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{"title":"The miscibility gap between the rock salt and wurtzite phases in the MgO–ZnO binary system to 3.5 GPa","authors":"Nicholas Farmer, Hugh St. C. O'Neill","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-1051-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1051-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. At ambient pressure, MgO crystallizes in the rock salt (B1) structure, whereas ZnO crystallizes in the wurtzite structure (B4). The asymmetric miscibility gap between these two structures in the MgO–ZnO binary system narrows with increasing pressure, terminating at the wurtzite-to-rock-salt phase transition in pure ZnO, which occurs at approximately 5 GPa at 1000 ∘C. Despite their essential simplicity, the pressure–temperature–composition (P–T–X) relations in the MgO–ZnO binary system have been sparsely studied experimentally, with disparate results that are inconsistent with available thermodynamic data. Here we report the experimental determination of the P–T–X relations of the miscibility gap from 940 to 1500 ∘C and 0 to 3.5 GPa, which we combine with calorimetric and equation-of-state data from the literature and on the transition in endmember ZnO, to build a thermodynamic model that resolves many of the inconsistencies. The model treats the rock salt phase as an ideal solution (no excess Gibbs free energy of mixing), while in the wurtzite phase the MgO component follows Henry's law and the ZnO component Raoult's law in the range of compositions accessed experimentally. However, there is an inconsistency between the partial molar volume of wurtzite-structured MgO deduced from this model and that inferred from lattice parameter measurements by X-ray diffraction in the quenched samples. This discrepancy may be caused by unquenchable disordering of some significant fraction of the substituting Mg2+ into normally vacant octahedral interstices of the wurtzite structure.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139229731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes to the cerite group nomenclature","authors":"Daniel Atencio, A. A. Azzi, Kai Qu, R. Miyawaki, Ferdinando Bosi, Koichi Momma","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The cerite and merrillite groups belong to the cerite supergroup. Some nomenclature and classification changes have been made to the cerite group, whereas the merrillite group remains unchanged. Minerals of the cerite group have the general formula A9XM[T7O24Ø4]Z3, where T is Si. The cerite group, from now on, is subdivided into two subgroups, cerite and taipingite. The root name will be cerite and taipingite if the Z anions are dominated by (OH) and F, respectively. The prefix ferri- or alumino- will be added if the M cations are dominated by Fe3+ or Al, respectively. If the M cation is Mg, there will be no prefix. Taking into account the valency-imposed double site occupancy and the site total charge approach, a double suffix will be used to represent the essential A constituents in the general chemical formula. Cerite-(Ce), aluminocerite-(Ce), ferricerite-(La), and taipingite-(Ce) have been renamed cerite-(CeCa), aluminocerite-(CeCa), ferricerite-(LaCa), and taipingite-(CeCa), respectively. The newly approved mineral aluminotaipingite-(CeCa) also belongs to the taipingite subgroup.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"100 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139243043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"H2O and Cl in deep crustal melts: the message of melt inclusions in metamorphic rocks","authors":"S. Ferrero, A. Borghini, Laurent Remusat, G. Nicoli, Bernd Wunder, Roberto Braga","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-1031-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1031-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The use of NanoSIMS on primary melt inclusions in partially melted rocks is a powerful approach to clarify the budget of volatiles at depth during crust formation and its reworking. Anatectic melt inclusions are indeed gateways to quantify H2O, halogens and other species (e.g. CO2, N) partitioned into the deep partial melts generated during metamorphism of the continental crust. Here we present new datasets of NanoSIMS measurements of H2O and Cl in preserved melt inclusions from metamorphic rocks with different protoliths – magmatic or sedimentary – which underwent partial melting at different pressure–temperature–fluid conditions. These new datasets are then compared with similar data on natural anatectic melts available in the literature to date. Our study provides novel, precise constraints for the H2O content in natural melts formed at high pressure, a field previously investigated mostly via experiments. We also show that H2O heterogeneities in partial melts at the microscale are common, regardless of the rock