Sekaninaite
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Sekaninaite
Doln� Bory, Bory, �d�r nad S�zavou District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
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Doln� Bory, Bory, �d�r nad S�zavou District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
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Sekaninaite
Doln� Bory, Bory, �d�r nad S�zavou District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
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About SekaninaiteHide
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Josef Sekanina
Formula:(Fe,Mg)2Al3(AlSi5O18)Colour:grayish-blue to bluish-
violetLustre:VitreousHardness:7�Crystal System:OrthorhombicName:Named in honor of
Josef Sekanina (4 September 1901, Kn�nice u Boskovic - 28 November 1986, Letovice),
Czech mineralogist who first found the mineral.Type Locality:? Pegmatite vein No.
4, Doln� Bory, Bory, �d�r nad S�zavou District, Vysocina Region, Czech
RepublicDimorph of:Ferroindialite
The Fe analogue of Cordierite. Cordierite-Sekaninaite Series.
Classification of SekaninaiteHide
IMA status:Approved
First Published:1975
Strunz 8th ed.:8/E.12-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:9.CJ.10
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
C : Cyclosilicates
J : [Si6O18]12- 6-membered single rings (sechser-Einfachringe), without insular
complex anions
Dana 8th ed.:61.2.1.2
61 : CYCLOSILICATES Six-Membered Rings
2 : Six-Membered Rings with Al substituted rings
Hey's CIM Ref.:16.19.3
16 : Silicates Containing Aluminum and other Metals
19 : Aluminosilicates of Fe and Mg
Physical Properties of SekaninaiteHide
Lustre:Vitreous
Transparency:Transparent, Translucent
Colour:grayish-blue to bluish-violet
Hardness:7� on Mohs scale
Cleavage:Imperfect/Fair
{100}
Parting:{001}
Optical Data of SekaninaiteHide
Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values:na = 1.561 n� = 1.572 n? = 1.576
2V:Measured: 66� , Calculated: 60�
Max Birefringence:
d = 0.015
Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30�m thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Low
Dispersion:weak
Chemical Properties of SekaninaiteHide
Formula:(Fe,Mg)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
IMA Formula:Fe2+2Al4Si5O18
Elements listed:Al, Fe, Mg, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry
Common Impurities:Ti,Mn,Ca,Na,K,H2O
Crystallography of SekaninaiteHide
Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:a = 17.18 �, b = 9.82 �, c = 9.29 �
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.749 : 1 : 0.946
Unit Cell V:1,567.29 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Twinning:Type material - usually twinned on {ll0} and {310}, simulating hexagonal
symmetry.
Type Occurrence of SekaninaiteHide
Type Locality:? Pegmatite vein No. 4, Doln� Bory, Bory, �d�r nad S�zavou District,
Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, A6108.
Reference:Stanek, J. and Miskovsky, J. (1975) Sekaninaite, a new mineral of the
cordierite series, from Dolni Bory, Czechoslovakia. Scripta Facultati Scientiarum
Naturalium Ujep Brunensis, Geologia: 1(5): 21-30.
Synonyms of SekaninaiteHide
Fe-cordierite
Ferrocordierite
IMA1967-047
Iron-Cordierite
Other Language Names for SekaninaiteHide
German:Eisencordierit
Ferrocordierit
Sekaninait
Russian:??????????
Spanish:Ferrocordierita
Sekaninaita
Relationship of Sekaninaite to other SpeciesHide
Forms a series with:
Cordierite Cordierite-Sekaninaite Series
Common AssociatesHide
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
1 photo of Sekaninaite associated with Orthoclase K(AlSi3O8)
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide
9.CJ. Avdeevite (Na,Cs)(Be2Li)Al2(Si6O18) Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc
9.CJ.05 Bazzite Be3Sc2(Si6O18) Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mcc
9.CJ.05 Beryl Be3Al2(Si6O18) Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mcc
9.CJ.05 Indialite Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18) Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mcc
9.CJ.05 Stoppaniite Be3Fe3+2(Si6O18) � H2O Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mcc
9.CJ.10 Cordierite (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cccm
9.CJ.15a Combeite Na4.5Ca3.5Si6O17.5(OH)0.5 Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
9.CJ.15b Imandrite Na12Ca3Fe3+2(Si6O18)2 Orth.
9.CJ.15a Kazakovite Na6Mn2+Ti(Si6O18) Trig.
9.CJ.15c Koashvite Na6(Ca,Mn)(Ti,Fe)Si6O18 � H2O Orth.
9.CJ.15a Lovozerite Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)(Si6O12)[(OH)4O2] � H2O Mon.
9.CJ.15a Tisinalite Na3H3(Mn,Ca,Fe)TiSi6(O,OH)18 � 2H2O Trig.
9.CJ.15a Zirsinalite Na6(Ca,Mn2+,Fe2+)Zr(Si6O18) Trig.
9.CJ.15a Litvinskite Na2(?,Na,Mn)ZrSi6O12(OH,O)6 Mon. m : Bm
9.CJ.15a Kapustinite Na5(Na,Mn2+)<1Zr(H2Si6O18) Mon. 2/m
9.CJ.25 Baratovite KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2 Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.CJ.25 Katayamalite KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2 Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.CJ.25 Aleksandrovite KCa7Sn2Li3Si12O36F2 Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.CJ.30 Dioptase CuSiO3 � H2O Trig. 3 : R3
9.CJ.35 Kostylevite K2Zr(Si3O9) � H2O Mon.
