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6'2H2O, a New Mineral from South American Mineralogist, Volume 75, pages 923-927, 1990 Orlymanite, CaoMnrSisOr'(OH)6'2H2O,a new mineral from South Africa: A link betweengyrolite-family and conventionalphyllosilicate minerals? DoNlr-o R. Pnlcon Department of Geological Sciences,The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A. Pnrn J. DUNN, JosnpH A. NBr.nN Department of Mineral Sciences,Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. Ansrru.cr Orlymanite is a new mineral from the Wesselsmine, Republic of South Africa, which is related to gyrolite-family minerals. It has spacegroup P3 or P3, with lattice parameters a:9.60(2) and c : 35.92(10)A. Microprobe analysiswith HrO by the Penfieldmethod gaveSiOr 46.8, AlrO30.2, Fe,O, 0.8, MgO 1.6,CaO 21.6,MnO 19.7,Na,O 0.6, HrO 8.68,total : 100.0wt0/0. The tentativeformula is CaoMnrSirOro(OH)6.2HrO,with Z : 5. The strongestlines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are(d, I / 1", hkt): 7.15, 70, 005 4.18,70,200;3.60, 100, 109,025,00,10; 3.13, 80, 210:'r.840, 90, 10,19,409,235, ll,l8, 21,16,3t,r2. Orlymanite occursas dark brown radial spheresembedded in a massivelayered mixture of orlymanite and other phases.It has perfect {001} cleavage,hardness approximately 4- 5, density 2.7-2.8 (meas),2.93 (calc)g/cmr. Optically, it is uniaxial, negative,with <o: 1.598,O: palebrown, E' : darkbrown. Orlymanite servesas a link betweengyrolite-family minerals that have the large,limiting cation Ca in brucite-like sheetsand conventional phyllosilicates with small octahedrally coordinated cations such as Mg. Orlymanite and other minerals such as stilpnomelane have modulated structuresand contain cations of intermediate radius. INrnooucrroN measured using heavyJiquid techniques, is variable; An uncommon mineral from South Africa was called measuredvalues range from 2.7 to 2.8 g/cm3, compared to our attention by Joel Bartsch of Hilo, Hawaii. Our with the calculatedvalue of 2.93 g,/cm3;the lower values preliminary investigation suggestedit was a new species, may be the result ofair trapped in the fibrous aggregates. and this was borne out by subsequentdetailed study. The The hardness(Mohs) is approximately 4-5. new speciesis named orlymanite in recognition of the Optically, orlymanite is uniaxial, negative, with <.r: late Orlando Lyman, who founded the Lyman House Me- 1.598; e is undetermined owing to the extreme fibrous morial Museum in Hilo, Hawaii; this new mineral was shape of fragments. Orlymanite is pleochroic, with O : part ofthe collection held there. The new speciesand the pale brown, and,E (observableonly as E') : dark brown. name were approved by the Commission on New Min- erals and Mineral Names, I.M.A. Holotype material is Occunnrxcn depositedin the Smithsonian Institution, under catalogue Orlymanite has been found in only one specimen, la- numberNMNH 166368. beled as being from the Wesselsmine in the Republic of South Africa. There is no detailed information regarding DnscmprroN its specificgeologic occurrence. Orlymanite occurs as layers of dark brown, radiating, Orlymanite occursas part of an assemblagethat resem- tightly packed rosettesthat form spheres2-3 mm in di- bles a vein; the specimenis flattened and the mineraliza- ameter, or more irregular aggregatesresembling a bo- tion has a planar distribution. The assemblageis 1.5-2.0 tryoidal texture in cross section. Such material forms a cm thick, consisting of dark brown orlymanite spherules discontinuous core of a specimenthat appearsto be from intermixed with a very light brown aggregateof mica- a vein. In the aggregate,the orlymanite resemblesradial ceousgrains of impure orlymanite that resemblesbemen- fibrous johannsenite in texture, but on a smaller scale. tite in physical appearance.Massive inesite and earthy The luster is vitreous, the streak is light brown, and there hematite are sparselydistributed within this light brown is no discernible responseto ultraviolet radiation. The material. Both surfacesof this assemblageconsist of the fibrils are elongateon a, an uncommon orientation for a light brown material, abundant spherulesof inesite 1.0 hexagonalmineral; cleavageis perfect on {001} and easily cm in diameter, and minor calcite. produced; incipient cleavagesare abundant. The density, Back-scatteredelectron images and energy-dispersive 0003404x/90/07084923$02.00 923 924 PEACOR ET AL. : ORLYMANITE, CaoMnrSirO,o(OH)6'2H,O Tlele 1. Powder X-ray diffraction data for orlymanite Small grains were also observedthat gave rise to Mn, Cu * Fe, and Cu * Fe * Zn as the only elementsdetectable Gandolfi Dattern' Diffractometer pattern.' by EDS analysis. ut" tlt" EDS analyseswere also obtained by STEM (seebelow), 4 12.01 11.97 003 using an ion-milled