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Description and crystal structure of domerockite, Cu4(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)3·H2O, a new mineral from the Dome Rock Mine, South Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. Elliott ,
U. Kolitsch ,
A. C. Willis  and
E. Libowitzky
P. Elliott*
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
U. Kolitsch
Affiliation:
Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abt., Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Geozentrum, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
A. C. Willis
Affiliation:
Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
E. Libowitzky
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Geozentrum, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
*
* E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
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Abstract

Domerockite, Cu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)3·H2O, is a new mineral from the Dome Rock Mine, South Australia. It occurs as aggregates of bluish green, equant to short prismatic and tabular crystals up to 0.3 mm long and 0.2 mm across. Domerockite is translucent, with a vitreous lustre and pale green streak. It displays no fluorescence under UV irradiation. The mineral is brittle with an uneven fracture, a Mohs hardness of ∼3 and a calculated density of 4.44 g/cm3 (based on the structure refinement). Optically, it is biaxial negative, with α = 1.798(4), β = 1.814(4), γ = 1.817(4), 2Vcalc. = 46°; pleochroism is very weak; X pale greenish yellow, Y greenish blue, Z greenish blue; absorption X < Y = Z; orientation is uncertain. Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave CuO 52.04, ZnO 0.78, BaO 0.11, As2O537.67, P2O50.32, SiO20.24, H2O 8.84, total 100.00 wt.%, with H2O calculated by difference. The empirical chemical formula is (Cu3.94, Zn0.06)Σ4.00H0.91(As1.97, P0.03, Si0.02)Σ2.02O8(OH)3.00˙H2O based on 12 oxygen atoms.

Domerockite is triclinic, space group P, with a = 5.378(11), b = 8.962(18) c = 9.841(2) Å, α = 75.25(3), β = 83.56(3), γ = 79.97(3)°, V = 450.5(16) Å3 and Z = 2. The eight strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d (Å), (I)(hkl)]: 4.716 (30)(101, 002, 111), 3.697 (25)(121), 3.605 (30)(120, 12), 3.119 (60)(12), 3.073 (100)(1), 2.856 (40)(02, 030), 2.464 (50)(212, 13), 2.443 (40)(014). The crystal structure of domerockite has been solved by direct methods and refined to an R index of 7.44% using 2635 observed reflections. The structure comprises [Cuφ4] (φ = O, OH) chains of edge-sharing sharing, distorted octahedra that extend along [10] and are decorated by AsO4 tetrahedra to form sheets in the (010) plane. Dimers of edge-sharing [CuO4(OH)(H2O)] octahedra share corners with dimers of edge-sharing [CuO4(OH)] square pyramids to form zigzag chains which extend along [101]. The chains lie between and link to the sheets by sharings corners of octahedra, square pyramids and tetrahedra to form a heteropolyhedral framework.

Keywords

domerockitenew mineral speciescopper arsenatecrystal structureDome Rock mine
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , June 2013 , pp. 509 - 522
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2013

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