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Zincovelesite-6N6S

A valid IMA mineral species
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About Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

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Veles, Macedonia
Formula:
Zn3(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al,Ti)8O15(OH)
Colour:
Black
Lustre:
Metallic, Sub-Metallic
Hardness:
Specific Gravity:
5.158 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Name:
The rootname velesite is given for the discovery locality near the city of Veles.
The first Fe3+-dominant member of the högbomite supergroup and, thus, can be considered as a parent species of a new mineral group.

Uniaxial intergrowths of zincovelesite-6N6S with nežilovite are observed at the type locality, in silicate-baryte zones of a metasomatic rock.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
51975
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:51975:3
GUID
(UUID V4):
602dac72-985d-4dfb-91ac-2c3265db9210

Classification of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Approved
Approval year:
2017
First published:
2018
4.CB.20

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
B : With medium-sized cations

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

SymbolSourceReference
Zcv-6N6S IMA–CNMNCWarr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Metallic, Sub-Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Black
Streak:
Brownish-black
Hardness:
6½ on Mohs scale
Comment:
The micro-indentation hardness is 1118 kg/mm2
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
None Observed
Parting:
No parting is observed.
Fracture:
Irregular/Uneven
Density:
5.158 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Chemical Properties of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Formula:
Zn3(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al,Ti)8O15(OH)

Crystallography of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Crystal System:
Trigonal
Class (H-M):
3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:
P3m1
Setting:
P3m1
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.902(2) Å, c = 55.86(1) Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 9.465
Unit Cell V:
1,685.12 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
2.952 Å(62)
2.881 Å(61)
2.515 Å(100)
2.493 Å(88)
2.451 Å(39)
1.690 Å(19)
1.475 Å(29)
1.441 Å(20)
Comments:
From Type Description.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):
Paragenetic ModeEarliest Age (Ga)
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics<3.5-2.5
40 : Regional metamorphism (greenschist, amphibolite, granulite facies)

Type Occurrence of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

General Appearance of Type Material:
As lenticular aggregates up to 2 × 2 × 0.5 mm consisting of thin near-coplanar platelets up to 70 × 70 × 1 µm3
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 4787/1, and the National Institution Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje, Macedonia, registration
Empirical Formula of Type Material:
H1.05Zn3.26Mg0.21Cu0.05Fe3+3.18Mn3+2.32Al1.38Ti0.57Sb0.20O16
Chemical Analysis of Type Material:
MgO0.97 %
CuO0.50 %
ZnO30.80 %
Al2O38.17 %
Mn2O321.31 %
Fe2O329.44 %
TiO25.28 %
Sb2O53.74 %
H2O1.1 %
Total:101.31 %
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In oxide Zn-Fe-Mn ore
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
Chukanov, N.V., Krzhizhanovskaya, M.G., Jančev, S., Pekov, I.V., Varlamov, D.A., Göttlicher, J., Rusakov, V.S., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Chervonnyi, A.D., Ermolaeva, V.N. (2018): Zincovelesite-6N6S, Zn3(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al,Ti)8O15(OH), a new högbomite-supergroup mineral from Jacupica mountains, Republic of Macedonia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112: 733–742.

Synonyms of Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Relationship of Zincovelesite-6N6S to other SpeciesHide

Other Members of this group:
Högbomite GroupA group of the Högbomite Supergroup.
Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S(Mg6Al2)(Al18Fe3+2)O38(OH)2 Trig. 3m : P3m1
Nigerite GroupA group of the Högbomite Supergroup where Sn is the dominant tetravalent cation in the nolanite module.
Taaffeite GroupA group of the Högbomite Supergroup with minerals that is composed of spinel and modified nolanite modules ...

