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Sarkinite Mn (Aso4)(OH)
2+ Sarkinite Mn2 (AsO4)(OH) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Crystals typically thick tabular {100}, elongated, to 4 mm, short prismatic, or tabular along [010]. May be crudely spherical, granular massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: On {100}, distinct. Fracture: Subconchoidal to uneven. Hardness = 4–5 D(meas.) = 4.08–4.18 D(calc.) = 4.20 Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color: Flesh-red to dark blood-red, rose-red, orange, orange-brown, brown, reddish yellow to yellow; pale rose to yellow in transmitted light. Streak: Rose-red to yellow. Luster: Greasy. Optical Class: Biaxial (–). Pleochroism: Weak. Orientation: Y = b; X ∧ c = –54◦. Dispersion: r< v. Absorption: X > Z > Y. α = 1.790–1.793 β = 1.794–1.807 γ = 1.798–1.809 2V(meas.) = 83◦ Cell Data: Space Group: P 21/a. a = 12.779(2) b = 13.596(2) c = 10.208(2) β = 108◦530 Z=16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pajsberg [Harstigen mine, near Persberg], Sweden. 3.18 (10), 3.04 (10), 3.29 (9), 3.48 (8), 2.90 (7), 2.65 (6), 6.0 (3) Chemistry: (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) P2O5 0.21 ZnO 0.15 As2O5 41.60 44.09 43.23 PbO 0.25 CO2 0.76 MgO 0.98 0.19 FeO 0.13 0.02 CaO 1.40 0.29 MnO 51.60 51.77 53.38 H2O 3.06 [3.40] 3.39 CuO 0.01 insol. 0.38 Total 100.37 [99.92] 100.00 (1) Pajsberg [Harstigen mine, near Persberg], Sweden. -
Chemistry Research Report
Contents 3 Welcome 5 Profiles 37 Publications 51 Staff and students 55 Student prizes & scholarships 58 Ruth Gall profile 60 Graduates of 2017 Front cover: Portrait of A/Prof. Ruth Gall (1923-2017), the first woman to Head the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, painted by local artist Dr Kate Gradwell. The School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney is one of the main centres for chemical research and education in Australia and has access to a comprehensive range of modern research and teaching facilities. The School attracts an outstanding cohort of undergraduate students including talented students from all states of Australia. It has a large cohort of both local and international postgraduate research students and offers a vibrant and world class research environment. GENERAL INFORMATION 3 WELCOME HEAD OF SCHOOL Professor Phil Gale at such conferences, reflecting both the excellence of the Head of School School of Chemistry research they are undertaking and their outstanding ability to present this to an audience. Highlights of the awards to staff and students in 2017 include the RJW Le Fèvre Memorial Prize to A/Prof Deanna D’Alessandro; Dr Ivan Kassal was the recipient of the Tall Poppy Award; A/Prof Liz New was a finalist in the 3M Eureka Prize for emerging leader in science; Prof Kate Jolliffe was awarded A.J. Birch Medal; Mr Phil Karpati was the global winner of the 2017 Undergraduate Awards - Phil was also awarded a 2017 Westpac Future Leaders scholarship; and the RACI Cornforth Medal for the best PhD thesis in Australia went to Ms Amandeep Kaur. -
A New Mineral from Mn Ores of the Ushkatyn-III Deposit, 3 Central Kazakhstan and Metamorphic Rocks of the Wanni Glacier, Switzerland 4 5 Oleg S
1 Revision 1 2 Gasparite-(La), La(AsO4), a new mineral from Mn ores of the Ushkatyn-III deposit, 3 Central Kazakhstan and metamorphic rocks of the Wanni glacier, Switzerland 4 5 Oleg S. Vereshchagin*1, Sergey N. Britvin1,6, Elena N. Perova1, Aleksey I. Brusnitsyn1, 6 Yury S. Polekhovsky1, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh2, Vladimir N. Bocharov2, 7 Ate van der Burgt3, Stéphane Cuchet4, and Nicolas Meisser5 8 1Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, 199034 St. 9 Petersburg, Russia 10 2Geomodel Centre, St. Petersburg State University, Uliyanovskaya St. 1, 198504 St. 11 Petersburg, Russia 12 3Geertjesweg 39, NL-6706EB Wageningen, The Netherlands 13 4ch. des Bruyeres 14, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland 14 5Musée cantonal de géologie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne, 15 Switzerland 16 6Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Str. 14, 184209 Apatity, 17 Murmansk Region, Russia 18 *E-mail: [email protected] 19 1 20 Abstract 21 Gasparite-(La), La(AsO4), is a new mineral (IMA 2018-079) from Mn ores of the Ushkatyn- 22 III deposit, Central Kazakhstan (type locality) and from alpine fissures in metamorphic rocks 23 of the Wanni glacier, Binn Valley, Switzerland (co-type locality). Gasparite-(La) is named 24 for its dominant lanthanide, according to current nomenclature of rare-earth minerals. 25 Occurrence and parageneses in both localities is distinct: minute isometric grains up to 15 µm 26 in size, associated with fridelite, jacobsite, pennantite, manganhumite series minerals 27 (alleghanyite, sonolite), sarkinite, tilasite and retzian-(La) are typically embedded into 28 calcite-rhodochrosite veinlets (Ushkatyn-III deposit), versus elongated crystals up to 2 mm in 29 size in classical alpine fissures in two-mica gneiss without indicative associated minerals 30 (Wanni glacier). -
