Weinebeneite, CaBe 3 (PO 4 ) 2 (OH) 2 . 4H 2 O, a new mineral species; mineral data and crystal structure
Weinebeneite, CaBe 3 (PO 4 ) 2 (OH) 2 . 4H 2 O, a new mineral species; mineral data and crystal structure
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DOI:
10.1127/ejm/4/6/1275
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发表时间:
1992-12
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Franz Walter
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作者:
Franz Walter
Weinebeneite is a new mineral species from a spodumene pegmatite at Weinebene that occurs in the high-grade metamorphic rocks of Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria. It occurs in small fractures as a secondary mineral associated with fairfieldite, roscherite and uralolite. It forms clear, colorless, vitreous, platy crystals up to 0.1 x 0.3 x 0.5 mm surrounding rosettes of xenomorphic weinebeneite up to 20 mm in diameter. It is brittle with a splintery fracture. Mohs' hardness IS 3-4l dmeas.~~ 2.15 (4) g/cm3 and dealer1 2.17 g/cm3. Optically, weinebeneite is biaxial positive but nearly uniaxial with 2Kγmeas.< 10; na= 1.520, Wβ= 1.520, Wγ= 1.530 (589 nm); Z: c-42 in acute angle β. Weinebeneite is monoclinic, a= 11.897 (2), b= 9.707 (1), c= 9.633 (1) Å, b= 95.76 (1), V= 1106.8 (3) Å3 and Z= 4. The three strongest lines of the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d (Å),(hkt), I]: 2.513,(223), 100; 3.421,(221), 70; 5.92,(200), 60. The combined results of electron-microprobe, atomic absorption, electron energy-loss-spectroscopy analyses and structure refinement yield the formula Cao. 99Be3. 02P1. 97 O7. 88 (OH) 2. n. 4H2O (based on O= 14) or, ideally, CaBe3 (PO4) 2 (OH) 2. 4H2O. The name refers to the type locality. The crystal structure of weinebeneite has been solved by direct methods and refined in space group Cc to R= 0.043 and Rw= 0.044 using 1341 independent reflections. Weinebeneite is a framework beryllophosphate with calcium and water molecules in the cavities of the structure. The beryllium-and phosphorus-tetrahedra share corners forming a layer consisting of 4-and 8-rings. Two superimposed 4.82 2D nets oriented parallel to (100) and related by translation in b/2 are connected by additional beryllium tetrahedra, giving rise to a framework with an unusual arrangement: five tetrahedra in two three-membered rings share a tetrahedron. Weinebeneite is the first reported example of a framework beryllophosphate containing three-membered rings. Calcium is located in chan nels parallel to [001], coordinated by three O atoms of the framework and four water molecules. One of the water molecules displays apparent positional disorder over two sites.