Wampenite, C18H16, a new organic mineral from the fossil conifer locality at Wampen, Bavaria, Germany

Stuart J. Mills; Anthony R. Kampf; Fabrizio Nestola; Peter A. Williams; Peter Leverett; Leila Hejazi; David E. Hibbs; Maria Mrorsko; Matteo Alvaro; Anatoly V. Kasatkin

doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2621

Wampenite, C18H16, a new organic mineral from the fossil conifer locality at Wampen, Bavaria, Germany

Stuart J. Mills, Anthony R. Kampf, Fabrizio Nestola, Peter A. Williams, Peter Leverett, Leila Hejazi, David E. Hibbs, Maria Mrorsko, Matteo Alvaro, Anatoly V. Kasatkin

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Wampenite, C18H16, is a new organic mineral from the fossil wood (conifer) locality at Wampen, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany. It is monoclinic, space group P21/a, with a = 6.7331(19), b = 8.689(3), c = 23.709(7) Ã, β = 90.118(6)Â°, V = 1387.0(7)Ã3 and Z = 4. Its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which revealed that the molecular structure comprises an aromatic phenanthrene moiety with an axial methyl group at one end and a disordered propen-2-yl (methylvinyl) terminal group at the other. High resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) confirmed the molecular formula C18H16 and the IR spectrum is consistent with the molecular structure found.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-515
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Mineralogy
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2621
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Bavaria_Germany
abietic acid
crystallography
fichtelite
minerals
trees_fossil

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Wampenite, C18H16, a new organic mineral from the fossil conifer locality at Wampen, Bavaria, Germany

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