protolith. Correlations between H2O contents and P–T values can be identified merging new and old data on anatectic inclusions via NanoSIMS. Overall, the data acquired so far indicate that silicate melt generation in nature always requires H2O, even for the hottest melts found so far (>1000 ∘C). Moreover, in agreement with previous work, preserved glassy inclusions always appear to be poorer in H2O than crystallized ones, regardless of their chemical system and/or P–T conditions of formation. Finally, this study reports the very first NanoSIMS data on Cl (often in amounts >1000 ppm) acquired in situ on natural anatectic melts, showing how anatectic melt inclusions – additionally to magmatic ones – may become a powerful tool to clarify the role of halogens in many geological processes, not only in crustal evolution but also in ore deposit formation.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139245678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Li–Na interdiffusion and diffusion-driven lithium isotope fractionation in pegmatitic melts","authors":"Christian R. Singer, Harald Behrens, Ingo Horn, Martin Oeser, Ralf Dohmen, Stefan Weyer","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-1009-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1009-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. In this study, we investigate the diffusion of Li and its stable isotopes (6Li and 7Li) in flux-rich (1.8 % Li2O, 2.6 % B2O3, 2.3 % P2O5 and 3 % F) pegmatitic melts in order to contribute to the understanding of Li enrichment in such systems. Two glasses were synthesized with a model pegmatitic composition, one of which is highly enriched in Li (> 1 wt %, PEG2-blue) and the other one essentially Li-free (PEG2-Li-free). Diffusion couple experiments were performed to determine the chemical diffusivity of Li in dry pegmatitic melts. Experiments were conducted using rapid-heat and rapid-quench cold-seal pressure vessels in a temperature range of 650–940 ∘C at 100 MPa with Ar as the pressure medium. We observed rapidly formed diffusion profiles, driven by an interdiffusive exchange of the monovalent alkalis Li and Na, while the other elements are immobile on the timescale of experiments (1–30 min). From these experiments, activation energies for Li–Na interdiffusion were determined as 99 ± 7 kJ mol−1 with a pre-exponential factor of log D0 = −5.05 ± 0.33 (D0 in m2 s−1). Li and Na partitioning between the stronger depolymerized PEG2-blue and the less depolymerized PEG2-Li-free leads to a concentration jump at the interface; i.e. Na is enriched in the more depolymerized PEG2-blue. Li–Na interdiffusion coefficients in the studied melt composition are in a similar range as Li and Na tracer diffusivities in other dry aluminosilicate melts, confirming little to no effect of aluminosilicate melt composition on Li diffusivity. Thus, added fluxes do not enhance the Li diffusivity in the same way as observed for H2O (Holycross et al., 2018; Spallanzani et al., 2022). Using melt viscosity as a proxy for the polymerization of the melt shows that water has a stronger potential to depolymerize a melt compared to other fluxing elements. Faster diffusion of 6Li compared to 7Li leads to a strong Li isotope fractionation along the diffusion profile, resulting in δ7Li as low as −80 ‰ relative to the diffusion-unaffected regions. This diffusive isotope fractionation can be quantified with an empirical isotope fractionation factor (β) of 0.20 ± 0.04, similar to previously observed β values for Li diffusion in melts. This suggests in accordance with previously published data that a β value of ca. 0.2 seems to be universally applicable to diffusive Li isotope fractionation in aluminosilicate melts.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"19 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contact metamorphic reactions and fluid–rock interactions related to magmatic sill intrusion in the Guaymas Basin","authors":"Alban Cheviet, Martine Buatier, Flavien Choulet, C. Galerne, Armelle Riboulleau, Ivano W. Aiello, K. Marsaglia, Tobias W. Höfig","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-987-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-987-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Igneous basaltic intrusions into young organic-rich sedimentary basins have a major impact not only on the carbon cycle but also on major and trace element transfers between deep and superficial geological reservoirs. The actively rifting Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California, which was drilled by the International Ocean Discovery Program during Expedition 385, represents the nascent stage of an ocean characterized by siliceous organic-rich sediments (diatom ooze) intruded by a very dense network of basaltic sills. This study focuses on Site U1546 where the relatively high geothermal gradient (over 200 ∘C km−1) induces early diagenetic