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Koryakite, NaKMg2Al2(SO4)6, a new NASICON-related anhydrous sulfate mineral from Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia

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Oleg I. Siidra Open the ORCID record for Oleg I. Siidra [Opens in a new window] ,
Evgeny V. Nazarchuk ,
Anatoly N. Zaitsev  and
Natalia S. Vlasenko
Oleg I. Siidra*
Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034St. Petersburg, Russia Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Murmansk Region, 184200Russia
Evgeny V. Nazarchuk
Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034St. Petersburg, Russia
Anatoly N. Zaitsev
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034St. Petersburg, Russia
Natalia S. Vlasenko
Affiliation:
Geomodel Centre, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034St. Petersburg, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Oleg I. Siidra, Email: o.siidra@spbu.ru
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Abstract

Exhalative mineral assemblages from fumaroles of Tolbachik volcano are very rich in anhydrous sulfate minerals of alkali and transition metals. Koryakite, ideally NaKMg2Al2(SO4)6, was found in the Yadovitaya fumarole of the Second scoria cone of the North Breach of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption (1975–1976), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Koryakite occurs as a product of fumarolic activity and closely associates with euchlorine and langbeinite. Koryakite is trigonal, R$\bar{3}$, a = 8.1124(11), c = 22.704(7) Å and V = 1294.0(5) Å3. The chemical composition determined by electron-microprobe analysis is (wt.%): Na2O 4.27, K2O 5.85, ZnO 0.31, СaO 0.31, CuO 0.76, MgO 10.15, Al2O3 11.47, Fe2O3 2.73, SO3 64.33 and SiO2 0.13, total 100.31. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 24 O apfu is Na1.03K0.93(Mg1.89Cu0.07Ca0.04Zn0.03)Σ2.03(Al1.68Fe3+0.26)Σ1.94(S6.02Si0.02)Σ6.04O24. No natural or synthetic chemical analogues of koryakite are known to date. The topology of the [M2+2M3+2(SO4)6]2– heteropolyhedral framework in koryakite is very similar to the one in millosevichite, Al2(SO4)3 and mikasaite, Fe3+2(SO4)3. Replacement of part of the trivalent cations in the [M3+2(SO4)3]0 framework by divalent cations gives the framework a negative charge for koryakite and allows the incorporation of the alkali species in the channels. This structural mechanism is reminiscent of the concept of stuffed derivative structures. Koryakite is also structurally related to synthetic NaMgFe3+(SO4)3 and to the broader family of NASICON-related phases.

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koryakitenew mineralssulfatesframework structuresAl2(SO4)3Fe2(SO4)3stuffed derivative structuresNASICONTolbachik volcano
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 283 - 287
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2019

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Associate Editor: Koichi Momma

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