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Levantite, KCa3(Al2Si3)O11(PO4), a new latiumite-group mineral from the pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

Evgeny V. Galuskin Open the ORCID record for Evgeny V. Galuskin [Opens in a new window] ,
Biljana Krüger Open the ORCID record for Biljana Krüger [Opens in a new window] ,
Irina O. Galuskina ,
Hannes Krüger ,
Yevgeny Vapnik ,
Anuschka Pauluhn  and
Vincent Olieric
Evgeny V. Galuskin*
Affiliation:
Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Biljana Krüger
Affiliation:
Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Irina O. Galuskina
Affiliation:
Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Hannes Krüger
Affiliation:
Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Yevgeny Vapnik
Affiliation:
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Anuschka Pauluhn
Affiliation:
Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Vincent Olieric
Affiliation:
Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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*Author for correspondence: Evgeny V.Galuskin, Email: evgeny.galuskin@us.edu.pl
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Abstract

Levantite, with the end-member formula KCa3(Al2Si3)O11(PO4), is the phosphate analogue of latiumite, KCa3(Al3Si2)O11(SO4, CO3) found in gehlenite–wollastonite hornfels on Har Parsa, Negev Desert, Israel. Levantite forms later zones on long-prismatic crystals of latiumite. Rarer homogeneous colourless levantite crystals up to 0.2 mm long and with mean composition (K0.94Ba0.01Na0.01□0.04)Σ1.00(Ca2.96Mg0.03)Σ2.99{(Si2.69Al2.06Fe3+0.16P0.06)Σ4.97O11}[(PO4)0.65(SO4)0.35]Σ1.00 were noted. Minerals of the levantite–latiumite series are associated with gehlenite, wollastonite, clinopyroxene of the esseneite–diopside series, anorthite and Ti-bearing andradite. Levantite crystalises in space group P21 with unit-cell parameters a = 12.1006(9) Å, b = 5.1103(4) Å, c = 10.8252(9) Å, β = 107.237(8)°, V = 639.34(9) Å3 and Z = 2. The structure of levantite is analogous to latiumite. It is formed by tetrahedral hybrid zweier double layers [(Si,Al)10O22] connected by Ca atoms. Three Ca atoms linked to different double layers are bridged over by (PO4) and minor (SO4) groups. K atoms reside in the cavities between two superimposed zweier double layers. The measured micro-indentation hardness of levantite gave VHN50 = 580(19) (mean of 14), range 550–611 kg/mm2, which correlates with 5 on the Mohs scale. Cleavage is good on (100). Twinning on (100) is polysynthetic or simple. The calculated density is 2.957 g cm–3. Levantite is optically negative with α = 1.608(2), β = 1.618(2), γ = 1.622(2) (λ = 589 nm), 2Vmeas. = 70(5)° and 2Vcalc. = 64.3°. Dispersion of the optical axes r > v is weak; the optical orientation is: Z = b, X ^ c = 22–27°; and it is non-pleochroic. Minerals of the levantite–latiumite series from Israel show characteristic Raman spectra with the main bands at 994 cm–1 [ν1(SO4)2–] and 945 cm–1 [ν1(PO4)3–]. The band intensity ν1(PO4)3–/ν1(SO4) ratio is well correlated with P and S contents in the investigated minerals. The strongest lines in the powder diffraction pattern [dobs, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.0762(100)(310), 2.8551(96)($\bar 2$13), 2.9704(92)($\bar 3$12), 2.8573(83)(013), 2.5552(66)(020), 2.8228(48)(212), 2.8893(40)(400), and 3.0634(30)(103).

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levantitelatiumite groupnew mineralsRaman spectrumpyrometamorphic rocksHatrurim Complex
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 713 - 721
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2019 

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Associate Editor: Oleg I Siidra

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