transformations in both pore waters and sediments, involving sulfide, carbonate and silica. Geochemical and mineralogical characterizations of the sediment at sill contacts indicate that sulfides and silica polymorphs are the main phases impacted by contact metamorphism, being evident by a transition from opal-CT to quartz and pyrite to pyrrhotite, respectively. Mass balance calculations have been used to estimate mass transfers in metamorphic aureoles. In the top contact aureole, predominantly isochemical metamorphism is reflected by the presence of authigenic quartz and disseminated 20–50 µm sized pyrrhotite crystals, filling primary interstitial space, and partial dissolution of detrital feldspar grains. In the bottom contact aureole, quartz and euhedral pyrrhotite crystals occur, which are up to 4 times larger than those at the top contact. Significant metamorphism of sediments is observed in the lower contact aureole, where plagioclase recrystallizes around the detrital feldspars and locally euhedral pyroxenes are included in patches of carbonate cement; this suggests precipitation from carbon-rich fluids at temperatures (T) higher than 300 ∘C. The lower contact aureole also is more enriched in CaO, Na2O, Fe2O3 and trace elements (Cu, As, Zn, etc.) compared to the upper contact. Based on these petrological investigations, a conceptual model of magma–sediment–fluid interaction is proposed distinguishing top and bottom contact processes. Initial contact metamorphism due to sill emplacement is characterized by dehydration reactions in sediments and crystallization of new minerals. It was followed by carbonate precipitation from the released fluids. At a final stage, the temperature re-equilibrated with the geothermal gradient and the rocks were further altered by hydrothermal fluids.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"23 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Symplectite and kelyphite formation during decompression of mafic granulite from Gjelsvikfjella, central Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica","authors":"Synnøve Elvevold, Joachim Jacobs, Leif-Erik Rydland Pedersen, Øyvind Sunde, Ane K. Engvik, Per Inge Myhre","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-969-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-969-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Central Dronning Maud Land (cDML) is part of the late Mesoproterozoic Maud Belt in East Antarctica, which was metamorphosed and deformed during the Ediacaran–Cambrian Gondwana assembly. Here we study high-pressure (HP) mafic rocks in Gjelsvikfjella, cDML, which occur as lenses and pods transposed in highly strained, upper amphibolite-facies gneisses. We present a P–T–t history for the HP rocks based on mineral assemblages, reaction textures and new U–Pb zircon data. Relics that indicate an early HP granulite-facies stage have been identified in anhydrous garnet–clinopyroxene rocks. The peak-pressure assemblage was plagioclase-free and contained garnet, titanite, clinopyroxene and quartz. The HP assemblage has been extensively overprinted by lower-pressure phases and exhibits a variety of symplectite and corona textures that record the post-peak-pressure evolution of the rocks. Decompression and heating in the granulite-facies field resulted in the replacement of titanite by ilmenite–clinopyroxene symplectite, formation of clinopyroxene–plagioclase intergrowths and resorption of garnet by plagioclase–clinopyroxene kelyphite. Formation of late orthopyroxene in symplectites and kelyphites demonstrates that the P–T evolution entered the medium-pressure granulite-facies field. The peak metamorphic stage was followed by retrograde cooling into the amphibolite facies. In situ laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb dating of zircons indicate Mesoproterozoic protolith ages (1150–1000 Ma) and Ediacaran–Cambrian metamorphic reworking at ca. 568 and ca. 514 Ma. The HP granulites were formed and exhumed during a clockwise P–T evolution related to continental collision during Gondwana amalgamation, followed by post-collisional extension and orogenic collapse.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"27 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134992995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Near-infrared signature of hydrothermal opal: a case study of Icelandic silica sinters","authors":"Maxime Pineau, Boris Chauviré, Benjamin Rondeau","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-949-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-949-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Silica minerals constitute a main target to assess the origin of life or the possibility of its emergence. On Earth, ancient hydrothermal silica deposits have preserved the oldest forms of life. Beyond Earth, such silica-rich hydrothermal systems have been observed on Mars by orbital