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Magnesio-foitite

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Magnesio-foitite

Kyonosawa, Mitomi-mura, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
Magnesio-foitite, etc.

Pyshminskoe deposit, Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Magnesio-foitite

Kyonosawa, Mitomi-mura, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
Magnesio-foitite

Kyonosawa, Mitomi-mura, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
Magnesio-foitite, etc.

Pyshminskoe deposit, Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Magnesio-foitite

Kyonosawa, Mitomi-mura, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
Magnesio-foitite

Kyonosawa, Mitomi-mura, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
Magnesio-foitite, etc.

Pyshminskoe deposit, Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
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About Magnesio-foititeHide

Formula:
(□,Na)(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Colour:
Pale bluish-grey
Lustre:
Earthy
Hardness:
7
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Name:
Named for its relationship to foitite
Tourmaline Group.


Classification of Magnesio-foititeHide

IMA status:
Approved
Approval Year:
1998
Strunz 8th ed.:
8/E.19-15
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:
9.CK.05

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
C : Cyclosilicates
K : [Si6O18]12- 6-membered single rings, with insular complex anions
Dana 7th ed.:
61.3.1.2

Physical Properties of Magnesio-foititeHide

Lustre:
Earthy
Colour:
Pale bluish-grey
Streak:
Not reported.
Hardness:
7 on Mohs scale

Optical Data of Magnesio-foititeHide

Type:
Uniaxial (-)
RI values:
nω = 1.650 nε = 1.624
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.026
Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:
Moderate

Chemical Properties of Magnesio-foititeHide

Formula:
(□,Na)(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
IMA Formula:
◻(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Elements listed:
Al, B, H, Mg, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Magnesio-foititeHide

Crystal System:
Trigonal

Type Occurrence of Magnesio-foititeHide

Synonyms of Magnesio-foititeHide

Other Language Names for Magnesio-foititeHide

Relationship of Magnesio-foitite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:
Tourmaline Group
Other Members of this group:
AdachiiteCaFe3Al6(Si5AlO18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
BosiiteNaFe3+3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
Chromium-draviteNa(Mg3)Cr3+6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig.
Chromo-alumino-povondraiteNa(Cr3)(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
DarrellhenryiteNa(LiAl2)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)3O Trig. 3m : R3m
DraviteNa(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
FeruviteCa(Fe2+)3MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-buergeriteNa(Fe3+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-draviteNa(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-elbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-feruviteCa(Fe2+)3MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Fluor-liddicoatiteCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-schorlNa(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-tsilaisiteNa(Mn2+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-uviteCa(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
Foitite(□,Na)(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OHTrig. 3m : R3m
LiddicoatiteCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
LucchesiiteCaFe2+3 Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
Luinaite-(OH)Na(Fe2+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Mon. m : Bm
MaruyamaiteK(MgAl2)(Al5Mg)(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
OleniteNa(Al3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)Trig.
Oxy-chromium-draviteNa(Cr)3(Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-draviteNa(MgAl2)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-foitite□(Fe2+Al2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Oxy-rossmanite☐(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Oxy-schorlNa(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-uviteCaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Oxy-vanadium-draviteNa(V)3(V4Mg2)Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
PovondraiteNaFe3+3(Mg2Fe3+4)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig.
Rossmanite☐(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
SchorlNa(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
TsilaisiteNa(Mn2+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
UM2000-64-SiO:BFeHKMgK, Mg, Fe, Si, B, O, H
Unnamed (Pb-dominant Tourmaline)(Pb,Na)(Li,Al)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(F,OH)
Uvite SeriesCa(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(F/OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
Vanadio-oxy-chromium-draviteNa(V)3(Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O Trig. 3m : R3m
Vanadio-oxy-draviteNaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz20 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Quartz on mindat.org.
Albite11 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Albite on mindat.org.
Goshenite7 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Goshenite on mindat.org.
Muscovite3 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Muscovite on mindat.org.
Scheelite2 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Scheelite on mindat.org.
Limonite2 photos of Magnesio-foitite associated with Limonite on mindat.org.
Woodhouseite1 photo of Magnesio-foitite associated with Woodhouseite on mindat.org.
Beryl1 photo of Magnesio-foitite associated with Beryl on mindat.org.

