동북광산에서 발견된 부서라이트 및 이 광물의 란시아이트와의 관계

Buserite and Its Relationship to Rancieite in Dongnam Mine, Korea

The terrestrial Ca-buserite has been found from Dongnam mine, Korea. It occurs in close association with rancieite in the manganese oxide ores which were formed by supergene weathering of hydrothermal rhodochrosite in veins. A study on this mineral using X-ray diffraction, infrared, polarizing and electron microscopes and dehydration experiment shows that the natural cabuserite (10$\AA$ phase) is more or less unstable, transforming partly to rancieite (7.5 $\AA$ phase) in the natural environment, and upon heating, its 10 $\AA$ line shifts to 7.5$\AA$ at 70-9$0^{\circ}C$. The Ca-buserite is the hydrate of rancieite.