Redetermination of Eveite, Mn2aso4 (OH), Based on Single-Crystal X-Ray
inorganic compounds Acta Crystallographica Section E Experimental Structure Reports Crystal data Online ˚ 3 Mn2AsO4(OH) V = 469.33 (15) A ISSN 1600-5368 Mr = 265.81 Z =4 Orthorhombic, Pnnm Mo K radiation a = 8.5478 (16) A˚ = 12.29 mmÀ1 Redetermination of eveite, b = 8.7207 (16) A˚ T = 293 K c = 6.2961 (12) A˚ 0.05 Â 0.05 Â 0.04 mm Mn2AsO4(OH), based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data Data collection Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector 3315 measured reflections diffractometer 911 independent reflections a b c Yongbo W. Yang, * Ryan A. Stevenson, Alesha M. Siegel Absorption correction: multi-scan 849 reflections with I >2(I) and Gordon W. Downsd (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2005) Rint = 0.015 Tmin = 0.579, Tmax = 0.639 aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 Refinement E. University Blvd, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0041, USA, bDepartment of 2 2 Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona R[F >2(F )] = 0.021 49 parameters 2 85721-0077, USA, cDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of wR(F ) = 0.055 All H-atom parameters refined ˚ À3 Arizona, 1007 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0106, USA, and dUniversity S = 1.09 Ámax = 1.28 e A 911 reflections Á = À1.15 e A˚ À3 High School, 421 N. Arcadia Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85711-3032, USA min Correspondence e-mail: [email protected] Received 16 October 2011; accepted 24 October 2011 Table 1 Hydrogen-bond geometry (A˚ , ). Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 293 K; mean (As–O) = 0.002 A˚; R factor = 0.021; wR factor = 0.055; data-to-parameter ratio = 18.6. -
The Picking Table Volume 8, No. 1
THE PICKING TABLE FRANKLIN OGDENSBURG MINSHALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC, P. 0. BOJC 146 FRANKLIN, H.J., 07416 VOLUME VIII FEBRUARY 196? NUMBER 1 The contents of The Picking Table are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. CLUB PROGRAM - SPRING 1967 All meetings will be held at the Hardyston School, intersection of Routes #23 and #517, Franklin, N. J. Pre meeting activities start at 1:00 P.A. Speaker will be announced at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, Field trip, 9=00 A..-I. to Noon - March 19th. Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, N.J. Meeting, 2:30 P.M. Speaker, Paul Desautels Subject - Blood Relatives Among the Minerals. Saturday, Field trip, 9:00 A.M. to Noon - April 15th Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, N.J. Meeting, 2:30 P.M. Speaker - Dr. Paul Moore. Subject - The Mineralogy of Langban, Sweden. Saturday, Field trip, 9:00 A.M. to Noon - Open Cuts, May 20th Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, H. J. Meeting, 2:30 P.M. Speaker - Dr. Clifford Frondel Subject - Franklin Minerals, New and Old Saturday, Field trio, 9:00 A.M. to Noon - June 17th Farber Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, ..J, Meeting, 2:30 P.JL Speaker - Robert Metsger Subject - The Geology of Sterling Hill. Special Events April 22/23 1967 Earth Science and Gem Show Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, Route 30, Lancaster, Pa. May 6/7th 3rd Annual Mineral and Gem Show Matawan Mineralogical Society, Matawan Regional High School, Matawan, ft. June 29/July 2nd 1967 National Gem and Mineral Show, Eastern Federation, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. -
STRONG and WEAK INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS of TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS and THEIR ASSEMBLIES Tyler William Farnsworth a Dissertati
