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Parasibirskite, a new mineral from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

I. Kusachi ,
Y. Takechi ,
C. Henmi  and
S. Kobayashi
I. Kusachi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
Y. Takechi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
C. Henmi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
S. Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Division of Earth Sciences, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Kurashiki, 712-8505, Japan
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Abstract

Parasibirskite, with the ideal formula Ca2B2O5·H2O, is a new mineral species found at Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is a polymorph of sibirskite, CaHBO3, and occurs as subparallel aggregates of tabular crystals up to 40 × 20 × 3 µm in size. Associated minerals are takedaite, olshanskyite, sibirskite, frolovite and calcite. The mineral is white, and has a weak pearly luster. Optically, the mineral is biaxial positive, α 1.556(2), β 1.593(2), γ 1.663(2) (λ 589 nm). The Vickers microhardness of aggregates is 121 kg mm−2. The mineral is monoclinic with space group of P21/m, a 6.722(4), b 5.437(2), c 3.555(2) Å, β 93.00(5)°, V 129.8(2), Å3. The strongest lines in the X-ray powder pattern [d in Å (I)(hkl)] are 2.237(100)(300), 6.73(70)(100), 2.975(60)(011), 3.354(30)(200), 2.855(20)(210) and 1.776(20) (002). Wet chemical analysis, electron-microprobe analysis and ICP emission spectrometry give the values CaO 56.06 %, B2O3 34.10 %, H2O 9.97 % and total 100.13%. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of O = 6 is Ca1.985B1.945O4.901·1.099H2O, for Z = 1, Dcalc 2.54 and Dmeas 2.50(1) g cm−3. Parasibirskite is formed by hydrothermal alteration of takedaite.

Keywords

parasibirskitesibirskitegehlenite-spurrite skarnsborateFukaJapan
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , August 1998 , pp. 521 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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