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Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing Foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy 1st English edition JAN DRZYMALA, C. Eng., Ph.D., D.Sc. Member of the Polish Mineral Processing Society Wroclaw University of Technology 2007 Translation: J. Drzymala, A. Swatek Reviewer: A. Luszczkiewicz Published as supplied by the author ©Copyright by Jan Drzymala, Wroclaw 2007 Computer typesetting: Danuta Szyszka Cover design: Danuta Szyszka Cover photo: Sebastian Bożek Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27 50-370 Wroclaw Any part of this publication can be used in any form by any means provided that the usage is acknowledged by the citation: Drzymala, J., Mineral Processing, Foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy, Oficyna Wydawnicza PWr., 2007, www.ig.pwr.wroc.pl/minproc ISBN 978-83-7493-362-9 Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................9 Part I Introduction to mineral processing .....................................................................13 1. From the Big Bang to mineral processing................................................................14 1.1. The formation of matter ...................................................................................14 1.2. Elementary particles.........................................................................................16 1.3. Molecules .........................................................................................................18 1.4. Solids................................................................................................................19 -
Volborthite Cu3v2o7(OH)2 • 2H2O C 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, Version 1
Volborthite Cu3V2O7(OH)2 • 2H2O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic, pseudohexagonal. Point Group: 2/m. Typically as rosettelike aggregates of scaly crystals, which may have a hexagonal or triangular outline, to 5 mm. Physical Properties: Cleavage: One, perfect. Hardness = 3.5 D(meas.) = 3.5–3.8 D(calc.) = 3.52 Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color: Dark olive-green, green, yellowish green; green to yellowish green in transmitted light. Luster: Vitreous, oily, resinous, waxy, pearly on the cleavage. Optical Class: Biaxial (–) or biaxial (+). Pleochroism: Faint. Dispersion: r<v,r>v, inclined. α = 1.820–2.01 β = 1.835–2.05 γ = 1.92–2.07 2V(meas.) = 63◦–83◦ Cell Data: Space Group: C2/m. a = 10.610(2) b = 5.866(1) c = 7.208(1) β =95.04(2)◦ Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 1 mine, Arizona, USA. 7.16 (10), 2.643 (7), 2.571 (7), 2.389 (7), 4.103 (5), 3.090 (5), 2.998 (5) Chemistry: (1) (2) (1) (2) V2O5 36.65 38.32 CuO 48.79 50.29 SiO2 1.37 H2O [11.49] 11.39 V2O3 1.70 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Scrava mine, Italy; by electron microprobe; V2O3 assumed for charge balance, H2Oby 5+ 3+ • • difference; corresponds to Cu2.89V1.90V0.11Si0.11O7(OH)2 2H2O. (2) Cu3V2O7(OH)2 2H2O. Occurrence: An uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of vanadium-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits. Association: Brochantite, malachite, atacamite, tangeite, chrysocolla, barite, gypsum. Distribution: In Russia, originally from an unknown locality; later identified at the Sofronovskii copper mine, near Perm, and at Syssersk and Nizhni Tagil, Ural Mountains. -
L'leve~Th List of New Mineral Na~Es. ~
556 L'leve~th list of new mineral na~es. ~ By L. J. SPENCER, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. Keeper of Minerals ia the British Museum (Natural History). [Communicated June 12~ 1928.] Ajkaite. (L. Zeehmeister, Math. Termdszettud. ~:rtesitS, Badapest, 1926, vol. 43, p. 332 (ajkait); L. Zechmeister and V. Vrab~ly, Per. Deutsch. Chem. Gesell., 1926, vol. 59, Abt. B, p. 1426). The same as ajkite (Bull. Soc. Min. France, 1878, vol. 1, p. 126 ; abstract from... ?). A fossil resin containing 1-5 ~ sulphur and no succinic acid, from Ajka, com. Veszpr~m, Hungary. [M.A. 3-362.] Albiclase. A. N. Winchell, 1925. Journ. Geol. Chicago, vol. 83, p. 