Three new Sr-bearing arsenates, hydrothermally synthesized in the system SrO-MO-As (sub 2) O (sub 5) -H (sub 2) O (M (super 2+) =Mg,Cu,Zn)
Three new Sr-bearing arsenates, hydrothermally synthesized in the system SrO-MO-As (sub 2) O (sub 5) -H (sub 2) O (M (super 2+) =Mg,Cu,Zn)
European Journal of Mineralogy (July 2018) 30 (4): 785-800
- alkaline earth metals
- arsenates
- cations
- cell dimensions
- classification
- coordination
- crystal chemistry
- crystal structure
- hydrothermal conditions
- metals
- new minerals
- Raman spectra
- refinement
- spectra
- strontium
- sulfates
- synthetic materials
- topology
- unit cell
- valency
- X-ray diffraction data
- krohnkite
- talmessite
- prosperite
During systematic research on the mineral-related synthetic arsenates, with particular focus on their structural and spectroscopic classification, three new Sr-containing arsenates Sr (sub 2) Mg(AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 2) . 2H (sub 2) O (1), Sr (sub 2) Zn (sub 4) (AsO (sub 4) )4.H (sub 2) O (2) and Sr (sub 2) Cu (sub 7) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 6) (3) have been synthesized under low-temperature hydrothermal conditions in the system SrO-MO-As (sub 2) O (sub 5) -H (sub 2) O (M (super 2+) = Mg, Zn, Cu). Their crystal structures were determined using room-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to the following R-values: 1-R (sub 1) = 0.025; 2-R (sub 1) = 0.030; 3-R (sub 1) = 0.035. Compounds 1 and 2 are structural analogues of two different arsenate minerals: 1 is the Sr analogue of talmessite, Ca (sub 2) Mg(AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 2) . 2H (sub 2) O, and 2 is the Sr analogue of prosperite, Ca (sub 2) Zn (sub 4) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 4) . H (sub 2) O. Compound 1 is the first synthetic compound incorporating krohnkite-type chains where a divalent cation occupies the interstitial A position (A (sub 2) M(XO (sub 4) ) (sub 2) . 2H (sub 2) O, A = Ca (super 2+) , Na (super +) ; M = Mg (super 2+) , Fe (super 2+) , Mn (super 2+) , Co (super 2+) , Ni (super 2+) , Cu (super 2+) ; X = P (super 5+) , As (super 5+) , S (super 6+) ). Compound 3 represents the second structurally characterized phase in the ternary SrO-CuO-As (sub 2) O (sub 5) system besides SrCuAs (sub 2) O (sub 7) . The investigation showed that it is isotypic with Pb (sub 2) Cu (sub 7) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 6) and Ba (sub 2) Cu (sub 7) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 6) . The CuOx (x = 4, 5, 6) polyhedra in 3 and in Pb and Ba analogues show a wide range of coordination geometries. This article focuses on the similarities and differences in their crystal structures and topology.