Verneite, Na2Ca3Al2F14, a New Aluminum Fluoride Mineral from Icelandic and Vesuvius Fumaroles

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Tonči Balić-Žunić, Anna Garavelli, Daniela Pinto, Donatella Mitolo
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: verneite; new mineral; crystal structure; Hekla; Vesuvius; Eldfell; aluminofluoride; Jules; Verne; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8120553

Verneite, Na2Ca3Al2F14, is a new mineral first discovered in fumarolic samples from both Hekla, Iceland and Vesuvius, Italy. Additional occurrences are so far from Eldfell and Fimmvörduhals, both on Iceland. Verneite is cubic, I213, a = 10.264(1) Å, V = 1081.4(3) Å3, Z = 4, and corresponds to the kn...