STRONG AND WEAK INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND THEIR ASSEMBLIES Tyler William Farnsworth A dissertation submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Chemistry. Chapel Hill 2018 Approved by: Scott C. Warren James F. Cahoon Wei You Joanna M. Atkin Matthew K. Brennaman © 2018 Tyler William Farnsworth ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Tyler William Farnsworth: Strong and weak interlayer interactions of two-dimensional materials and their assemblies (Under the direction of Scott C. Warren) The ability to control the properties of a macroscopic material through systematic modification of its component parts is a central theme in materials science. This concept is exemplified by the assembly of quantum dots into 3D solids, but the application of similar design principles to other quantum-confined systems, namely 2D materials, remains largely unexplored. Here I demonstrate that solution-processed 2D semiconductors retain their quantum-confined properties even when assembled into electrically conductive, thick films. Structural investigations show how this behavior is caused by turbostratic disorder and interlayer adsorbates, which weaken interlayer interactions and allow access to a quantum- confined but electronically coupled state. I generalize these findings to use a variety of 2D building blocks to create electrically conductive 3D solids with virtually any band gap. I next introduce a strategy for discovering new 2D materials. Previous efforts to identify novel 2D materials were limited to van der Waals layered materials, but I demonstrate that layered crystals with strong interlayer interactions can be exfoliated into few-layer or monolayer materials. -
The Picking Table Volume 19, No. 2
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 19 Sept. 1978 Number Two The contents of The Picking Table are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. SOCIETY PROGRAM - FALL 1978 All meetings will be held at the Hardyston School, Intersection of Rts. 23 and 517, Franklin, N.J. Pre- meeting activities begin at 1:00 P.M. Lectures at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, Field Trip: Trotter Mineral Dump, Main Street, Franklin, N.J. Sept. 16th 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lecture: Speaker: Carl Francis - Curator, Harvard Museum, "Franklin Mineralogy" Saturday, Field Trip: Bodnar (Rudetown) Quarry, Quarry Rd., Rudeville, N.J. Oct. 21st 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Lecture: Speaker: Kurt Siegler, "The Arsenate Minerals" Saturday, Field Trip: Buckwheat Mineral Dump, Evans Street, Franklin, N.J. Nov. 18th 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lecture: Speaker: George Pidgeon, "Mineral Identification" DAILY FRANKLIN ATTRACTIONS BUCKWHEAT Mineral Dump — Entrance through the Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans Street, Franklin — Open April through November — Daily collecting fee. Closed Mondays. FRANKLIN Mineral Museum — Evans Street, Franklin, N.J. Open April through November. Admission fee. Closed on Mondays. GERSTMANN Franklin Mineral Museum, Walsh Road, Franklin, N.J. •- Open daily, year round. No charge; donations accepted. TROTTER Mineral Dump, Main Street, Franklin, N.J. • Behind Borough Hall — Open year round, except during inclement weather. Manager Nick Zipco on call. Daily fee. THE PICKING TABLE , official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. is issued twice yearly; a March issue with news and the Spring program, and a September issue with news and the Fall program. -
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). -
Bulletin 65, the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, 1962
THEMINERALSOF FRANKLINAND STERLINGHILL NEWJERSEY BULLETIN 65 NEW JERSEYGEOLOGICALSURVEY DEPARTMENTOF CONSERVATIONAND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 65 THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, NEW JERSEY bY ALBERT S. WILKERSON Professor of Geology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey STATE OF NEw JERSEY Department of Conservation and Economic Development H. MAT ADAMS, Commissioner Division of Resource Development KE_rr_ H. CR_V_LINCDirector, Bureau of Geology and Topography KEMBLEWIDX_, State Geologist TRENTON, NEW JERSEY --1962-- NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ......................................... 5 History of Area ................................... 7 General Geology ................................... 9 Origin of the Ore Deposits .......................... 10 The Rowe Collection ................................ 11 List of 42 Mineral Species and Varieties First Found at Franklin or Sterling Hill .......................... 13 Other Mineral Species and Varieties at Franklin or Sterling Hill ............................................ 14 Tabular Summary of Mineral Discoveries ................. 17 The Luminescent Minerals ............................ 22 Corrections to Franklln-Sterling Hill Mineral List of Dis- credited Species, Incorrect Names, Usages, Spelling and Identification .................................... 23 Description of Minerals: Bementite ......................................... 25 Cahnite .......................................... -
A Partial Glossary of Spanish Geological Terms Exclusive of Most Cognates
