I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited

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Summary: Whiteite, Ca(Fe,Mn)2+Mg2Al2(OH)2(H2O)8[PO4]4,a14·90(4) Å,b6·98(2) Å,c10·13(2) Å,β113° 07(10)′, Z = 2, space groupP2/a,α1·580(5),β1·585(5),γ1·590(5), 2V 40–50°, specific gravity 2·58, is a new species from the Ilha de Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the Al3+-analogue of jahnsite. The mineral occurs as up to 5 mm tan crystals flattened on {001}. Twinning by reflection on {001} leads to pseudoorthorhombic development. Rather pure material also occurs from Blow River, Yukon Territory, Canada.For the general formulaXM(1)M(2)2M(3)2(OH)2(H2O)8[PO4]4, it is proposed that forM(3), Al3+> Fe3+, the established members of the series are whiteite—(CaFe2+Mg) and whiteite—(Mn2+Fe2+Mg); and for Fe3+> Al3+, jahnsite—(CaMn2+Mg), jahnsite—(CaMn2+Fe2+), and possibly jahnsite—(Mn2+Mn2+Mn2+).Xanthoxenite of Laubmann and Steinmetz (1920) is probably stewartite (in part) on the basis of morphological, optical, physical, and paragenetic evidence. The xanthoxenite of Frondel (1949) is proposed as the species type. It is triclinic,PorP1,a6·70(4) Å,b8·85(4) Å,c6·54(3) Å,α92·1(2)°,β110·2(2)°,γ93·2(2)°, Z = 1 for composition.Salmonsite,c.from Pala, California, is shown to be an intimate mixture of hureaulite and jahnsite on the basis of calculated and observed powder patterns and on reinterpretation of the original chemical analysis published by Schaller (1912). It is a breakdown product resulting from oxidation of Fe2+in the original hureaulite (‘palaite’) along with further aquation followed by fine-grained recrystallization. The reaction proposed is:

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