9.CJ.40 Petarasite Na5Zr2(Si6O18)(Cl,OH) � 2H2O Mon. 2/m : P21/m
9.CJ.45 Gerenite-(Y) (Ca,Na)2(Y,REE)3Si6O18 � 2H2O Tric. 1 : P1
9.CJ.50 Odintsovite K2Na4Ca3Ti2Be4Si12O38 Orth.
9.CJ.55 Mathewrogersite Pb7FeAl3GeSi12O36(OH,H2O)6 Trig.
9.CJ.60 Pezzottaite Cs(Be2Li)Al2(Si6O18) Trig. 3 : R3
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide
61.2.1.1 Cordierite (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cccm
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals GroupingHide
16.19.1 Indialite Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18) Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mcc
16.19.2 Cordierite (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cccm
16.19.4 Ferro-gedrite ?{Fe2+2}{Fe2+3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 Orth.
16.19.5 Staurolite Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) Mon. 2/m : B2/m
16.19.6 Chloritoid (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2 Mon. 2/m : B2/b
16.19.7 Amesite Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4 Tric. 1 : P1
16.19.8 Corundophilite (Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8
16.19.9 Yoderite Mg(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)2O(OH) Mon. 2/m : P21/m
16.19.10 Delessite (Mg,Fe,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)4O10(O,OH)8
16.19.11 Ferrocarpholite (Fe2+,Mg)Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4 Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m
2/m) : Ccca
16.19.12 Magnesiocarpholite (Mg,Fe2+)Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4 Orth.
16.19.13 Chamosite (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 Mon.
16.19.14 Orthochamosite (Fe2+,Mg,Fe3+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH,O)8
16.19.15 Berthierine (Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Mon. m : Bm
16.19.16 Odinite (Fe,Mg,Al,Fe,Ti,Mn)2.4((Si,Al)2O5)(OH)4 Mon. m : Bm
16.19.17 Clinochlore Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 Mon. 2/m : B2/m
16.19.18 Gedrite ?{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 Orth.
16.19.19 Magnesiogedrite ?{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
16.19.20 Diabantite (Mg,Fe,Al)6((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)8
16.19.21 Sudoite Mg2Al3(Si3Al)O10)(OH)8 Mon.
16.19.22 Vermiculite Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 � 8H2O Mon. 2/m
16.19.23 Corrensite (Mg,Fe)9((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)10 � nH2O Orth.
Other InformationHide
Health Risks:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into
the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for SekaninaiteHide
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Stanek, J. and Miskovsky, J. (1975) Sekaninaite, a new mineral of the cordierite
series, from Dolni Bory, Czechoslovakia. Scripta Facultati Scientiarum Naturalium
Ujep Brunensis, Geologia: 1(5): 21-30.
Fleischer, M., Jambor, J. (1977) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 62: 395-
397.
Hochella, M.F., Jr., Brown, G.E., Jr., Ross, F.K., and Gibbs, G.V. (1979) High-
temperature crystal chemistry of hydrous Mg- and Fe-cordierites. American
Mineralogist: 64: 337-351.
Ryback, G., Nawaz, R., and Farley, E. (1988) Seventh supplementary list of British
Isles minerals (Irish). Mineralogical Magazine: 52: 267-274.
Cern�, P., Chapman, R., Schreyer, W., Ottolini, L., Bottazzi, P., McCammon, C.A.
(1997) Lithium in sekaninaite from the type locality, Doln� Bory, Czech Republic.
The Canadian Mineralogist: 35: 167-173.
Yakubovich, O.V., Massa, V., Pekov, I.V., Gavrilenko, P.G., Chukanov, N.V. (2004)
Crystal structure of the Na-, Ca-, Be-cordierite and crystallochemical regularities
in the cordierite-sekaninaite series. Crystallography Reports: 49: 953-963.
Kaindl, R., T�bbens, D.M., Haefeker, U. (2011) Quantum-mechanical calculations of
the Raman spectra of Mg- and Fe-cordierite. American Mineralogist: 96: 1568-1574.
Radica, F., Capitelli, F., Bellatreccia, F., Della Ventura, G., Cavallo, A.,
Piccinini, M., Hawthorne, F.C. (2013) Spectroscopy and X-ray structure refinement
of sekaninaite from Doln� Bory (Czech Republic). Mineralogical Magazine: 77: 485-
498.
Haefeker, U.; Kaindl, R.; Tropper, P.; Kr�ger, H.; Kahlenberg, V.; Orlova, M.
(2014) Structural investigations of the two polymorphs of synthetic Fe-cordierite
and Raman spectroscopy of hexagonal Fe-cordierite. Mineralogy and Petrology: 108:
469-478.
Dixon, A., Cemp�rek, J., Groat, L.A. (2014) Mineralogy and geochemistry of
pegmatites on Mount Begbie, British Columbia. The Canadian Mineralogist: 52: 129-
164.
Nov�k, M., Copjakov�, R., Dosbaba, M., Galiov�, M.V., V�iansk�, D., Stanek, J.
(2015) Two paragenetic types of cookeite from the Doln� Bory-Hate Pegmatites,
Moldanubian Zone, Czech Republic: Proximal and distal alteration productions of Li-
bearing sekaninaite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 53: 1035-1048.
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