Bohseite, ideally Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH4, from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland

Autor: Adam Pieczka, Eligiusz Szełęg, Mark T. Weller, Adam Szuszkiewicz, Sławomir Ilnicki, M.-H. Lemée-Cailleau, Frank C. Hawthorne, Krzysztof Turniak, B. Zuzens, Krzysztof Nejbert, Henrik Friis, Emil Makovicky
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Mineralogical Magazine. 81:35-46
ISSN: 1471-8022
0026-461X
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2016.080.066
Popis: Bohseite is an orthorhombic calcium beryllium aluminosilicate with variable Al content and an endmember formula Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH4), that was discovered in the Piława Górna quarry in the eastern part of the Góry Sowie Block, ∼50 km southwest of Wrocław, SW Poland. It occurs in a zoned anatectic pegmatite dyke in close association with microcline, Cs-rich beryl, phenakite, helvite, 'lepidolite', probably bertrandite and unidentified Be-containing mica as alteration products after a primary Be mineral, probably beryl. Bohseite forms fan-like or parallel aggregates (up to 0.7 cm) of white, platy crystals (up to 2 mm long) with characteristic striations. It is white with a white streak, is translucent and has a vitreous lustre; it does not fluoresce under ultraviolet light. The cleavage is perfect on {001} and fair on {010}, and neither parting nor twinning was observed. Bohseite is brittle with a splintery fracture and Mohs hardness is 5–6. The calculated density is 2.719 g cm–3. The indices of refraction are α= 1.579, β = 1.580,γ = 1.597, all ±0.002; 2Vobs = 24(3)°, 2Vcalc = 27°; the optic orientation is as follows: X ^a= 16.1°, Y ^b= 16.1°, Z //cBohseite shows orthorhombic diffraction symmetry, space groupCmcm,a= 23.204(6),b= 4.9442(9),c= 19.418(6) Å,V= 2227.7(4) Å3,Z= 4. The crystal structure was refined to anR1value of 2.17% based on single-crystal data, and the chemical composition was determined by electron-microprobe analysis. Bohseite is isostructural with bavenite. Bohseite was originally approved with an end-member composition of Ca4Be3AlSi9O25(OH)3, but subsequent discovery of compositions with Be > 3.0 apfu led to redefinition of its end-member composition, holotype sample and locality, as reported here. There is extensive solid solution in bavenite–bohseite according to the schemeO(2)OH–+T(4)Si4++T(3)Be2+↔O(2)O2–+T(4)Al3++T(3)Si4+, and a general formula for the bavenite–bohseite minerals may be written as Ca4BexSi9Al4–xO28–x(OH)x, where x ranges from 2–4 apfu: Ca4Be2Si9Al2O26(OH)2(bavenite) to Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH)4(bohseite).
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