Publication details
Manganese rich beraunite, strunzite and phosphosiderite from historical Fe-Mn ore deposit Morašice near Přelouč (Czech Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie |
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| web | http://bullmineral.cz/paper/212 |
| Keywords | Mn-rich beraunite; strunzite; phosphosiderite; chemical composition; PXRD data; Fe-Mn ore deposit; Morašice; Chvaletice; Přelouč; Czech Republic |
| Description | A new study of phosphate mineralization from abandoned Fe-Mn deposit Morašice near Přelouč (Železné hory Mts., Czech Republic) provides new analytical data for historically known mineral strunzite as well as newly determined minerals Mn-rich beraunite and phosphosiderite. Phosphate minerals are bound to cracks and cavities in weathered slate rocks. Mn-rich beraunite forms radially fibrous, dark green to yellow-green aggregates up to 1.5 mm in size. Strunzite in orange-yellow to light yellow radial aggregates and needles up to 5 mm long. Phosphosiderite occurs as orange to beige crystalline crusts and spherical aggregates up to 0.5 mm and white spherical aggregates up to 0.5 mm in size. Empirical formula and refined unit-cell parameters for all minerals are published. |