TY - JOUR
T1 - Selwynite, NaK,(Be,Al)Zr2(PO4)4.2H2O, a new gainesite- like mineral from Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia
AU - Birch, W. D.
AU - Pring, A.
AU - Foord, E. E.
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - Selwynite is a new alkali beryllium zirconium phosphate hydrate from a pegmatite vein in Devonian granite at Wycheproof. The mineral occurs as irregular infillings that consist of intergrowths of indistinct radiating crystals and as granular aggregates filling cavities up to 8 mm across in the quartz - orthoclase - albite - muscovite - schorl-bearing pegmatite. Accompanying minerals include two other Zr-bearing phosphates, kosnarite and the new species wycheproofite, as well as wardite, eosphorite, cyrilovite, leucophosphite, rockbridgeite, a kidwellite-like mineral, saleeite and montmorillonite. The physical, optical and crystallographic properties of selwynite are described. -from Authors
AB - Selwynite is a new alkali beryllium zirconium phosphate hydrate from a pegmatite vein in Devonian granite at Wycheproof. The mineral occurs as irregular infillings that consist of intergrowths of indistinct radiating crystals and as granular aggregates filling cavities up to 8 mm across in the quartz - orthoclase - albite - muscovite - schorl-bearing pegmatite. Accompanying minerals include two other Zr-bearing phosphates, kosnarite and the new species wycheproofite, as well as wardite, eosphorite, cyrilovite, leucophosphite, rockbridgeite, a kidwellite-like mineral, saleeite and montmorillonite. The physical, optical and crystallographic properties of selwynite are described. -from Authors
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029530550
VL - 33
SP - 55
EP - 58
JO - Canadian Mineralogist
JF - Canadian Mineralogist
SN - 0008-4476
IS - 1
ER -