sample.The sample consistedlargely 4 8.97 8.98 004 of layered, homogeneousorlymanite, but EDS analyses 70 7.15 7.18 0051 56 7.19 7.18 005 10(D) 5.98 5.99 0061 19 6.00 s.99 006 also showed the presenceof a Ca- and Mn-rich phase 6 5.14 5.13 007 poor in Si, and a phasehaving major Al, Si, Ca, and Mn. 4 4.45 4.45 008 70 4.18 4.16 200+ An X-ray diffraction pattern of the light brown phase is 4.00 3.99 0091 24 4.00 3.99 009 very similar to that of orlymanite, but with some addi- 3.99 115 tional weak reflections,the most prominent of which has 100 3.60 3.60 109 100 3.60 3.59 00,10 3.60 025 d: 3.4 A. ttre relations collectively show that the light 3.59 00,101 brown phaseconsists principally of orlymanite, but mixed 3.28 3.27 00,11 80(D) 3.13 3.14 210+ with other, unidentified minerals. 3.13 2't'l 5(D) 2.77 2.78 216 Cnvsrll-r-ocRAPHY 2.77 300+ 2.76 00,13 Even very small cleavagefragments of orlymanite gave 2.76 301 rise to single-crystalX-ray diffraction patternswith weak, 40(D) 2.545 2.566 00,14 diffuse, and ill-defined reflections. For example, reflec- 2.540 11,12 40(D) 2.469 2.468 219 tions on Weissenbergphotographs were spreadup to 60' 2.452 10,14 along c.,.Nevertheless, oscillating crystal and Weissenberg 10 2.210 2.227 226 photographs is 6/m or 2.195 315 did show that the Laue symmetry 5(D) 2.123 2.143 11,15 3, with a:9.3 A. Non-ik0 reflectionswere so imperfect, 2.116 228 with severestreaking parallel to c*, that it was not pos- 2.113 00,17 90 1.840 1.843 10,19 sible to determine a value of c with confidence,although 1.843 409 the data implied that c - 7 A or a multiple thereof. In 1.843 235 addition, the lattice was shown to be type 6P, as opposed 1.843 11,18 1.826 21,16 to 3R, the only other possibility given the Laue symme- 1.826 3't,12 try. A c-axis precessioncone-axis photograph displayed 1.619 1.620 12,19 give that 1.619 505 no layer lines, but did rise to diffuse streaks 1.619 30,18 clearly displayed threefold symmetry. 1.01941,10 In order to obtain well-defined 001 reflections, a pow- 1.615 40,14 10 1.585 1.586 22,17 der diffractometer pattern was obtained by spreading 1.585 14,11 cleavagefragments on a glassplate, giving rise to a pre- 1.585 333 ferred orientation of(001). The resulting diffraction pat- 1.582 02,21 1.581 507 tern displayed a rather striking and unique periodic series of00l reflectionsconsistent with c: 35.99(5)A (or 3 x Note; D : diffuse. - Data obtained with a Gandolfi camera with a diameter of 114.6 mm, 35.99 A, if an extinction rule affects001 reflections). The and Si standard,Fer(d (Mnjiltered) radiation.Intensitiesestimated visually. powder diffractometer data are listed in Table l. " Data obtained with Philips diftractometer,CuKo, graphite monochro- relations, spec- mator, specimenspread as a slurry on a glass slide so that the preferred In order to further define the diffraction orientation gives rise only to 001reflections. imens were prepared for study by transmission electron f Indices preferred by comparison with intense 001reflections of dif- microscopy. Both ion-milled samples and those with fractometer oattern. holey films f Indicespreferred by comparisonwith intensehK) reflectionsof preces- cleavagefragments spread randomly on carbon sion photographs. were used. The ion-milled sample was oriented so that c* was normal to the electron beam, whereasholey car- bon mounts preferentially gave rise to ftkOnets. The data were obtained using a Philips CM 12 scanningtransmis- X-ray analyseswere obtained using a polished thin sec- sion electron microscope (STEM) fitted with a Kevex tion. The dark brown orlymanite was found to be ho- Quantum detector for energy-dispersiveanlaysis (EDA). mogeneousin composition, but the light brown material Small crystallites gave rise to diffraction patterns having was heterogeneous.Compositions varied betweenthat of sharp, well-defined reflections. Diffraction patterns ob- orlymanite and that of a Si-poor, Ca- and Mn-rich phase. tained with the beam parallel to c* were consistent with The variation in composition suggestedinterlayering of 3 symmetry and verified that a :9.6 A. General and 001 two or more phasesat the limits of resolution (- I pm) reflectionsverified that c:36 A, with no 001extinctions. of the methods. The boundary between the inesite and Lattice fringe images obtained with 001 reflections (Fig. orlymanite had well-defined prismatic inesite crystalsex- l) have 36 A periodicity and are sometimes seen to be tending into the massive orlymanite, consistent with a asymmetrically subdivided by weaker subfringes. Al- vein assemblagein which inesite was an earlier phase. though no direct inferencesregarding the structure can be PEACOR ET AL.: ORLYMANITE, CaoMn,SirOro(OH)6.2H,O 925 Frg.2.
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