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New arsenate minerals from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. IV. Shchurovskyite, K2CaCu6O2(AsO4)4 and dmisokolovite, K3Cu5AlO2(AsO4)4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Igor V. Pekov ,
Natalia V. Zubkova ,
Dmitry I. Belakovskiy ,
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt ,
Marina F. Vigasina ,
Evgeny G. Sidorov  and
Dmitry Yu Pushcharovsky
Igor V. Pekov*
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
Dmitry I. Belakovskiy
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Marina F. Vigasina
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Evgeny G. Sidorov
Affiliation:
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of the 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
*
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
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Abstract

Two new minerals shchurovskyite, ideally K2CaCu6O2(AsO4)4, and dmisokolovite, ideally K3Cu5AlO2(AsO4)4, are found in sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoriacone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. They are associated with one another and with johillerite, bradaczekite, tilasite, melanarsite, tenorite, hematite, aphthitalite, langbeinite, orthoclase, etc. Shchurovskyiteoccurs as coarse tabular or prismatic crystals up to 0.15 mm in size or anhedral grains forming parallel aggregates and crusts up to 1.5 cm × 2 cm across. Dmisokolovite forms tabular, prismatic or dipyramidal crystals up to 0.2 mm in size, commonly combined in clusters or crusts up to0.7 cm × 1.5 cm across. Both minerals are transparent with a vitreous lustre. They are brittle, with Mohs' hardness ≈3. Shchurovskyite is olive-green or olive drab. Dmisokolovite is bright emerald-green to light green. Dcalc = 4.28 (shchurovskyite) and 4.26 (dmisokolovite)g cm–3. Both are optically biaxial; shchurovskyite: (+), α = 1.795(5), β = 1.800(5), γ = 1.810(6), 2Vmeas = 70(15)°; dmisokolovite: (–), α = 1.758(7), β = 1.782(7), γ = 1.805(8), 2Vmeas = 85(5)°. The Ramanspectra are given. Chemical data (wt.%, electron-microprobe; first value is for shchurovskyite, second for dmisokolovite): Na2O 0.00, 0.83; K2O 8.85, 10.71; Rb2O 0.11, 0.00; MgO 0.00, 0.35; CaO 4.94, 0.21; CuO 43.19, 38.67; ZnO 0.42, 0.20; Al2O30.04, 4.68; Fe2O3 0.00, 0.36; P2O5 0.59, 0.78; V2O5 0.01, 0.04; As2O5 40.72, 43.01; SO3 0.35, 0.00; total 99.22, 99.84. The empirical formulae, based on 18 O a.p.f.u., are shchurovskyite: K2.05Rb0.01Ca0.96Cu5.92Zn0.06Al0.01P0.09S0.05As3.86O18;dmisokolovite: Na0.28K2.36Mg0.09Ca0.04Cu5.04Zn0.04 Al0.95Fe0.053+P0.11As3.88O18. The strongest reflections of X-ray powder patterns [d,Å(I)(hkl)]are shchurovskyite: 8.61(100)(200, 001), 5.400(32)(110), 2.974(32)(312, 510), 2.842(47)(003, 020), 2.757(63) (601, 511), 2.373(36)(512, 420) and 2.297(31)(421, 222, 313); dmisokolovite: 8.34(95)(002), 5.433(84)(110), 2.921(66)(510, 314), 2.853(58)(511, 020) and 2.733(100)(006, 512, 602). Shchurovskyiteis monoclinic, C2, a = 17.2856(9), b = 5.6705(4), c = 8.5734(6) Å, β = 92.953(6)°, V = 839.24(9) Å3 and Z = 2. Dmisokolovite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 17.0848(12), b = 5.7188(4), c =16.5332(12) Å, β = 91.716(6)°, V = 1614.7(2) Å3 and Z = 4. Their crystal structures [single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R = 0.0746 (shchurovskyite) and 0.1345 (dmisokolovite: model)] are closely related in the topology of the main buildingunits. They are based on a quasi-framework consisting of AsO4 tetrahedra and polyhedra centred by Cu in shchurovskyite or by Cu and Al in dmisokolovite. K and Ca are located in channels of the quasi-framework. The minerals are named in honour of outstanding Russian geologists andmineralogists Grigory Efimovich Shchurovsky (1803–1884) and Dmitry Ivanovich Sokolov (1788–1852).

Keywords

shchurovskyitedmisokolovitenew mineralcopper arsenatecrystal structurefumarole sublimateTolbachik volcanoKamchatka
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 7 , December 2015 , pp. 1737 - 1753
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2015

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