726 ; Elements of optical mineralogy, 2nd edit., 1927, pt. 2, p. 319. P. Niggli, Lehrbuch Min., 1926, vol. 2, p. 536 (Albiklas). A contrac- tion of albite-oligoclase for felspars of the plagioclase series ranging in composition from Ab~Anlo to AbsoAn~o. Allite. tL Harrassowitz, 1926. Laterit, Material und Versuch erdgesehichtlicher Auswertung, Berlin 1926, p. 255 (Allit, plur. Allite). A rock-name to include both bauxite and laterite. Later (Metall und Erz, Halle, ]927, vol. 24, p. 589) bauxite with A1208. H~O is distinguished as monohydrallite (Monohydrallit) and laterite with Al~0s.3H20 as trihydrallite (Trihydrallit). These, although suggestive of mineral- names (and given so i~ error in Chem. Zentr., 1926, vol. 1, p. 671), are proposed as rock-names ; from aluminium and M~o~. Similarly, siallites (1926, p. 252, Siallit, from Si, A1, M0o~), to include kaolinite and allo- phanite, are rocks composed of the aluminium silicates kaolin and allophane. -
A Preliminary Note. the Specimen Showed Exceedingly Small Needle-Shaped White Crystals, at Most 0.5 M.M
HJ. SJOGREN. a preliminary note. The specimen showed exceedingly small needle-shaped white crystals, at most 0.5 m.m. in length, implanted in small cavities in black, massive hausmannite. Under the microscope the crystals were found to be formed in the shape of hexagonal prisms oc P (1010) terminating only in the. basal plane oP (0001) (Fig. 10, PI. V.), the prismatic faces were definitely striated in the direction of the axis. A section vertical to the axis shows an uniaxial image with negative character. Also a decided zone structure is observable (Fig. I I, PI. V). A qualitative anal- ysis of a very minute quantity of material proved As20, and CaO to be present and so the identity with svabite was regarded as fixed. The Harstigen crystals allow of an accurate determination of their crystallographical form, while their constitution could not exactly be fixed, on account of the small quantity of material employed for the analysis. On the other hand, the mineral from Jakobsberg, which was not crystal- lized, allowed of a complete and exact determination of its chemical for- mula. So there can now be no doubt as to the constitution and syste- matical relations of the mineral. The mineral is named after the eminent Swedish mineralogist and metallurgist of last century »Bergsrad» Anton Sv AB. Chayactt'Ys. Hexagonal, probably pyramidal hemihedral; a: c = 1 : 0.7143. Isomorphous with apatite etc. Cleavage oo P, imperfect. In crystals of prismatic habit (Harstigen and Jakobsberg) and massive (ja- kobsberg) H = 5. G = 3.52 (Harstigen) or 3.77 - 3.82 (Pb-bearing, Ja- kobsberg). -
A Specific Gravity Index for Minerats
A SPECIFICGRAVITY INDEX FOR MINERATS c. A. MURSKyI ern R. M. THOMPSON, Un'fuersityof Bri.ti,sh Col,umb,in,Voncouver, Canad,a This work was undertaken in order to provide a practical, and as far as possible,a complete list of specific gravities of minerals. An accurate speciflc cravity determination can usually be made quickly and this information when combined with other physical properties commonly leads to rapid mineral identification. Early complete but now outdated specific gravity lists are those of Miers given in his mineralogy textbook (1902),and Spencer(M,i,n. Mag.,2!, pp. 382-865,I}ZZ). A more recent list by Hurlbut (Dana's Manuatr of M,i,neral,ogy,LgE2) is incomplete and others are limited to rock forming minerals,Trdger (Tabel,l,enntr-optischen Best'i,mmungd,er geste,i,nsb.ildend,en M,ineral,e, 1952) and Morey (Encycto- ped,iaof Cherni,cal,Technol,ogy, Vol. 12, 19b4). In his mineral identification tables, smith (rd,entifi,cati,onand. qual,itatioe cherai,cal,anal,ys'i,s of mineral,s,second edition, New york, 19bB) groups minerals on the basis of specificgravity but in each of the twelve groups the minerals are listed in order of decreasinghardness. The present work should not be regarded as an index of all known minerals as the specificgravities of many minerals are unknown or known only approximately and are omitted from the current list. The list, in order of increasing specific gravity, includes all minerals without regard to other physical properties or to chemical composition. The designation I or II after the name indicates that the mineral falls in the classesof minerals describedin Dana Systemof M'ineralogyEdition 7, volume I (Native elements, sulphides, oxides, etc.) or II (Halides, carbonates, etc.) (L944 and 1951). -
