Selwynite, NaK,(Be,Al)Zr2(PO4)4.2H2O, a new gainesite- like mineral from Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia

W. D. Birch; A. Pring; E. E. Foord

Selwynite, NaK,(Be,Al)Zr₂(PO₄)₄.2H₂O, a new gainesite- like mineral from Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia

W. D. Birch, A. Pring, E. E. Foord

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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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-58
Number of pages	4
Journal	Canadian Mineralogist
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Selwynite, NaK,(Be,Al)Zr₂(PO₄)₄.2H₂O, a new gainesite- like mineral from Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia

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