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<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/002646199548268</article-id>
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<article-title>Wooldridgeite, <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mo>Na</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>Ca</mml:mo><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mo>Cu</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x002B;</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mo>P</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mo>O</mml:mo><mml:mn>7</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mo>H</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>O</mml:mo><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>: A New Mineral from Judkins Quarry, Warwickshire, England</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hawthorne</surname>
<given-names>F. C.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Cooper</surname>
<given-names>M. A.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<aff>Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2</aff></contrib-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Green</surname>
<given-names>D. I.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Starkey</surname>
<given-names>R. E.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>15 Warwick Avenue, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 2AH, UK</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Roberts</surname>
<given-names>A. C.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Geological Survery of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Grice</surname>
<given-names>J. D.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>2</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>27</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>1998</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1999, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Wooldridgeite, ideally <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>Na</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi>Ca</mml:mi><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Cu</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x002B;</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mo>P</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mo>O</mml:mo><mml:mn>7</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mo>H</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>O</mml:mo><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, orthorhombic, <italic>a</italic> = 11.938(1), <italic>b</italic> = 32.854(2), <italic>c</italic> = 11.017(1) &#x00C5;, <italic>V</italic> = 4321.2(8) &#x00C5;<sup>3</sup>, <italic>a:b:c</italic> = 0.3634:1:0.3353, space group <italic>Fdd</italic>2, Z = 8, is a new mineral from Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Associated minerals are calcite, chalcopyrite, bornite and baryte. It occurs as equant crystals forming rhombic dipyramids; no twinning was observed. It is transparent blue-green with a very pale-blue streak, a vitreous lustre, and does not fluoresce under long- or short-wave ultraviolet light. Wooldridgeite has a Mohs hardness of 2&#x2013;3, is brittle with an irregular fracture, and has no cleavage. The calculated density is 2.279 g/cm<sup>3</sup>. In transmitted light, wooldridgeite is colourless, non-pleochroic, and shows no dispersion. It is biaxial negative with &#x03B1; = 1.508(1), &#x03B2; = 1.511(1), &#x03B3; = 1.517(1), 2V(meas.) = 76.2(5), 2V(calc.) = 71(10)&#x00B0;, X = <italic>b</italic>, Y = <italic>c</italic>, Z = <italic>a</italic>. The strongest five reflections in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [<italic>d</italic>(&#x00C5;), (<italic>I</italic>), (<italic>hkl</italic>)]: 8.23(30)(040), 6.52(100)(131), 4.05(40)(260), 3.255(40)(262); 2.924(40)(371). Electron-microprobe analysis of wooldridgeite gave P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> 39.37, CuO 20.24, MgO 0.24, CaO 7.73, Na<sub>2</sub>O 8.33, K<sub>2</sub>O 0.17, H<sub>2</sub>O(calc.) 24.72, sum 100.80 wt.%; the corresponding unit formula (based on 24 anions) is (Na<sub>1.96</sub>K<sub>0.03</sub>)Ca<sub>1.00</sub>(Cu<sub>1.85</sub>Mg<sub>0.04</sub>)P<sub>4.04</sub>O<sub>14</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>10</sub> where the H<sub>2</sub>O groups were assigned from knowledge of the crystal structure; the infrared absorption spectrum also indicates the presence of H<sub>2</sub>O in the structure. The mineral is named for James Wooldridge (1923&#x2013;1995), a fervent amateur mineral collector who discovered this mineral.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>wooldrigeite</kwd>
<kwd>new mineral</kwd>
<kwd>pyrophosphate</kwd>
<kwd>Judkins Quarry</kwd>
<kwd>Warwickshire</kwd>
<kwd>England</kwd>
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