fe3+,Mg,Cu)4(AsO4)6. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 905-917; Zubkova, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Ksenofontov, D. A., Yapaskurt, V. O., Pushcharovsky, D. Y., & Sidorov, E. G. (2018, March). Arcanite from Fumarole Exhalations of the Tolbachik Volcano (Kamchatka, Russia) and Its Crystal Structure. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 479, pp. 339-341). Pleiades Publishing.; Shchipalkina, N.V.; Pekov, I.V.; Britvin, S.N.; Koshlyakova, N.N.; Vigasina, M.F.; Sidorov, E.G. (2019) A New Mineral Ferrisanidine, K[Fe3+Si3O8], the First Natural Feldspar with Species-Defining Iron. Minerals 9, 770.; Pekov, I. V., Shchipalkina, N. V., Zubkova, N. V., Gurzhiy, V. V., Agakhanov, A. A., Belakovskiy, D. I., ... & Sidorov, E. G. (2019). Alkali sulfates with aphthitalite-like structures from fumaroles of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. I. Metathenardite, a natural high-temperature modification of Na2SO4. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57(6), 885-901.
ⓘ Novaya fumarole
Mountain 1004 ⓘ Southern fumarole field	Shchipalkina, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Koshlyakova, N. N., Britvin, S. N., Zubkova, N. V., Varlamov, D. A., & Sidorov, E. G. (2020). Unusual silicate mineralization in fumarolic sublimates of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia–Part 1: Neso-, cyclo-, ino-and phyllosilicates. European Journal of Mineralogy, 32(1), 101-119.