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Sulfur-Bearing Sodalite, Hackmanite, in Alkaline Pegmatites of the Inagli Massif (Aldan Shield): Crystal Chemistry, Photochromism, and Luminescence

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Abstract—Sulfur-containing sodalite, hackmanite, has been found for the first time in alkaline pegmatites of the Inagli alkaline–ultramafic massif, South Yakutia, Russia. Pegmatites with hackmanite have an amphibole–orthoclase (±diopside) and microcline–albite–amphibole (±aegirine) composition. The chemical composition of hackmanite (electron microprobe, wt %) is 25.60 Na2O, 31.56 Al2O3, 37.20 SiO2, 7.32 Cl, 0.57 S, 0.09 K2O, 0.03 CaO, 0.04 FeO. The empirical formula, calculated on the basis of 12 (Si + Al) cations is, Na8.07K0.02\({\text{Fe}}_{{{\text{0}}{\text{.01}}}}^{{{\text{2 + }}}}\)(Al5.96Si6.04)Σ = 12O24.09(Cl1.65S0.17)Σ = 1.82. The optical absorption, luminescence, and excitation spectra of the mineral revealed the presence of \({\text{O}}_{2}^{ - }\) and \({\text{S}}_{2}^{ - }\) sites. The EPR spectrum indicates the absence of a vacancy charge balance mechanism in the studied hackmanite sample. Thus, additional anions in hackmanite of the Inagli massif are Cl– and \({\text{S}}_{2}^{ - }\) with an S–S bond length of 2.06 Å. According to the structure data, hackmanite does not contain S2–, \({\text{S}}_{2}^{{2 - }}\), and (SO4)2– anions.

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The authors express their deepest gratitude to I.V. Pekov for his valuable comments, which improved the manuscript. The study was carried out on equipment at the Isotopic and Geochemical Study resource center at the Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Radomskaya, T.A., Kaneva, E.V., Shendrik, R.Y. et al. Sulfur-Bearing Sodalite, Hackmanite, in Alkaline Pegmatites of the Inagli Massif (Aldan Shield): Crystal Chemistry, Photochromism, and Luminescence. Geol. Ore Deposits 63, 696–704 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701521070060

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