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Burkeite and hanksite at Copahue, Argentina: the first occurrence of sulphate-carbonate minerals in a geothermal field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

G. R. Mas ,
L. Bengochea  and
L. C. Mas
G. R. Mas*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional del Sur, CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
L. Bengochea
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional del Sur, CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
L. C. Mas
Affiliation:
Ente Provincial de Energía de Neuquén, Argentina
*
E-mail: gmas@criba.edu.ar
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Abstract

Deposition of two anhydrous sulphate-carbonate minerals, burkeite and hanksite, around a vapour escape in the pipe of a geothermal well of the Copahue field in Argentina is described. These minerals usually occur as efflorescences in saline soils or in continental lacustrine evaporite deposits, but have not been reported as products from geothermal fluids. Both minerals have been studied by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and electron dispersive energy, and thermo-gravimetric analysis, and have been determined as burkeite, Na6(CO3)(SO4)2, and hanksite, KNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl.

Keywords

burkeitehanksiteCopahueArgentinageothermal

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 235 - 240
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2007

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