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Meisserite, Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O), a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. Plášil ,
A. R. Kampf ,
A. V. Kasatkin ,
J. Marty ,
R. Škoda ,
S. Silva  and
J. Čejka
J. Plášil*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, CZ–182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic
A. R. Kampf
Affiliation:
Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
A. V. Kasatkin
Affiliation:
V/O “Almazjuvelirexport”, Ostozhenka Street, 22, block 1, 119034 Moscow, Russia
J. Marty
Affiliation:
5199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
R. Škoda
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
S. Silva
Affiliation:
USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 434, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA
J. Čejka
Affiliation:
Department ofMineralogy and Petrology, NationalMuseum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ–193 00, Prague 9, Czech Republic
*
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
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Abstract

Meisserite (IMA2013-039), Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O), is a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah (USA). It is named in honour of the prominent Swiss mineralogist Nicolas Meisser. The new mineral was found in a sandstone matrix and is associated with chalcanthite, copiapite, ferrinatrite, gypsum, johannite and another new Na-bearing uranyl sulfate, belakovskiite (IMA2013-075). Meisserite is a secondary mineral formed by the post-mining weathering of uraninite. The mineral is triclinic, P, a = 5.32317(10), b = 11.5105(2), c = 13.5562(10) Å, α = 102.864(7)°, β = 97.414(7)°, γ = 91.461(6)°, V = 801.74(6) Å3, and Z = 2. Crystals are prisms elongated on [100], up to 0.3 mm long, exhibiting the forms {010} and {001}. Meisserite is pale green to yellowish green, translucent to transparent and has a very pale yellow streak. It is brittle, with fair cleavage on {100} and {001}, and uneven fracture. The Mohs hardness is estimated at 2. Meisserite is somewhat hygroscopic and easily soluble in water. The calculated density based on the empirical formula is 3.208 g/cm3. Meisserite exhibits bright yellow green fluorescence under both long- and shortwave UV radiation. The mineral is optically biaxial (–), with α = 1.514(1), β = 1.546(1), γ = 1.557(1) (measured in white light). The measured 2V is 60(2)° and the calculated 2V is 60°. Dispersion is r > v, perceptible, and the optical orientation is X ≈ a, Z ≈ c*. The mineral is pleochroic, with X (colourless) < Y (pale yellow) ≈ Z (pale greenish yellow). The empirical formula of meisserite (based on 19 O a.p.f.u.) is Na5.05(U0.94O2)(SO4)3[SO2.69(OH)1.31](H2O). The Raman spectrum is dominated by the symmetric stretching vibrations of UO22+, SO42– and also weaker O–H stretching vibrations. The eight strongest powder X-ray diffraction lines are [dobs in Å (hkl)Irel]: 13.15 (001) 81, 6.33 (02) 62, 5.64 (01,020) 52, 5.24 (100,012,01) 100, 4.67 (101) 68, 3.849 (1,102,022) 48, 3.614 (02,3) 41, and 3.293 (13,004) 43. The crystal structure of meisserite (R1 = 0.018 for 3306 reflections with Iobs > 3σI) is topologically unique among known structures of uranyl minerals and inorganic compounds. It contains uranyl pentagonal bipyramids linked by SO4 groups to form chains. Na+ cations bond to O atoms in the chains and to an SO3OH group and an H2>O group between the chains, thereby forming a heteropolyhedral framework.

Keywords

Meisseritenew mineraluranyl sulfatecrystal structureRaman spectroscopyinfrared spectroscopyoxidation zoneacid-mine drainageuraniumBlue Lizard mineUtah
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 77 , Issue 7 , October 2013 , pp. 2975 - 2988
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2013

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