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

9.CK.Fluor-schorlNa(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.DarrellhenryiteNa(LiAl2)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)3O Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.AdachiiteCaFe3Al6(Si5AlO18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Fluor-buergeriteNa(Fe3+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3FTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Chromium-draviteNa(Mg3)Cr3+6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig.
9.CK.05DraviteNa(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05ElbaiteNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05FeruviteCa(Fe2+)3MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Foitite(□,Na)(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OHTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05LiddicoatiteCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05OleniteNa(Al3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)Trig.
9.CK.05PovondraiteNaFe3+3(Mg2Fe3+4)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig.
9.CK.05SchorlNa(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Rossmanite☐(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Oxy-vanadium-draviteNa(V)3(V4Mg2)Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Oxy-draviteNa(MgAl2)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Oxy-rossmanite☐(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
9.CK.05Chromo-alumino-povondraiteNa(Cr3)(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Fluor-draviteNa(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05Fluor-uviteCa(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3FTrig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.10Abenakiite-(Ce)Na26Ce6(Si6O18)(PO4)6(CO3)6(SO2)OTrig. 3 : R3
9.CK.15ScawtiteCa7(Si3O9)2CO3 · 2H2OMon. 2/m
9.CK.20Steenstrupine-(Ce)Na14Mn2+2(Fe3+,Mn3+)2Ce6(Zr,Th)(Si6O18)2(PO4)6(HPO4)(OH)2 · 2H2OTrig.
9.CK.20Thorosteenstrupine(Ca,Th,Mn)3Si4O11F · 6H2O

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 Magnesio-foititeHide

Reference List:
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Hawthorne, F.C., Selway, J.B., Kato, A., Matsubara, S., Shimizu, M., Grice, J.D., Vajdak, J. (1999) Magnesiofoitite, _(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4, a new alkali-deficient tourmaline. Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 1439-1443.
Grew, E.S., and Anovitz, L.M. (1996) BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, second edition, as revised (2002).
Henry, D., Novák, M., Hawthorne, F.C., Ertl, A., Dutrow, B.L., Uher, P. & Pezzotta, F. (2011): Nomenclature of the tourmaline supergroup minerals. Am. Mineral., 96, 895-913.
Fantini, C., Tavares, M.C., Krambrock, K., Moreira, R.L., and Righi, A. (2014): Raman and infrared study of hydroxyl sites in natural uvite, fluor-uvite, magnesio-foitite, dravite and elbaite tourmalines. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41, 247-254.
Berryman, E.J., Wunder, B., Ertl, A., Koch-Müller, M., Rhede, D., Scheidl, K., Giester, G., and Heinrich, W. (2016): Influence of the X-site composition on tourmaline’s crystal structure: investigation of synthetic K-dravite, dravite, oxy-uvite, and magnesio-foitite using SREF and Raman spectroscopy. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 43, 83-102.

Internet Links for Magnesio-foititeHide

Localities for Magnesio-foititeHide

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia
 
  • Tasmania
    • West Coast municipality
      • Queenstown district
Ralph Bottrill et al in prep.; Bottrill, R. S. (2000). A Mineralogical Field Guide for the Western Tasmania Minerals and Museums Tour.
Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania
Austria
 
  • Lower Austria
    • Waldviertel
      • Senftenberg
Ertl, A., Schuster, R., Hughes, J.M., Ludwig, T., Meyer, H.-P., Finger, F., Dyar, M.D., Ruschel, K., Rossman, G.R., Klötzli, U., Brandstätter, F., Lengauer, C.L., Tillmanns, E. (2012): Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715.
Canada
 
  • Saskatchewan
    • Athabasca Basin
Reid, K.D., Creighton, S. & Potter, E.G. (2016) Composition of large zoned aluminum phosphate sulfate minerals: implications for fluid evolution in the Centennial uranium deposit area, Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 54, 1205-1228.
Rosenberg P. E., Foit F. F. (2006): Magnesiofoitite from the uranium deposits of the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 959-965.
Geological Association of Canada (2014) Abstracts Fredericton Vol 37; Adlakha, E.E. & Hattori, K. (2016): Paragenesis and composition of tourmaline types along the P2 fault and Mcarthur River uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 661-679.; Adlakha, E., Hattori, K., Zaluski, G., Kotzer, T., & Potter, E. G. (2013). Alteration within the basement rocks associated with the P2 fault and the McArthur River uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report, 7462, 33.; Ng, R., Alexandre, P., & Kyser, K. (2013). Mineralogical and geochemical evolution of the unconformity-related McArthur River Zone 4 orebody in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: implications of a silicified zone. Economic Geology, 108(7), 1657-1689.; Adlakha, E. E., & Hattori, K. (2015). Compositional variation and timing of aluminum phosphate-sulfate minerals in the basement rocks along the P2 fault and in association with the McArthur River uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. American Mineralogist, 100(7), 1386-1399.
Rosenberg P. E., Foit F. F. (2006): Magnesiofoitite from the uranium deposits of the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 959-965.
China
 
