The crystal chemistry of the sakhaite-harkerite solid solution
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6563" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6563</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6563" target="_blank" >10.2138/am-2018-6563</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The crystal chemistry of the sakhaite-harkerite solid solution
Original language description
Sakhaite, ca. Ca48Mg16(BO3)(32)(CO3)(16)(HCl,H2O)(2), is a rare rock-forming borate-carbonate mineral typically occurring in high-temperature, low-pressure calcareous skarns. It forms a complete solid solution with harkerite, ca. Ca48Mg16[AlSi4(O,OH)(16)](4)(BO3)(16)(CO3)(16)(HCl,H2O)(2). The solid solution can be described with the general formula Ca-48(Mg, Fe, Mn)(16)(CO3)(16)[AlaSi5-a(O,OH)(16)](y)(BO3)(32-4y)(HCl,H2O)(n) where y(max) = 8 and n(max) = 16 - y. In this study, we examine samples of sakhaite and harkerite from four localities worldwide: Titovskoye deposit, Sakha Republic, Russia (type locality for sakhaite); Solongo B deposit, Buryatia Republic, Russia; Camas Malag, Skye, Scotland (type locality for harkerite); as well as a sakhaite-like mineral from the Kombat Mine, Tsumeb. The Si:B ratios of the samples ranged from that of end-member sakhaite (containing B only) to that of end-member harkerite (Si:B = 1:1), with several intermediate compositions. All samples were deficient in B relative to the ideal composition, implying significant substitution for borate groups. The Si:Al ratio of silicate-containing samples ranged from the ideal 4:1 to 4:1.5, implying substitution of Al at the Si site. The cubic unit-cell parameter was found to increase linearly with increasing Si content, except for the sakhaite-like mineral from Tsumeb. This mineral was found to have significant substitution of Pb for Ca (0.4-0.5 apfu) and was poor in Cl, which in most sakhaite and harkerite samples occupies the interstitial site surrounded by four borate groups. This interstitial site in the Tsumeb samples appears to be, instead, mainly occupied by H2O, which may qualify the mineral as a distinct species.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10504 - Mineralogy
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-17276S" target="_blank" >GA17-17276S: Tourmaline – an indicator of geological processes</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
American Mineralogist
ISSN
0003-004X
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Volume of the periodical
103
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1749-1760
UT code for WoS article
000448917700005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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