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Belakovskiite

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Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite, etc.

Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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About BelakovskiiteHide

Dmitriy Belakovskyi

Formula:

Na₇(UO₂)(SO₄)₄(SO₃OH)(H₂O)₃

Colour:

yellow green

Lustre:

Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

2.953 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Name:

Named in 2013 by Anthony R. Kampf, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, and Joseph Marty in honor of Dimitrii Ilyich Belakovskii (Дмитрий Ильич Белаковский) (b. 4 September 1957), mineralogist and curator of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Third uranyl hydrosulfate after meisserite and later discovered seaborgite. Further similarity to fermiite, klaprothite, natrozippeite, oppenheimerite, ottohahnite, péligotite, and plášilite.

Classification of BelakovskiiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval Year:

2013

First Published:

2014

Physical Properties of BelakovskiiteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

yellow green

Streak:

White

Hardness:

2 on Mohs scale

Comment:

Estimated

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

2.953 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of BelakovskiiteHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.500 n_β = 1.511 n_γ = 1.523

2V:

Measured: 87° , Calculated: 88°

Birefringence:

0.023

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.023

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

Surface Relief:

Low

Optical Extinction:

X~a

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemical Properties of BelakovskiiteHide

Formula:

Na₇(UO₂)(SO₄)₄(SO₃OH)(H₂O)₃

Elements listed:

H, Na, O, S, U - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of BelakovskiiteHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Class (H-M):

1 - Pinacoidal

Space Group:

Setting:

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.4581(3) Å, b = 11.3288(6) Å, c = 18.4163(13) Å
α = 104.786(7)°, β = 90.092(6)°, γ = 96.767(7)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.482 : 1 : 1.626

Unit Cell V:

1,092.77 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

P1¯

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020475	Belakovskiite	Kampf A R, Plasil J, Kasatkin A V, Marty J (2014) Belakovskiite, Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3, a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA Mineralogical Magazine 78 639-649		2014	Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA	0	293

