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The stabilities of antlefite and Cu3SO4(OH)4.2H2O: their formation and relationships to other copper(II) sulfate minerals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. M. Pollard ,
R. G. Thomas  and
P. A. Williams
A. M. Pollard
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff CF1 3TB
R. G. Thomas
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff CF1 3TB
P. A. Williams
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff CF1 3TB
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Abstract

The stabilities of antierite, Cu3SO4(OH)4, and a synthetic compound whose stoichiometry is here established as Cu3SO4(OH)4.2H2O, have been determined at 5°C intervals between 10°C and 45°C using solution methods. The results of the experiments show that antlerite is stable with respect to the compound Cu3SO4(OH)4.2H2O only at temperatures above 30°C Below 30°C a change in the relative stabilities of these two basic copper(II) sulfates occurs, and the compound Cu3SO4(OH)4.2H2O, although unknown at present as a mineral, instead, is stable. Under these conditions, it does not react to give antlerite if kept in contact with water. Once isolated from its mother liquor, however, the dihydrate undergoes rapid dehydration to yield antlerite. Thermodynamic quantities for the two phases have been derived from equilibrium measurements. At 298.2K, values of AfG° for the compounds Cu3SO4(OH)4.2H2O(s ) and antlerite are −1919.6(14) and −1445.0(10) kJ mol−1, respectively. The results have been used to construct stability field diagrams for the system CuO—H2O–SO3 at 25°C and at 35°C These diagrams have been used to illustrate the chemical conditions under which the two compounds might be expected to form in the oxidised zones of cupriferous base metal orebodies.

Keywords

antleritesulfatesdihydratestability field diagrams
Type
Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 56 , Issue 384 , September 1992 , pp. 359 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1992

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Footnotes

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Present address: Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP.

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Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Western Sydney, P.O. Box 10, Kingswood, N.S.W. 2747, Australia.

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