near-infrared (NIR) remote sensing and in situ rover exploration. This work investigates the variations of texture and NIR properties of opal with temperature, within a single geological context of hot springs. Silica sinters have been sampled in Icelandic hot-spring fields, in the Reykholt region, and at the Hveravellir site, with water temperature ranging from 14 to 101 ∘C. Variations in the NIR spectral features (concavity ratio criteria, CRC) vary with fluid temperature, lithofacies, and microtexture. Only high-temperature samples display high CRC values (CRC5200>0.85), but low CRC values (CRC5200 < 0.75) are measured for any temperature. Hence, temperature is not the only parameter controlling spectral properties of opal. Several other parameters such as the hydrodynamic context, the microbial activity, silica micro-textures, and porosity may also affect silica precipitation, the incorporation and speciation of water in it, and thus its NIR signature. The observations suggest a limitation in the use of NIR spectral features for the interpretation of the geological context of fossil opal on Earth or Mars: only opal with high CRC values can be inferred as being formed by hydrothermal activity. Low CRC values can be attributed to either low-temperature hydrothermal activity (< 50–60 ∘C) or to continental weathering.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"6 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136346583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Constraining the volatile evolution of mafic melts at Mt. Somma–Vesuvius, Italy, based on the composition of reheated melt inclusions and their olivine hosts","authors":"Rosario Esposito, Daniele Redi, Leonid V. Danyushevsky, Andrey Gurenko, Benedetto De Vivo, Craig E. Manning, Robert J. Bodnar, Matthew Steele-MacInnis, Maria-Luce Frezzotti","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-921-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-921-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Mount Somma–Vesuvius is a stratovolcano that represents a geological hazard to the population of the city of Naples and surrounding towns in southern Italy. Historically, volcanic eruptions at Mt. Somma–Vesuvius (SV) include high-magnitude Plinian eruptions, such as the infamous 79 CE eruption that occurred after 295 years of quiescence and killed thousands of people in Pompeii and surrounding towns and villages. The last eruption at SV was in 1944 and showed a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 3 (0.01 km3 of volcanic material erupted). Following the 1944 eruption, SV has been dormant for the past nearly 79 years, with only minor fumarolic and seismic activity. During its long history, centuries of dormancy at SV have ended with Plinian eruptions (VEI 6) that signal the beginning of a new cycle of eruptive activity. Thus, the current dormancy stage demands a need to better understand the mechanism involved in high-magnitude eruptions in order to better predict future eruption magnitude and style. Despite centuries of research on the SV volcanic system, many questions remain, including the evolution of magmatic volatiles from deep primitive magmas to shallower more evolved magmas. Developing a better understanding of the physical and chemical processes associated with volatile evolution at SV can provide insights into magma dynamics and the mechanisms that trigger highly explosive eruptions at SV. In this study, we present new data for the pre-eruptive volatile contents of magmas associated with four Plinian and two inter-Plinian eruptions at SV based on analyses of reheated melt inclusions (MIs) hosted in olivine. We correct the volatile contents of bubble-bearing MIs by taking into account the volatile contents of bubbles in the MIs. We recognize two groups of MIs: one group hosted in high-Fo olivine (Fo85–90) and relatively rich in volatiles and the other group hosted in low-Fo olivine (Fo70–69) and relatively depleted in volatiles. The correlation between volatile contents and compositions of host olivines suggests that magma fractionation took place under volatile-saturated conditions and that more differentiated magmas reside at shallower levels relative to less evolved/quasi-primitive magmas. Using the CO2 contents of corrected MIs hosted in Fo90 olivine from SV, we estimate that 347 to 686 t d−1 of magmatic CO2 exsolved from SV magmas during the last 3 centuries (38–75 Mt in total) of volcanic activity. Although this study is limited to only few SV magmas, we suggest that further study applying similar methods could shed light on the apparent lack of correlation between the volatile contents of MIs and the style and age of eruptions. Further, such studies could provide additional constraints on the origin of CO2 and the interaction between the carbonate platform and ascending magmas below SV.