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 Belakovskiite, Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3, a new uranyl sulfate mineral from
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_chemical_formula_sum 'U2 S10 Na14 O50 H14'
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S1   0.74860   0.19270   0.97103   1.00000   0.01900
S2   0.67980   0.25410   0.59870   1.00000   0.02210
S3   0.72640   0.84360   0.81019   1.00000   0.01770
S4   0.68680   0.46430   0.81836   1.00000   0.01680
S5   0.20530   0.64640   0.61504   1.00000   0.02400
Na1   0.00000   0.50000   0.00000   1.00000   0.02920
Na2   0.19710   0.97890   0.91140   1.00000   0.03050
Na3   0.20800   0.65940   0.82720   1.00000   0.02930
Na4   0.72210   0.72430   0.95550   1.00000   0.02750
Na5   0.21820   0.37520   0.70940   1.00000   0.02980
Na6   0.71580   0.56790   0.67730   1.00000   0.03420
Na7   0.29660   0.35840   0.51660   1.00000   0.03710
Na8   0.42800   0.96290   0.58350   0.50000   0.07800
O1   0.93110   0.11770   0.98620   1.00000   0.02800
O2   0.22780   0.69040   0.97200   1.00000   0.02800
O3   0.49890   0.12940   0.96890   1.00000   0.03100
O4   0.80130   0.21810   0.89630   1.00000   0.02600
O5   0.57680   0.18800   0.52420   1.00000   0.03800
O6   0.55660   0.36500   0.62480   1.00000   0.02800
O7   0.94880   0.28490   0.59890   1.00000   0.03400
O8   0.61500   0.17300   0.64970   1.00000   0.03400
O9   0.48920   0.84260   0.84560   1.00000   0.02700
O10   0.89850   0.78660   0.84760   1.00000   0.02180
O11   0.69460   0.77820   0.72960   1.00000   0.02600
O12   0.84150   0.97250   0.81440   1.00000   0.01910
O13   0.71480   0.50720   0.89980   1.00000   0.02460
O14   0.92370   0.47970   0.78310   1.00000   0.03100
O15   0.51150   0.53310   0.79010   1.00000   0.02350
O16   0.57580   0.33060   0.79550   1.00000   0.02110
O17   0.97430   0.64580   0.57810   1.00000   0.04300
O18   0.39210   0.59050   0.56640   1.00000   0.03500
O19   0.17570   0.59360   0.67930   1.00000   0.03600
O-H20   0.30150   0.78620   0.64720   1.00000   0.04100
O21   0.02560   0.20890   0.75950   1.00000   0.03100
O22   0.43080   0.06730   0.77310   1.00000   0.03600
Wat23   0.81710   0.96550   0.66180   1.00000   0.03700
Wat24   0.27010   0.36740   0.93760   1.00000   0.03300
Wat25   0.08300   0.02200   0.55460   0.50000   0.07200
Wat26   0.20800   0.99600   0.57010   0.50000   0.05200
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_atom_site_aniso_label
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_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
U1 0.02520 0.01470 0.02090 0.00340 -0.00275 0.00376
S1 0.01870 0.01430 0.02280 0.00100 -0.00090 0.00270
S2 0.02620 0.02100 0.01890 0.00730 -0.00170 0.00260
S3 0.01910 0.01310 0.02060 0.00240 -0.00230 0.00360
S4 0.01680 0.01200 0.02040 0.00050 -0.00240 0.00270
S5 0.02030 0.02400 0.02810 0.00270 -0.00360 0.00770
Na1 0.03100 0.03400 0.02700 0.01500 0.00500 0.01000
Na2 0.02900 0.02400 0.03300 0.00400 -0.00300 -0.00400
Na3 0.02500 0.02100 0.03800 0.00600 0.00200 -0.00200
Na4 0.03200 0.02000 0.02800 0.00300 0.00300 0.00200
Na5 0.02900 0.02600 0.02900 -0.00200 0.00500 0.00000
Na6 0.04100 0.02600 0.03300 0.00200 0.00700 0.00300
Na7 0.03900 0.04500 0.02800 0.00500 -0.00800 0.01100
Na8 0.10600 0.05000 0.07000 0.01000 -0.01300 0.00100
O1 0.03300 0.03500 0.02000 0.02000 -0.00500 0.00500
O2 0.03900 0.02100 0.01500 0.00200 0.00200 -0.00800
O3 0.01700 0.02900 0.04200 -0.00200 0.00200 -0.00100
O4 0.04600 0.01600 0.01200 0.00100 -0.01000 -0.00100
O5 0.05100 0.03800 0.01700 0.00500 -0.01000 -0.00600
O6 0.03800 0.01800 0.02800 0.01000 0.00000 0.00500
O7 0.01500 0.04900 0.03500 0.00200 -0.00200 0.00900
O8 0.05400 0.02700 0.02200 0.00800 -0.01500 0.00600
O9 0.02200 0.01900 0.03900 0.00200 0.00800 0.00700
O10 0.01900 0.01300 0.03700 0.00200 -0.00400 0.01200
O11 0.03500 0.01700 0.02100 0.00400 -0.00400 -0.00500
O12 0.02100 0.00800 0.02600 -0.00100 -0.00500 0.00100
O13 0.03300 0.02500 0.01100 0.00100 -0.00200 -0.00200
O14 0.02000 0.02500 0.04200 0.00700 0.00200 -0.00500
O15 0.02800 0.01200 0.03200 0.00400 -0.00100 0.00800
O16 0.02500 0.00700 0.03500 0.00600 0.01000 0.01100
O17 0.03200 0.06100 0.03600 0.00900 -0.01400 0.01100
O18 0.03200 0.03100 0.04700 0.01800 0.01700 0.01400
O19 0.04000 0.03700 0.03700 0.00400 0.00100 0.02100
O-H20 0.05100 0.02700 0.04500 0.00200 -0.00700 0.01000
O21 0.04100 0.01900 0.03200 -0.00200 -0.00200 0.00600
O22 0.03900 0.01700 0.05300 -0.01400 -0.01400 0.01600
Wat23 0.06700 0.01600 0.02800 0.00900 0.01000 0.00200
Wat24 0.02700 0.03700 0.03700 0.00300 0.00900 0.01400
Wat25 0.07000 0.07000 0.07600 0.01200 0.00200 0.02200
Wat26 0.00900 0.02800 0.12000 0.01000 0.01100 0.01500

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
8.96Å	(35)
8.46Å	(29)
5.19Å	(100)
4.66Å	(58)
3.568Å	(37)
3.057Å	(59)
2.930Å	(27)
1.832Å	(29)

Comments:

From Type Description.

Type Occurrence of BelakovskiiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

General Appearance of Type Material:

Yellow green acicular crystals. Crystals of belakovskiite are very pale yellowish-green hair-like fibres up to 2 mm long and usually no more than a few μm in diameter. The fibres are elongated on [100] and slightly flattened on {021}.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue number 64055, and the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Sandstone/siltstone layers containing uraninite and secondary copper mineralssecodndary species.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A.V., Marty, J. (2014) Belakovskiite, Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3, a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Mineralogical Magazine: 78: 639-649.

Synonyms of BelakovskiiteHide

IMA2013-075

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for BelakovskiiteHide

Reference List:

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Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A.V. and Marty, J. (2013) Belakovskiite, IMA 2013-075. CNMNC Newsletter No. 18, December 2013, page 3252. Mineralogical Magazine: 77: 3249-3258.

Cámara, F., Gagne, O.C., Uvarova, Y. (2015) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 100: 658-663.

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Localities for BelakovskiiteHide

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USA (TL)

Utah

San Juan Co.

Red Canyon

ⓘ Blue Lizard Mine (TL)

Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A.V. and Marty, J. (2013) Belakovskiite, IMA 2013-075. CNMNC Newsletter No. 18, December 2013, page 3252; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3249-3258.

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