  • Sichuan Province
    • Mianyang Prefecture
      • Pingwu Co.
        • Mt Xuebaoding
          • Huya township
Pavel Kartashov data
Germany
 
  • Bavaria
    • Lower Bavaria
      • Zwiesel
        • Pauliberg
Melch, R. (2017): Magnesiofoitit aus dem Bayerischen Wald. Lapis, 42 (3), 25.
Hungary
 
  • Pest Co.
    • Börzsöny Mts
WDS: Béla Fehér
Italy
 
  • Piedmont
    • Torino Province
      • Germanasca valley
        • Prali
Ciriotti, M.E. & Biagioni, C. (2011): Pot-pourri 2011: identificazioni di minerali di interesse. Micro, 3/2011, 125-133
Japan (TL)
 
  • Honshu Island
    • Chubu region
      • Yamanashi prefecture
        • Mitomi-mura
[AmMin 85:1562]
  • Kyushu Region
    • Miyazaki prefecture
      • Hinokage-cho
Uehara, S., et al (2014) Minerals from Kyushu and Yamaguchi. (Fukuouka Mineral Club, 355 pp.)
Madagascar
 
  • Fianarantsoa Province
    • Haute Matsiatra Region
      • Ikalamavony District
http://www.minrec.org/pdfs/Toms%20Online%20report%2038.pdf
Russia
 
  • Urals Region
    • Middle Urals
      • Sverdlovskaya Oblast'
        • Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk)
          • Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod)
I.A. Baksheev and O.E. Kudryavtseva : "Composition of some pegmatitic, hydrothermal and metamorphic dravites from the Urals, Russia", Bull. Liaison SFMC, Vol. 16, 2004; Baksheev, I. A. & Kudryavtseva, O. E. (2004): Nickeloan tourmaline from the Berezovskoe gold deposit, Middle Urals, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist 42, 1065-1078.
Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2011)
The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1065-1078.
Slovakia
 
  • Banská Bystrica Region
    • Detva Co.
      • Vígľašská Huta - Kalinka
Juraj ŽItňan, Peter Koděra & Pavel Uher (2011) Characteristics of advanced argillic alteration at Biely Vrch and Kalinka localities, Javorie stratovolcano, Slovakia.SGA Student Conference Mineral resources for the society Prague, April15 19,2011
    • Rimavská Sobota Co.
      • Tisovec
Bačík P., Ertl A., Števko M., Giester G., Sečkár P. (2015): Acicular zoned tourmaline (magnesio-foitite to foitite) from a quartz vein near Tisovec, Slovakia: the relationship between crystal chemistry and acicular habit. Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 2, 221-234.
  • Bratislava Region
    • Pezinok Co.
      • Pezinok
        • Slnečné Valley
Uher P., Bačík P., Ozdín D., 2009: Tourmaline (magnesiofoitite and dravite) in quartz vein near Limbach, Malé Karpaty Mts. (Slovakia). Mineralia Slovaca, 41, 445-456.
Turkey
 
  • Aegean Region
    • Uşak Province
      • Uşak
Bozkaya, G., HanilçI, N., Baksheev, I. A., Prokofiev, V. Yu. and Banks, D. A. (2014), Tourmaline Composition of the Kışladaĝ Au Deposit, Uşak, Turkey. Acta Geologica Sinica, 88: 520–521
USA
 
  • California
    • Mono Co.
      • White Mts
        • White Mountain Peak
F. Hawthorne pers. comm.
  • Wisconsin
    • Sauk Co.
Medaris, L., Fournelle, J. & Henry, D.( 2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: occurrence and significance of foitite and oxy-foitite: The Canadian Mineralogist: 41: 749-758.
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