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Evolution of fumarolic anhydrous copper sulfate minerals during successive hydration/dehydration

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Oleg I. Siidra Open the ORCID record for Oleg I. Siidra [Opens in a new window] ,
Artem S. Borisov ,
Dmitri O. Charkin ,
Wulf Depmeier  and
Natalia V. Platonova
Oleg I. Siidra*
Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Artem S. Borisov
Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Dmitri O. Charkin
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, Moscow 199992 Russia
Wulf Depmeier
Affiliation:
Institut für Geowissenschaften der Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
Natalia V. Platonova
Affiliation:
X-ray Diffraction Resource Center, St. Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Oleg I. Siidra, Email: o.siidra@spbu.ru
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Abstract

Hydration processes of primary anhydrous minerals as well as dehydration of the hydrated phases are relevant not only for answering geochemical and petrological questions, but are also interesting in the context of the theory of the ‘Evolution of minerals’. Our study of the evolution of anhydrous exhalative sulfates in hydration and dehydration processes has demonstrated the complexity of the processes for a number of minerals from the active high-temperature fumaroles of Tolbachik volcano (chalcocyanite Cu(SO4), dolerophanite Cu2O(SO4), alumoklyuchevskite K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4 and itelmenite Na2CuMg2(SO4)4). Hydration and dehydration experiments were carried out for all four minerals using powder X-ray diffraction. A typical structural characteristic of several anhydrous copper sulfate minerals of fumarolic origin is the presence of oxygen-centred OCu4 tetrahedra. These are absent in the structures of all known hydrated minerals or synthetic compounds of the class under consideration. Hydration of minerals initially containing O2– anions as part of oxocomplexes, proceeds with sequential formation of a large series of hydroxysalts. On the contrary, hydration of itelmenite with its relatively complex ‘initial’ structure, but without additional oxygen atoms that are strong Lewis bases, results in formation of simpler hydrates. The lower the temperature and the larger the excess of water, the stronger the tendency of the cations to adopt higher hydration numbers thus outcompeting the sulfate anions as ligands. Ultimately, the water molecules completely expel the bridging sulfate anions from the metal coordination sphere yielding relatively simple fully hydrated structures.

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evolution of mineralssulfatesreversible hydration/dehydrationfumarolic mineralsX-ray diffraction

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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 262 - 277
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Associate Editor: Ferdinando Bosi

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