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New arsenate minerals from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. XVII. Paraberzeliite, NaCaCaMg2(AsO4)3, an alluaudite-group member dimorphous with berzeliite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2022

Igor V. Pekov*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Natalia N. Koshlyakova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry I. Belakovskiy
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Marina F. Vigasina
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Natalia V. Zubkova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Atali A. Agakhanov
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Sergey N. Britvin
Affiliation:
St. Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Evgeny G. Sidorov
Affiliation:
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Piip Boulevard 9, 683006 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Igor V. Pekov, Email: igorpekov@mail.ru
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Abstract

The new alluaudite-group mineral paraberzeliite was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. In the deepest zone of Arsenatnaya, paraberzeliite (holotype) is associated with anhydrite, diopside, hematite, svabite, berzeliite, schäferite, calciojohillerite, magnesioferrite, ludwigite, fluorapatite, powellite, baryte, and rhabdoborite-group and aphthitalite-group members. In the middle zone of the fumarole, paraberzeliite occurs with hematite, calciojohillerite, badalovite, johillerite, nickenichite, tilasite, svabite, fluorophlogopite, sanidine, cassiterite, anhydrite, metathénardite and belomarinaite. Paraberzeliite forms prismatic crystals up to 0.2 mm × 0.2 mm × 1 mm often occurring in open-work aggregates. It is transparent, brown (from light to dark brown, sometimes with purple or red hue) or green (from pale greenish to yellow–green). The mineral is brittle, cleavage was not observed. The Mohs hardness is 3½. Dcalc is 3.811 g cm–3. Paraberzeliite is optically biaxial (+), α = 1.718(4), β = 1.728(4), γ = 1.742(4) and 2Vmeas. = 85(5)°. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe; holotype) is: Na2O 6.43, CaO 16.65, MgO 11.64, MnO 1.65, CuO 0.06, Fe2O3 2.45, V2O5 1.10, As2O5 59.46, total 99.44. The calculated empirical formula based on 12 O atoms per formula unit is (Na1.20Ca1.71Mg1.66Mn0.13Fe3+0.18)Σ4.88(As2.98V0.07)Σ3.05O12. Paraberzeliite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 12.3143(7), b = 13.0679(5), c = 6.7717(4) Å, β = 113.657(7)°, V = 998.14(10) Å3 and Z = 4. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R = 0.0349. Paraberzeliite is isostructural with other alluaudite-group minerals. Its simplified crystal chemical formula is A(1)CaA(2)'NaM(1)CaM(2)Mg2(TAsO4)3. The idealised formula is NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3, or, according to the actual nomenclature of alluaudite-group arsenates, NaCaCaMg2(AsO4)3. The name paraberzeliite reflects the dimorphism of this alluaudite-group mineral with the arsenate garnet berzeliite, ideally (Ca2Na)Mg2(AsO4)3.

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Table 1. Chemical composition of paraberzeliite.

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Fig. 1. Open-work clusters of purplish-brown coarse prismatic, distorted crystals of paraberzeliite (holotype, catalogue number 96193) with very pale cream-coloured svabite aggregates and minor iron-black hematite; equant to tabular hexagonal whitish aphthitalite crystals overgrow aggregates of arsenates. Field of view width is 5.7 mm. Photo: I.V. Pekov & A.V. Kasatkin.

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Fig. 2. Multifaceted doubly-terminated prismatic crystal (a) and aggregate of prismatic crystals (b) of paraberzeliite (holotype, catalogue number 96193) overgrowing svabite. SEM (SE) images.

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Fig. 3. The Raman spectrum of paraberzeliite.

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Table 2. Powder X-ray diffraction data of paraberzeliite.

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Table 3. Crystal data, data collection information and structure refinement details for paraberzeliite.

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Table 4. Coordinates, equivalent displacement parameters (Ueq, Å2) and bond-valence sums (BVS) for atoms in the structure of paraberzeliite.

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Table 5. Selected interatomic distances (Å) in the structure of paraberzeliite.

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Fig. 4. Crystal structures of dimorphous paraberzeliite (left) and berzeliite (right, drawn based on data of Hawthorne (1976); the X site marked as yellow circle contain Ca and Na, Y – Mg and Z – As5+). Unit cells are outlined.

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Fig. 5. Motifs of AO8 and MO6 polyhedra in the crystal structure of paraberzeliite. Colours of circles showing different cations correspond to Fig. 4, left.

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Table 6. Comparative data for paraberzeliite and berzeliite.

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