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

4.CB.SassiteTi3+2Ti4+O5Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.Ferrohögbomite-2N2S[(Fe2+,Mg,Zn,Al)3(Al,Ti,Fe3+)8O15(OH)]2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.Magnesiohögbomite-6N12SMg5Al11TiO23(OH)Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
4.CB.GriffiniteAl2TiO5Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.Zhenruite(MoO3)2 · H2OMon. 2/m : P21/m
4.CB.Pengite(Pb8Sb3+3)Σ11Sb5+9O35Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
4.CB.VirgilluethiteMoO3 · H2OMon. 2/m : P21/b
4.CB.05BrizziiteNaSb5+O3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05CorundumAl2O3Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
4.CB.05Ecandrewsite(Zn,Fe2+,Mn2+)TiO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05EskolaiteCr2O3Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
4.CB.05GeikieliteMgTiO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05HematiteFe2O3Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
4.CB.05IlmeniteFe2+TiO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05KarelianiteV3+2O3Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
4.CB.05MelanostibiteMn2+2Fe3+Sb5+O6Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05Akimotoite(Mg,Fe2+)SiO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05AuroantimonateAuSbO3
4.CB.05UM1998-11-O-AuHSbAu+2Sb3+O2(OH)
4.CB.05TistariteTi3+2O3Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
4.CB.05Unnamed (Fe-Cr Oxide)FeCrO3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05Hemleyite(Fe2+0.48Mg0.37Ca0.04Na0.04Mn2+0.03Al0.03Cr3+0.01)sum=1.00Si1.00O3Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.10AvicenniteTl2O3Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Ia3
4.CB.10Bixbyite-(Mn)Mn3+2O3Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Ia3
4.CB.10Bixbyite-(Fe)(Fe,Mn)2O3Iso.
4.CB.15Armalcolite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.CB.15PseudobrookiteFe2TiO5Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.CB.15FerropseudobrookiteFe2+Ti2O5Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.20Zincohögbomite-2N2S[(Zn,Al,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+,Ti)8O15(OH)]2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.20Zincohögbomite-2N6S[(Zn,Mg)7(Al,Fe3+,Ti)16O31(OH)]2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.20Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S[(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Ti,Fe3+)8O15(OH)]6Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
4.CB.20Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S[(Mg,Fe2+,Zn)4(Al,Ti,Fe3+)10O19(OH)]2Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3 1m
4.CB.20Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S[(Mg,Fe2+)3[Al7(Ti,Fe3+)]O15(OH)]2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.20Ferrohögbomite-6N12S[(Fe2+,Mg,Zn)5(Al,Ti,Fe3+)12O23(OH)]6Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
4.CB.20Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S(Mg8.43Fe2+1.57)sum=10Al22Ti4+2O46(OH)2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.20Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S(Mg6Al2)(Al18Fe3+2)O38(OH)2 Trig. 3m : P3m1
4.CB.25PseudorutileFe2Ti3O9Hex. 6 2 2 : P63 2 2
4.CB.25KleberiteFeTi6O11(OH)5Mon. 2/m : P21/b
4.CB.30BerdesinskiiteV3+2TiO5Mon.
4.CB.30OxyvaniteV3+2V4+O5Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.30KaitianiteTi3+2Ti4+O5Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35Olkhonskite(Cr,V)2Ti3O9Mon.
4.CB.35SchreyeriteV3+2Ti3O9Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35MachiiteAl2Ti3O9Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35Vestaite(Ti4+Fe2+)Ti4+3O9Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.40KamiokiteFe2Mo3O8Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.40NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.40RinmaniteZn2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2Hex. 6 : P63
4.CB.40IseiteMn2Mo3O8Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.40MajindeiteMg2Mo3O8Hex. 6mm : P63mc
4.CB.45ClaudetiteAs2O3Mon. 2/m
4.CB.45StibioclaudetiteAsSbO3Mon. 2/m : P21/m
4.CB.50ArsenoliteAs2O3Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
4.CB.50SenarmontiteSb2O3Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
4.CB.55ValentiniteSb2O3Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pccn
4.CB.60BismiteBi2O3Mon. 2/m : P21/b
4.CB.65SphaerobismoiteBi2O3Tet.
4.CB.70SilléniteBi12SiO20Iso. 2 3 : I2 3
4.CB.75KyzylkumiteV3+Ti2O5(OH)Mon. 2/m : P21/b
4.CB.80TietaiyangiteFe3+4Fe2+TiO9Hex.
4.CB.85LiuiteFeTiO3Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
4.CB.90LuogufengiteFe2O3Orth. mm2 : Pna21
4.CB.95WangdaodeiteFeTiO3Trig. 3m : R3c

Other InformationHide

IR Spectrum:
The IR spectrum shows the presence of OH groups.
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

Reference List:

Localities for Zincovelesite-6N6SHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
North Macedonia (TL)
 
  • Veles Municipality
    • Nežilovo
 
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