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New arsenate minerals from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. VII. Pharmazincite, KZnAsO4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Igor V. Pekov ,
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt ,
Dmitry I. Belakovskiy ,
Marina F. Vigasina ,
Natalia V. Zubkova  and
Evgeny G. Sidorov
Igor V. Pekov*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt
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
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
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*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
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Abstract

The new mineral pharmazincite, KZnAsO4, was found in sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is closely associated with shchurovskyite, dmisokolovite, bradaczekite, arsmirandite, tilasite, johillerite, tenorite, hematite, aphthitalite and As-bearing orthoclase. Pharmazincite occurs as prismatic to acicular crystals up to 1 mm long and up to 0.03 mm thick typically combined in near parallel, radial or chaotic intergrowths, open-work aggregates or crusts up to 2 mm across. Pharmazincite is colourless to white, transparent, with a vitreous lustre. It is brittle, with a stepped fracture and a perfect cleavage parallel to [001]. Dcalc is 4.75 g cm–3. Pharmazincite is optically uniaxial (–),ω = 1.649(2), ε = 1.642(2). The Raman spectrum is reported. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe data) is: K2O 18.98, CaO 0.14, MgO 1.20, CuO 4.41, ZnO 27.58, Fe2O3 0.15, P2O5 0.50, As2O546.67, total 99.63. The empirical formula, calculated based on 4 O apfu, is: (K0.97Ca0.01)∑0.98(Zn0.82Cu0.13Mg0.07Fe0.013+)∑1.03(As0.98P0.02)∑1.00O4.The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 6.36 (28)(111), 4.64(45)(220), 4.35(48)(002), 3.260(36)(411), 3.179(100)(222), 2.770(26)(113), 2.676(77)(600), 2.278(15)(602) and 1.710(15)(713, 115). Pharmazincite is hexagonal, a = 18.501(4), c = 8.7114(9) Å, V = 2582.4(8) Å3 and Z = 24 (single-crystal XRD data). Its space group is P63, by analogy with synthetic KZnAsO4 that has a crystal structure based upon a tetrahedral tridymite-type{ZnAsO4}– framework. It is isostructural with megakalsilite KAlSiO4. The new mineral is named for its chemical constituents.

Keywords

pharmazincitenew mineralpotassium zinc arsenatetridymite tetrahedral frameworkfumarole sublimateTolbachik volcanoKamchatka
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , August 2017 , pp. 1001 - 1008
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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