Introduction to Apatites
Chapter 1 Introduction to Apatites Petr Ptáček Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/62208 Abstract Apatite is the generic name, which was first introduced by German geologist A.G. Werner. These minerals and their synthetic analogs represent a major class of ionic compounds and the most common crystalline form of calcium phosphates, which are of interest of many industrial branches and scientific disciplines. Since, apatite (fluora‐ patite) is the most abundant phosphate mineral, apatite bearing phosphate rocks represents an important source of inorganic phosphorus. First chapter of this book introduces the basic concepts of nomenclature, composition, classification, crystal structure, mineralogy and properties of minerals from the supergroup of apatite. Furthermore, the minerals from the group of apatite and polysomatic apatites are described. Since, the most of the topics mentioned in this chapter will be developed in the following chapters, the key concepts provided in this chapter are important to understood before proceeding further. Keywords: Apatite, Group of Apatite, Polysomatic Apatites, Fluorapatite, Hydroxyla‐ patite, Chlorapatite, Vanadinite The minerals1 [1],[2],[3],[4],[5] from the apatite group2 [6] are classified as hexagonal or pseudo‐ hexagonal monoclinic anhydrous phosphates containing hydroxyl or halogen of the generic formula3: 1Minerals are individual components comprising rocks formed by geological processes classified according to their crystal structure and chemical composition. The total number of minerals accepted by mineralogical community is about 4000. Mineraloids are mineral-like phases including synthetic materials, human-treated substances, and some biological materials, which do not fulfill the criteria for the definition of mineral species [2]. -
Vanadium-Bearing Interlava Sediment from The
VANADIUM-BEARING INTERLAVA SEDIMENT FROM THE CAMPBELL RIVER AREA, BRITISH COLUMBIA BY JOHN LESLIE JAMBOR B.A. University of British Columbia, 1957 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE In the Department of Geology We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA April, 1960 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by his representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission-. Department of The University of British Columbia, Vancouver 3, Canada. Date CfMJ X?. ABSTRACT Vanadium is concentrated in laminated, black carbonaceous, siliceous sedimentary rocks at Menzies Bay and Quadra Island, Campbell River area, British Columbia. The vanadiferous rocks are intercalated with amygdaloidal, porphyritic basalts, andesites, and spilites, many of which are pillowform. The writer has correlated the Menzies Bay, Vancouver Island, flows with the Upper Triassic Texada formation volcanic rocks of Quadra Island. A limited petrographic study of the Texada flows in the area has indicated that pumpellyite is copious and widely distributed. Amygdaloidal greenockite is present in trace amounts. The identification of pumpellyite,re• garded as amphibole by earlier writers, marks its first occurrence in British Columbia. In a detailed study of the mineralization assoc• iated with the vanadiferous sedimentary rocks, the first British Columbian occurrences were noted for tenorite, brochantite, and cyanotrichite. -
