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Flamite, (Ca,Na,K)2(Si,P)O4, a new mineral from ultrahightemperature combustion metamorphic rocks, Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

E. V. Sokol ,
Y. V. Seryotkin ,
S. N. Kokh ,
Ye. Vapnik ,
E. N. Nigmatulina ,
S. V. Goryainov ,
E. V. Belogub  and
V. V. Sharygin
E. V. Sokol
Affiliation:
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Y. V. Seryotkin
Affiliation:
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
S. N. Kokh
Affiliation:
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Ye. Vapnik
Affiliation:
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
E. N. Nigmatulina
Affiliation:
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
S. V. Goryainov
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V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
E. V. Belogub
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Institute of Mineralogy UrB RAS, Miass, 456317, Russia
V. V. Sharygin
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V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptug Avenue, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Abstract

Flamite (Ca,Na,K)2(Si,P)O4 (P63; a = 43.3726(18), c = 6.8270(4) Å; V = 11122.2(9) Å3), a natural analogue of the P,Na,K-doped high-temperature α-Ca2SiO4 modification, is a new mineral from Ca- and Al-rich paralava, an ultrahigh-temperature combustion metamorphic melt rock. The type locality is situated in the southern Hatrurim Basin, the Negev Desert, Israel. Flamite occurs as regular lamellar intergrowths with partially hydrated larnite, together with rock-forming gehlenite, rankinite and Ti-rich andradite, minor ferrian perovskite, magnesioferrite, hematite, and retrograde ettringite and calcium silicate hydrates. The mineral is greyish to yellowish, transparent with a vitreous lustre, non-fluorescent under ultraviolet light and shows no parting or cleavage; Mohs hardness is 5–5½; calculated density is 3.264 g cm–3. The empirical formula of holotype flamite (mean of 21 analyses) is (Ca1.82Na0.09K0.06(Mg,Fe,Sr,Ba)0.02)Σ1.99(Si0.82P0.18)Σ1.00O4. The strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d, Å (I obs )]: 2.713(100), 2.765(44), 2.759(42), 1.762(32), 2.518(29), 2.402(23), 2.897(19), 1.967(18), 2.220(15), 1.813(15). The strongest bands in the Raman spectrum are 170, 260, 520, 538, 850, 863, 885, 952 and 1003 cm–1.

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flamite new mineral (Ca,Na,K)2(Si,P)O4 dicalcium silicate α-Ca2SiO4 larnite combustion metamorphism Hatrurim Basin
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , pp. 583 - 596
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