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Coolbaugh, Mark F., McCormack, John K., Raudsepp, Mati, Czech, Edith, McMillan, Rhy, Kampf, Anthony R. (2020) Andymcdonaldite (Fe3+2Te6+O6), a new ferric iron tellurate with inverse trirutile structure from the Detroit district, Juab County, Utah. The Canadian Mineralogist, 58 (1) 85-97 doi:10.3749/canmin.1900060

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TitleAndymcdonaldite (Fe3+2Te6+O6), a new ferric iron tellurate with inverse trirutile structure from the Detroit district, Juab County, Utah
JournalThe Canadian Mineralogist
AuthorsCoolbaugh, Mark F.Author
McCormack, John K.Author
Raudsepp, MatiAuthor
Czech, EdithAuthor
McMillan, RhyAuthor
Kampf, Anthony R.Author
Year2020 (January 16)Volume58
Issue1
PublisherMineralogical Association of Canada
DOIdoi:10.3749/canmin.1900060Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceCoolbaugh, Mark F., McCormack, John K., Raudsepp, Mati, Czech, Edith, McMillan, Rhy, Kampf, Anthony R. (2020) Andymcdonaldite (Fe3+2Te6+O6), a new ferric iron tellurate with inverse trirutile structure from the Detroit district, Juab County, Utah. The Canadian Mineralogist, 58 (1) 85-97 doi:10.3749/canmin.1900060
Plain TextCoolbaugh, Mark F., McCormack, John K., Raudsepp, Mati, Czech, Edith, McMillan, Rhy, Kampf, Anthony R. (2020) Andymcdonaldite (Fe3+2Te6+O6), a new ferric iron tellurate with inverse trirutile structure from the Detroit district, Juab County, Utah. The Canadian Mineralogist, 58 (1) 85-97 doi:10.3749/canmin.1900060
In(2020, January) The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 58 (1) Mineralogical Association of Canada
Abstract/NotesAndymcdonaldite is a new ferric-iron-tellurate mineral that occurs within Au-, Te-, and Bi-rich jasperoid at the Wildcat prospect in the Detroit district, Juab County, Utah. The mineral has a yellow-brown to brownish-black color, occurs as extremely cryptocrystalline (11–25 nm) material in thin films and breccia matrix fillings, and is associated with gold (native), tellurium (native), beyerite, clinobisvanite, and a variety of tellurium oxysalt minerals that include carlfriesite, eckhardite, frankhawthorneite, khinite, mcalpineite, paratellurite, tellurite, tlapallite, and xocolatlite. This is the first known natural occurrence of a phase with an ordered (tetragonal) inverse trirutile structure (A3+2B6+O6) which has many synthetic representatives. The B site in andymcdonaldite is occupied by Te and the A site is dominated by Fe with up to approximately 14 mole% substitution by other cations. An empirical formula of (Fe1.74Cu0.12Mn0.06Al0.05Mg0.05)Σ2.02Te1.01O6 was obtained from electron microprobe analyses.
Powder X-ray diffraction data, Raman spectra, and unit-cell dimensions for andymcdonaldite strongly resemble those for the synthetic analogue, Fe3+2Te6+O6. The strongest X-ray diffraction lines are [dobsÅ(Iobs)(hkl)]: 4.14(27)(101), 3.28(100)(110), 2.54(71)(103), 1.71(72)(213), and 1.37(39)(303,116). The strongest Raman bands are at 748, 643, and 417 cm–1. The space group is P42/mnm and the cell dimensions are a 4.622–4.630 Å, c 9.077–9.087 Å, and V = 193.94–194.80 Å3 (Z = 2).

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Wildcat Project, Detroit Mining District, Juab County, Utah, USA Andymcdonaldite
High Grade Hill prospect, Wildcat Project, Detroit Mining District, Juab County, Utah, USA Andymcdonaldite, Beudantite, Beyerite, Brochantite, Clinobisvanite, Eckhardite, Frankhawthorneite, Hedyphane, Khinite, Malachite, Mcalpineite, Native Gold, Native Tellurium, Paratellurite, Tellurite, Xocolatlite


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