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY A Partial Glossary of Spanish Geological Terms Exclusive of Most Cognates by Keith R. Long Open-File Report 91-0579 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 1991 Preface In recent years, almost all countries in Latin America have adopted democratic political systems and liberal economic policies. The resulting favorable investment climate has spurred a new wave of North American investment in Latin American mineral resources and has improved cooperation between geoscience organizations on both continents. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has responded to the new situation through cooperative mineral resource investigations with a number of countries in Latin America. These activities are now being coordinated by the USGS's Center for Inter-American Mineral Resource Investigations (CIMRI), recently established in Tucson, Arizona. In the course of CIMRI's work, we have found a need for a compilation of Spanish geological and mining terminology that goes beyond the few Spanish-English geological dictionaries available. Even geologists who are fluent in Spanish often encounter local terminology oijerga that is unfamiliar. These terms, which have grown out of five centuries of mining tradition in Latin America, and frequently draw on native languages, usually cannot be found in standard dictionaries. There are, of course, many geological terms which can be recognized even by geologists who speak little or no Spanish. -
Kraisslite, a New Platy Arsenosilicate from Sterling Hill, New Jersey
A meri can M ineralogist, Volume6 3, pages 9 3 8-940, I 978 Kraisslite,a newplaty arsenosilicatefrom SterlingHill, NewJersey Peur B. Moonn eNo JuN Iror Departmentof the GeophysicqlSciences The Uniuersityof Chicago Chicago,I I linois 606 3 7 Abstract Kraissliteis a new speciesfrom theSterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg,Sussex County, New Jersey.It closelyresembles mcgovernite in physicalappearance. The mineraloccurs between the 700' and 950' levelsin the central zincitezone, as films and lensesup to one inch thick along fractures.Twenty specieswere identified in the suite,of which sixteenare secondary minerals.Eveite, synadelphite, retzian, hodgkinsonite, holdenite, and austiniteconstitute new finds. Kraissliteis hexagonal,a : 8.22(l) c : 43.88(5)4,space group P6s22,and is probably structurallyrelated to hematoliteand mcgovernite.Specific gravity 3.876, hardness between 3 and4, cleavage{0001} perfect and inelastic, color deep coppery-brown, streak golden-brown, lustersubmetallic, uniaxial (+), birefringenceweak, <o : 1.805(2).The chemicalcomposition is (Mn3.+.rMgoorFeSSr)r.Znr(AsO.)r(SiOn)r(OH)rr. The newmineral honors Frederick and Alice Kraisslof Hackensack.New Jersev. devoted studentsof Franklinmineralogy. Occurrenceand paragenesis thierite,and arsenopyritein the drift, about five feet The new specieskraisslite is known only from the eastof the l0l0 Stopehanging-wall contact. SterlingHill Mine,Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New The orewas high-grade and consisted of willemite, Jersey.We are indebtedto Mr. John Kolic, who franklinite,and zincite,with -
Sir John Cadogan
Sir John Ivan George Cadogan CBE FIC FRS FRSE FRSC 8 October 1930 – 9 February 2020 Eulogy: Professional Life “John Cadogan was the most able, active and effective scientist, chemist, administrator, lecturer, organiser – and all wrapped into one person.” “He was exceptionally quick witted, an excellent writer, and from early on an international figure in science for he was personable, witty, sharp and always insightful.” This description by Sir John Meurig Thomas will be recognised by many here today. John Meurig began his close friendship with John in 1968. Together, they were a redoubtable force in British science! John Cadogan lived a very Big Life, and operated at the highest levels. I will try to remind us of the scale of his achievements and influence.1 Scientific Beginnings John was a product of Swansea Grammar School. In 1948, he went to study chemistry at King’s College, when London was recovering after the War – a war that had devastated his native Swansea. He became a PhD student of Donald Hey (1904 –1987), who John admired greatly.2 Hey was educated in chemistry 1 I thank John Meurig Thomas, Charles Stirling, and Bill Duncan for reflections and information. 2 J I G Cadogan and D I Davie, Donald Holroyde Hey. 12 September 1904-21 January 1987 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 34 (Dec., 1988), 294-320. 1 at Swansea University beginning in 1923, and rose to be an extraordinary chemist famous for his discovery and championing of free radicals, starting already in 1934. Free radicals were then very controversial and much disputed but they changed the direction of organic chemistry and found applications everywhere.