TY - JOUR
T1 - Hylbrownite, Na3MgP3O10·12H2O, a new triphosphate mineral from the Dome Rock Mine, South Australia: description and crystal structure
AU - Elliott, P
AU - Brugger, Joel
AU - Caradoc-Davies, T
AU - Pring, Allan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Hylbrownite, ideally Na3MgP3O10·12H2O, the second known triphosphate mineral, is a new mineral species from the Dome Rock mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. The mineral forms aggregates and sprays of crystals up to 0.5 mm across with individual crystals up to 0.12 mm in length and 0.02 mm in width. Crystals are thin prismatic to acicular in habit and are elongate along [001]. Forms observed are {010}, {100}, {001}, {210} and {201}. Crystals are colourless to white, possess a white streak, are transparent, brittle, have a vitreous lustre and are non-fluorescent. The measured density is 1.81(4) g cm-3; Mohs' hardness was not determined. Cleavage is good parallel to {001} and to {100} and the fracture is uneven. Hylbrownite crystals are nonpleochroic, biaxial (-), with a = 1.390(4), β = 1.421(4), γ = 1.446(4) and 2Vcalc = 82.2°. Hylbrownite is monoclinic, space group P21/n, with a = 14.722(3), b = 9.240(2), c = 15.052(3) Å, β = 90.01(3)°, V = 2047.5(7) Å, (single-crystal data) and Z = 4. The strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d(A)(I)(hkl)]: 10.530(60)(101̄,101), 7.357(80)(200), 6.951(100)(111̄, 111), 4.754(35)(103̄, 103), 3.934(40)(022), 3.510(45)(303̄, 303), 3.336(35)(411̄, 411). Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave Na2O 16.08, MgO 7.08, CaO 0.43, P2O5 37.60, H2Ocalc 38.45, total 99.64 wt.%. The empirical formula, calculated on the basis of 22 oxygen atoms is Na2.93Mg0.99Ca0.04P2.99O 9.97·12.03H2O. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data using synchrotron radiation (T= 123 K) and refined to R1 = 4.50% on the basis of 2417 observed reflections with F0 > 4σ(F0). [Mg(H 2O)3P3O10] clusters link in the b direction to Naφ6 octahedra, by face and corner sharing. Edge sharing Naφ6 octahedra and Naφ7 polyhedra form Na 2O9 groups which link via corners to form chains along the b direction. Chains link to [Mg(H2O)3P3O1 0] clusters via corner-sharing in the c direction and form a thick sheet parallel to (100). Sheets are linked in the a direction via hydrogen bonds.
AB - Hylbrownite, ideally Na3MgP3O10·12H2O, the second known triphosphate mineral, is a new mineral species from the Dome Rock mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. The mineral forms aggregates and sprays of crystals up to 0.5 mm across with individual crystals up to 0.12 mm in length and 0.02 mm in width. Crystals are thin prismatic to acicular in habit and are elongate along [001]. Forms observed are {010}, {100}, {001}, {210} and {201}. Crystals are colourless to white, possess a white streak, are transparent, brittle, have a vitreous lustre and are non-fluorescent. The measured density is 1.81(4) g cm-3; Mohs' hardness was not determined. Cleavage is good parallel to {001} and to {100} and the fracture is uneven. Hylbrownite crystals are nonpleochroic, biaxial (-), with a = 1.390(4), β = 1.421(4), γ = 1.446(4) and 2Vcalc = 82.2°. Hylbrownite is monoclinic, space group P21/n, with a = 14.722(3), b = 9.240(2), c = 15.052(3) Å, β = 90.01(3)°, V = 2047.5(7) Å, (single-crystal data) and Z = 4. The strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d(A)(I)(hkl)]: 10.530(60)(101̄,101), 7.357(80)(200), 6.951(100)(111̄, 111), 4.754(35)(103̄, 103), 3.934(40)(022), 3.510(45)(303̄, 303), 3.336(35)(411̄, 411). Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave Na2O 16.08, MgO 7.08, CaO 0.43, P2O5 37.60, H2Ocalc 38.45, total 99.64 wt.%. The empirical formula, calculated on the basis of 22 oxygen atoms is Na2.93Mg0.99Ca0.04P2.99O 9.97·12.03H2O. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data using synchrotron radiation (T= 123 K) and refined to R1 = 4.50% on the basis of 2417 observed reflections with F0 > 4σ(F0). [Mg(H 2O)3P3O10] clusters link in the b direction to Naφ6 octahedra, by face and corner sharing. Edge sharing Naφ6 octahedra and Naφ7 polyhedra form Na 2O9 groups which link via corners to form chains along the b direction. Chains link to [Mg(H2O)3P3O1 0] clusters via corner-sharing in the c direction and form a thick sheet parallel to (100). Sheets are linked in the a direction via hydrogen bonds.
KW - Crystal structure
KW - Dome Rock mine
KW - Hylbrownite
KW - New mineral species
KW - Triphosphate
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U2 - 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.11
DO - 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.11
M3 - Article
SN - 0026-461X
VL - 77
SP - 385
EP - 398
JO - Mineralogical Magazine
JF - Mineralogical Magazine
IS - 3
ER -