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The structure of H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

S. J. Mills ,
S. L. Hager ,
P. Leverett ,
P. A. Williams  and
M. Raudsepp
S. J. Mills*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
S. L. Hager
Affiliation:
School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
P. Leverett
Affiliation:
School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
P. A. Williams
Affiliation:
School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
M. Raudsepp
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
*
*E-mail: smills@eos.ubc.ca
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Abstract

The crystal structure of H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite (pharmacosiderite is KFe4(AsO4)3(OH)4·nH2O, sensu stricto) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and refined to R1 = 0.0418. H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite, (H3O+)Fe4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4.5H2O, is cubic, space group Pm, with a = 7.982(9) Å, V = 508.5(9) Å3 and Z = 1. The structure broadly conforms to that of the general pharmacosiderite structure type, with the hydronium ion generated by partial protonation of a site corresponding to a molecule of water of crystallization and its symmetry-related equivalents. In addition, the structure of a “pharmacosiderite” from Cornwall, United Kingdom, in which no alkali metals could be detected, has been re-evaluated and found to be consistent with that of the H3O+- exchanged structure. Its composition is (H3O+)Fe4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O, with the partially occupied water found for the exchanged structure at (½, ½, ½) being absent in this case.

Keywords

hydroniumpharmacosideritecrystal structureexchangeCornwall
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 487 - 492
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2010

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