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Rdosdladq1//1Lhmdq`knesgdLnmsg9Bnmhbg`kbhsd Our featured mineral comes from the most famous mining district in Mexico, first worked for silver ore by the Spanish conquerors more than four hundred years ago. The write-up will examine this mineral with its unique composition and color. OGXRHB@K OQNODQSHDR 2+ Chemistry: CaCu (AsO4)(OH) Calcium Copper Arsenate Hydroxide (or Basic Calcium Copper Arsenate) Class: Phosphates Subclass: Arsenates Group: Adelite Crystal System: Orthorhombic Crystal Habits: Crystals rare, equant to short prismatic; as compact crusts and reniform masses, sometimes radiating; botryoidal coatings; also massive consisting of uniformly indistinguishable crystals Color: Usually grass green, sometimes yellowish green, occasionally bluish green Luster: Vitreous to greasy Transparency: Transparent and subtransparent to translucent Streak: Light green Refractive Index: 1.73-1.84 Cleavage: None Fracture: Uneven; brittle Hardness: 4.5 Specific Gravity: 4.33 Luminescence: None Distinctive Features and Tests: Best field marks are the vivid, grass-green color which is somewhat distinctive among green minerals; relatively high density; lack of fluorescence; and occurrence only in oxidized zones of copper-rich mineralization Dana Classification Number: 41.5.1.2 M @L D The name conichalcite derives from the Greek words konis, meaning “powder,” and chalx, or “lime,” in reference to its common occurrence in powder-like crusts and to its basic, or lime-like, chemical properties. Its correct pronunciation is cone-eh-CAL-site. In the past, conichalcite has also been informally known as “higginsite.” BNL ONRHSHNM 2+ As is evident by its chemical formula CaCu (AsO4)(OH), conichalcite consists of the elements calcium (Ca) and copper (Cu), both with ionic +2 charges, drawn to the combined -3 charge of the arsenate (AsO4) radical and the -1 charge of the hydroxyl (OH) radical. -
Vanadiocarpholite, Mn2+V3+Al(Si2o6)(OH)4, A
Eur. J. Mineral. 2005, 17, 501-507 2+ 3+ Vanadiocarpholite, Mn V Al(Si2O6)(OH)4, a new mineral from the Molinello mine, northern Apennines, Italy RICCARDO BASSO1*, ROBERTO CABELLA1, GABRIELLA LUCCHETTI1, ALBERTO MARTINELLI2 and ANDREA PALENZONA3 1Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy 2LAMIA-INFM, Corso Perrone 24, I-16152 Genova, Italy 3Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genova, Italy 2+ 3+ Abstract: Vanadiocarpholite, Mn V Al(Si2O6)(OH)4, occurs at the Molinello mine (Liguria, Italy) in mm-thick veins and in open fissures in a silicified wood sample from Mn-ore bearing cherts. Vanadiocarpholite is found as millimetric aggregates of acicular crystals associated with coatings and crystals of dark-green volborthite and quartz; rarely strongly elongated [001] pris- matic crystals up to 400 µm are also found. The crystals vary in colour from honey yellow-brown and brown (prismatic crystals) to pale straw-yellow (acicular crystal aggregates); they are brittle (prismatic crystals) to flexible (acicular crystals), transparent and non-fluorescent, with vitreous to silky lustre (prismatic crystals and acicular crystal aggregates, respectively) and nearly white streak; they show a perfect {010} cleavage; parting and twinning were not observed. The empirical formula of vanadiocarpholite, 2+ 3+ derived from microprobe analyses and structural refinement, approaches the ideal formula, Mn V Al(Si2O6)(OH)4; however, a wide compositional range is detected, mainly due to a solid solution with carpholite (V3+ vs Al substitution). X-ray single crystal data give the refined cell parameters a = 13.830(2) Å, b = 20.681(3) Å, c = 5.188(1) Å and V = 1483.86 Å3 in the space group Ccca. -
Characterisation of Conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and Electronic Reflectance Spectroscopy
Characterisation of conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and electronic reflectance spectroscopy B. Jagannadha REDDY, Ray L. FROST• AND Wayde N. MARTENS Inorganic Materials Research Program, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, GPO Box 2434, Queensland 4001, Australia Frost, Ray and Reddy, B. Jagannadha (2005) Spectroscopic characterization of chromite from the Moa-Baracoa Ophiolitic Massif, Cuba. Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 61(8):1721-1728. Copyright 2005 Elsevier This is the authors’ version of the work. ABSTRACT The mineral conichalcite from Bagdad mine- West of, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA has been characterised by electronic, Near-IR, Raman and infrared spectroscopy. SEM micrographs show the mineral consists of bundles of fibres. Calculations of the EDX analyses on the stoichiometric basis show the substitution of arsenate by 12 wt % of phosphate in the 3- mineral. Raman and infrared bands are assigned in terms of the fundamental modes of AsO4 and 3- PO4 molecules and are related to the mineral structure. Near-IR reflectance spectroscopy shows the presence of adsorbed water and hydroxyl units in the mineral. The Cu(II) coordination polyhedron in conichalcite can have at best pseudo-tetragonal geometry. The crystal field and tetragonal field parameters of Cu(II) complex were calculated and found to agree well with the values reported for known tetragonal distortion octahedral complexes. KEYWORDS: conichalcite, adelite, austenite, duftite, SEM and EDX analyses, FTIR, Raman and electronic spectroscopy • Author to whom correspondence should be addressed ([email protected]) P: +61 7 3864 2407 F: +61 7 3864 1804 1 Introduction Conichalcite CaCuAsO4OH forms in the oxidation zone of copper ore bodies. -
New Mineral Names*
American Mineralogist, Volume 75, pages 1209-1216, 1990 NEW MINERAL NAMES* JOHN L. JAMBOR CANMET, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario KIA OG1, Canada JACEK PuZIEWICZ Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wroclaw, Poland Arupite* partly corroded and striated; {100}, {012}, {210} prom- V.F. Buchwald. (1990) A new mineral, arupite, NilP04)2. inent, {201}, {101}, and {010} subordinate. No cleavage, 8H20, the nIckel analogue of vivianite. Neues Jahrb. sub-conchoidal to uneven fracture, H = 2, red streak, Mineral. Mon., 76-80. Dmeas= 4.5(1), Deale= 4.11 g/cm3 with Z = 4. Maximum and minimum reflectance values at 589 nm for a single Electron-microprobe analysis gave NiO 40.18, CoO grain in arbitrary orientation range from 23.8 to 24.7% 0.39, FeO 4.53, P20S 27.60, H20 (by difference) 27.30, in air, and 10.2 to 11.6% in oil. X-ray study indicated sum 100 wt%, corresponding to (Ni2.7sFeo.33Coo.03)~3.14-monoclinic symmetry, space group P2';c, a = 15.647(4), (P04)2.0100.12.7 .84H20, ideally Ni3(P04)2. 8H20, which is b = 8.038(3), c = 10.750(3) A, (3 = 91.27(3)°. Strongest the nickel analogue of vivianite. The mineral occurs as lines of the calculated powder-diffraction pattern earthy aggregates up to 2 mm in diameter; sky-blue to are 4.46( 65,012), 4.28(74,112), 4.09(61,31 I), turqoise-blue color, earthy luster, translucent, H = 1.5- 3.78(6_3,021,302),3.72(55,302),3.42(54,312),3.07- 2, nonfluorescent, Deale= 2.85 g/cm3 with Z = 2. -
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JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 379 NOTES AND NEWS The British Museum of Natural History has purchased a magnifcent crystal of beryl (aquamarine) of gem quality. It is 13 cm. high, has a diameter of 10-12 cm, and weighs 2505 grams. The beryl comes from Brazil. This gem is exceptional both for its size and for the perfection of its crystal developmenr. According to tests recently made by A. Mallock and reported in Nature, indium is the hardest pure metal followed by molybdenum, tungsten and rhodium. Nickel is the hardest of the common metals and ranks fifth. The Oklahoma State College conferred the honorary degree of doctor of science upon Professor W. A. Tarr, professor of geology at the University of Missouri and a member of the Council of The Mineralogical Society of America. According to Science Dr. Henry S. Washington, of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, has been nominated by the Italian government an officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and has received from the Italian am- bassador the cross of the order in recognition of his work on the rocks and volcanoes of Italv. NEW MINERAL NAMES Comuccite C. Donrren: Haxnsucu oen MrwnRer.cunuu;, 4, first half, pp. 481-482 (re26). Nenn: In honor of P. Comucci, who analyzed the mineral (Atti R. Accad. Lincei, 25, 11, 1926). Cnnurc,rr- Pnopnrrms: A sulfantimonide of lead. Analysis: Fe 3.99, pb 37.86, Sb 36.01, S 21.54. Sum 99.40. Pnvsrcer Pnoponrrns: Lustre-metallic. Sp. Gr. 5.65. Occunru,uco: As lamellar fibrous masses from St.