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Livingstone, A. (1980) Johnsomervilleite, a new transition-metal phosphate mineral from the Loch Quoich area, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (331) 833-836 doi:10.1180/minmag.1980.043.331.01

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TitleJohnsomervilleite, a new transition-metal phosphate mineral from the Loch Quoich area, Scotland
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsLivingstone, A.Author
Year1980 (September)Volume43
Issue331
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_43/43-331-833.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1980.043.331.01Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceLivingstone, A. (1980) Johnsomervilleite, a new transition-metal phosphate mineral from the Loch Quoich area, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (331) 833-836 doi:10.1180/minmag.1980.043.331.01
Plain TextLivingstone, A. (1980) Johnsomervilleite, a new transition-metal phosphate mineral from the Loch Quoich area, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (331) 833-836 doi:10.1180/minmag.1980.043.331.01
In(1980, September) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 43 (331) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesSummaryJohnsomervilleite, Na10Ca6Mg18(Fe, Mn)25 (PO4)36 has Z = 3, a 15.00 Å, c 42.75 Å and cell volume 8330 Å3 and is a new rhombohedral species occurring in two metamorphic segregation pods in Moine gneiss of kyanite-sillimanite grade. Associated minerals are apatite, jahnsite, graftonite, mineral A, phosphosiderite, rockbridgeite, mitridatite, and vivianite. It is dark brown, brittle, and glassy, H = 4½, D = 3·35 (calc. 3.41) with a perfect basal (?) cleavage. Eight electron probe analyses are given and d spacings for 50 lines. The mineral, which is a Mg-Fe analogue of fillowite, is named after the late Mr J. M. Somerville who presented a specimen of garnet-quartz rock, which contained the new species, to the Royal Scottish Museum.

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Loch Quoich, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK

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Loch Quoich, Caol and Mallaig, Highland, Scotland, UK Almandine, Apatite, Gneiss, Graftonite, Jahnsite Group, Johnsomervilleite, Mitridatite, Muscovite, Phosphosiderite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rockbridgeite, Spessartine, Vivianite


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