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":" 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135242676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu₆(Cu₄Cd₂)Sb₄S₁₃, from Radětice near Příbram, Czech Republic: the new Cd member of the tetrahedrite group","authors":"Jiří Sejkora, Cristian Biagioni, Pavel Škácha, Silvia Musetti, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Fabrizio Nestola","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-897-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-897-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Tetrahedrite-(Cd), Cu6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S13, is a new IMA-approved mineral species from Radětice near the Příbram deposit, Czech Republic. It occurs as black metallic anhedral grains, up to 200 µm in size in quartz–calcite gangue, associated with galena, bournonite, sphalerite, pyrite, geocronite, silver, stromeyerite, tetrahedrite-(Zn), tetrahedrite-(Fe), tetrahedrite-(Cu), and an unknown Pb-rich tetrahedrite-like phase. In reflected light, tetrahedrite-(Cd) is isotropic and grey with greenish tints. Reflectance data for the four COM wavelengths in air are as follows (λ (nm) : R (%)): 470 : 30.8, 546 : 31.1, 589 : 31.1 and 650 : 28.8. Electron microprobe analysis gave (in wt % – average of 13 spot analyses) Cu 34.85, Ag 2.09, Fe 0.18, Zn 0.26, Cd 11.03, Hg 0.75, Pb 0.31, Sb 28.07, and S 23.38, with a total of 100.92. On the basis of ΣMe = 16 atoms per formula unit, the empirical formula of tetrahedrite-(Cd) is Cu9.65Ag0.34Cd1.73Zn0.07Hg0.07Fe0.06Pb0.03Sb4.06S12.84. Tennantite-(Cd) is cubic, I4‾3m, with unit-cell parameters a=10.504(3) Å, V=1158.9(9) Å3, and Z=2. Its crystal structure was refined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction data to a final R1=0.0252 on the basis of 257 unique reflections with Fo&gt;4σ(Fo) and 23 refined parameters. Tetrahedrite-(Cd) is isotypic with other tetrahedrite-group minerals. Its crystal chemistry is discussed, and previous findings of Cd-rich tetrahedrite-group minerals are briefly reviewed.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"64 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135272391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Crystal chemistry of type paulkerrite and establishment of the paulkerrite group nomenclature","authors":"Ian E. Grey, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, Nicholas C. Wilson, William G. Mumme, Ferdinando Bosi","doi":"10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. A single-crystal structure determination and refinement has been conducted for the type specimen of paulkerrite. The structure analysis showed that the mineral has monoclinic symmetry, space group P21/c, not orthorhombic, Pbca, as originally reported. The unit-cell parameters are a=10.569(2), b=20.590(4), c=12.413(2) Å, and β=90.33(3)∘. The results from the structure refinement were combined with electron microprobe analyses to establish the empirical structural formula A1[(H2O)0.98K0.02]Σ1.00 A2K1.00 M1(Mg1.02Mn0.982+)Σ2.00 M2(Fe1.203+Ti0.544+Al0.24Mg0.02)Σ2.00 M3(Ti0.744+ Fe0.263+)Σ1.00 (PO4)4.02 X[O1.21F0.47(OH)0.32]Σ2.00(H2O)10 ⋅ 3.95H2O, which leads to the end-member formula (H2O)KMg2Fe2Ti(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10 ⋅ 4H2O. A proposal for a paulkerrite group, comprising orthorhombic members benyacarite, mantiennéite, pleysteinite, and hochleitnerite and monoclinic members paulkerrite and rewitzerite, has been approved by the International Mineralogical Association's Commission for New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. The general formulae are A2M12M22M3(PO4)4X2(H2O)10 ⋅ 4H2O and A1A2M12M22M3(PO4)4X2(H2O)10 ⋅ 4H2O for orthorhombic and monoclinic species, respectively, where A= K, H2O, □ (= vacancy); M1 = Mn2+, Mg, Fe2+, Zn (rarely Fe3+); M2 and M3 = Fe3+, Al, Ti4+ (and very rarely Mg); X= O, OH, F. In monoclinic species, K and H2O show an ordering at the A1 and A2 sites, whereas O, (OH), and F show a disordering over the two non-equivalent X1 and X2 sites, which were hence merged as X2 in the general formula. In both monoclinic and orthorhombic species, a high degree of mixing of Fe3+, Al, and Ti occurs at the M2 and M3 sites of paulkerrite group members, making it difficult to get unambiguous end-member formulae from the structural determination of the constituents at individual sites. To deal with this problem an approach has been used that involves merging the compositions at the M2 and M3 sites and applying the site-total-charge method. The merged-site approach allows end-member formulae to be obtained directly from the chemical analysis without the need to conduct crystal-structure refinements to obtain the individual site species.","PeriodicalId":11971,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Mineralogy","volume":"62 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135272230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}