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Nickelalumite

A valid IMA mineral species
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For the nickel content and relationship to alum.
Type Locality:
ⓘKara-Tangi U deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
Chalcoalumite Group. The Ni analogue of chalcoalumite.

Originally reported from Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.


Unique Identifiers
First published:
2023
Approval history:
Nickelalumite was rejected because of some problems with chemical composition in 1980. Approved as a new mineral species by the IMA-CNMNC, 2022-071.

Classification of Nickelalumite

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
D : With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th ed.:
31.3.1.2

31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
3 : (AB)5(XO4)Zq·xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:
13.13

13 : Nitrates

Mineral Symbols
Transparency:
Transparent
Colour:
Colourless to blue to pistachio-green
Streak:
White
Hardness:
2 onMohs scale
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Perfect
Parallel to {001}.
Parting:
None
Fracture:
Splintery
Density:
2.231 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Nickelalumite
Surface Relief:
Moderate
Dispersion:
medium
Pleochroism:
Non-pleochroic
Comments:
β could not be measured due to the almost negligible thickness of the flakes.

Chemistry of Nickelalumite

Crystallography of Nickelalumite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Pale-blue to greenish crusts of radiating lamellar aggregates of crystals up to 1.5 mm on the surface of carbon-rich siliceous schist.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 6794.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Nickelalumite formed by hydrothermal alteration of U–V bearing carbon-rich silicified schists.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAnkinovichiteCalciteCrandallite
KyrgyzstaniteQuartz

Other Language Names for Nickelalumite

Relationship of Nickelalumite to other Species
Other Members of Chalcoalumite Group:
ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2 :P21
KyrgyzstaniteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2/m
Mbobomkulite(Ni,Cu)Al4((NO3)2,SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2 :P21

Related Minerals -Strunz-mindat GroupingMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.05FelsőbányaiteAl4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.07LlantenesiteCu6Al[SeO4](OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.10LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m7.DD.10FehriteMgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.10PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10GobeliniteCoCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.15KobyasheviteCu5(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.15SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.15Unnamed (Dimorph of Devilline)CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.20KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.25ChristeliteCu2Zn3(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.30EdwardsiteCu3Cd2(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.30NiedermayriteCdCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.30SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :B2/b7.DD.30CampigliaiteMn2+Cu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2 :B27.DD.30OrthoserpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OOrth.mm2 :Pca217.DD.30DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.35ShigaiteMn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Zincaluminite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O7.DD.35ZincowoodwarditeZn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.7.DD.35NatroglaucoceriniteZn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OHex.7.DD.35Hydrowoodwardite(Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Honessite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.7.DD.35Carrboydite(Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35Glaucocerinite(Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WermlanditeMg7Al2(OH)18[Ca(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :P3c17.DD.35NikischeriteFe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Hydrohonessite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WoodwarditeCu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35MotukoreaiteMg6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Mountkeithite[(Mg1-xFe3+x)(OH)2][SO4]x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.40Lawsonbauerite(Mn2+,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40Torreyite(Mg,Mn2+)7◻2Mn2+2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40IsseliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)4 · H2OOrth.mm2 :Pmn217.DD.45MooreiteMg9◻2Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P2/b7.DD.45Hodgesmithite(Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.47LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 :P17.DD.50NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.50Minohlite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 8H2OHex.7.DD.52LauraniiteCu6Cd2(SO4)2(OH)12 · 5H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.55BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]Trig. 3 :P37.DD.60Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.65VonbezingiteCa6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12 · 2H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.70RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.75KyrgyzstaniteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.75ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.80Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 37.DD.80UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn(Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.80ThérèsemagnaniteNaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.80GuarinoiteZn6(SO4)(OH)10 · 5H2OHex.7.DD.85MontetrisaiteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · 2H2OOrth.mm2 :Cmc21

Fluorescence of Nickelalumite

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    • References for Nickelalumitedoi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.5.1511
    Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 70.European Journal of Mineralogy, 34 (6) 591-601doi:10.5194/ejm-34-591-2022
    Karpenko, Vladimir Yu., Agakhanov, Atali A., Pautov, Leonid A., Bekenova, Galiya K., Uvarova, Yulia A., Sokolova, Elena, Dikaya, Tamara V., Hawthorne, Frank C. (2023) Nickelalumite, ideally NiAl4(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)3, a new-old mineral from the Kara-Tangi uranium deposit, Kyrgyzstan.Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (2) 219-229doi:10.1007/s00710-023-00832-3

    Localities for NickelalumiteⓘCuni mineral fieldBottrill et al. (2008)+1 other reference
    Kyrgyzstan
     
    New Data on Minerals: 39: 32-39.+2 other referencesUvarova et al. (2005)+4 other references
    South Africa
     
    Ann.Geol.Surv.S.Africa (1980)+1 other reference
    Switzerland
     
    Stalder et al. (1998)
    USA
     
    Desor (11/2020)
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