Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Role of Water in the Structure of Psilomelane, (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10

  • Letter
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Abstract

A SPECIMEN of psilomelane (BM.69,160) from Schneeberg, Saxony, was kindly made available for examination by the Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History). This material forms minute monoclinic crystals with a = 9.56, b = 2.88, c = 13.85 A., β = 92° 30′, probable space group A 2/m. These values are a refinement of those previously reported by Vaux1. The unit cell contains two empirical formula units, Ba0.64(Mn,R)5O10.1.36 H2O, giving dcalc. = 4.82, dobs. = 4.71; the ions R comprise Mn2+ and traces of other metals substituted for Mn4+.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Vaux, Min. Mag., 24, 521 (1937).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Byström and Byström, Acta Cryst., 3, 146 (1950).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Byström and Byström, Acta Cryst., 4, 469 (1951).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne

    A. D. WADSLEY

Authors
  1. A. D. WADSLEY
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

WADSLEY, A. Role of Water in the Structure of Psilomelane, (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10. Nature 170, 973–974 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170973a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/170973a0

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation