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Silesiaite from
Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Silesiaite
Formula:Ca4(Fe23+Sn2)[Si2O7]2[Si2O6OH]2
Chemical Analyses:
Empirical formulas:
1Ca2.001(2[(Sn1.105Zr0.009)?1.114(Fe3+0.523Sc0.185Al0.070)?0.779(Fe2+0.065Mn2+0.041Mg0.003)?0.110]?2.003(Si3.997O13OH)
Sample references:
1 -
Pieczka et al. (2023)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silesiaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1208930
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1208930:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2017) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, CNMNC Newsletter No 40. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (6) 1577-1581 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.096p.1579
Evans, R., Gołębiowska, Bożena, Groat, Lee, Pieczka, Adam (2018) Crystal Structure of Kristiansenite from Szklarska Poręba, Southwestern Poland. Minerals, 8 (12) 584 doi:10.3390/min8120584
Pieczka, Adam, Zelek-Pogudz, Sylwia, Gołębiowska, Bożena, Stadnicka, Katarzyna M., Kristiansen, Roy (2023) Silesiaite, ideally Ca2Fe3+Sn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH), a new species in the kristiansenite group: crystal chemistry and structure of holotype silesiaite from Szklarska Poręba, Poland, and Sc-free silesiaite from Häiviäntien, Finland. Mineralogical Magazine, 87 (2) 271-283 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.5
Mil, Karolina; Gołębiowska, Bożena; Mikuš, Tomáš; Jeleň, Stanislav; Dimitrova, Dimitrina; Pieczka, Adam; Włodek, Adam (2026) Bismuth mineralisation and trace-element geochemistry of base-metal sulphides at Szklarska Poręba Huta (Variscan Karkonosze granite, SW Poland): implications for metal distribution and hydrothermal evolution. Ore Geology Reviews, 196. p.107502. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107502
 
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