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Crystal chemistry of halurgite, Mg4[B8O13(OH)2]2·7H2O, a microporous heterophylloborate mineral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2019

Igor V. Pekov ,
Natalia V. Zubkova ,
Dmitry A. Ksenofontov ,
Nikita V. Chukanov ,
Oksana V. Korotchenkova ,
Ilya I. Chaikovskiy ,
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt ,
Sergey N. Britvin  and
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Igor V. Pekov*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Natalia V. Zubkova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry A. Ksenofontov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Nikita V. Chukanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia
Oksana V. Korotchenkova
Affiliation:
Mining Institute, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sibirskaya str., 78a, 614007 Perm, Russia
Ilya I. Chaikovskiy
Affiliation:
Mining Institute, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sibirskaya str., 78a, 614007 Perm, Russia
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Sergey N. Britvin
Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Igor V. Pekov, Email: igorpekov@mail.ru
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Abstract

Three samples of halurgite were re-examined: two from the Chelkar salt dome in the North Caspian Region, Western Kazakhstan (the type locality and including the type specimen), and one from a new locality in the Satimola salt dome located in the same region. The crystal structure of halurgite has been solved for the first time on the specimen from Chelkar with the empirical formula Mg3.94[B8.03O13.03(OH)1.97]2·7.16H2O; refinement began with single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and was subsequently refined on a powder sample using the Rietveld method (Rp = 0.0232, Rwp = 0.0354 and Robs = 0.0558). The idealised crystal chemical formula of halurgite is Mg4[B8O13(OH)2]2·7H2O. The mineral is monoclinic, P2/c, a = 13.201(2), b = 7.5622(10), c = 13.185(2) Å, β = 91.834(14)°, V = 1315.6(4) Å3 and Z = 2. The crystal structure is unique. Eight B polyhedra form a fundamental building block [B8O16(OH)2], which is a six-membered borate ring (built by two pairs of B tetrahedra and two B triangles) with two additional triangular BO2(OH) groups. Each [B8O16(OH)2] ring is linked to six adjacent analogous rings to form a [B8O13(OH)2]∞ layer. These layers are connected via MgO6 and Mg(OH)2(H2O)4 octahedra into a microporous heteropolyhedral pseudo-framework. The crystal structure of halurgite can also be described in terms of an approach developed for heterophyllosilicates containing three-layer HOH modules, where HOH refers to an octahedral layer O sandwiched between two heteropolyhedral layers H. In halurgite the HOH module consists of two heteropolyhedral (BO3 triangles + BO4 tetrahedra) borate H layers [B8O13(OH)2]∞ and a central interrupted O layer composed of MgO6 octahedra, whereas a more voluminous Mg(OH)2(H2O)4 octahedral complex and additional H2O molecules are located between HOH modules. Halurgite and four related synthetic H-free borates M2Cd3B16O28 and M2Ca3B16O28 (M = Rb or Cs) can be considered microporous heterophylloborates.

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halurgiteborate mineralmicroporous heterophylloboratecrystal structureHOH blockevaporite rockChelkar salt domeSatimola salt dome
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 723 - 732
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2019 

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Associate Editor: Charles A Geiger

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