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Nishanbaevite, KAl2O(AsO4)(SO4), a new As/S-ordered arsenate-sulfate mineral of fumarolic origin

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The new mineral nishanbaevite, ideally KAl2O(AsO4)(SO4), was found in sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with euchlorine, alumoklyuchevskite, langbeinite, urusovite, lammerite, lammerite-β, ericlaxmanite, kozyrevskite, and hematite. Nishanbaevite occurs as long-prismatic or lamellar crystals up to 0.03 mm typically combined in brush-like aggregates and crusts up to 1.5 mm across. It is transparent, colourless, with vitreous lustre. Dcalc = 3.012 g cm− 3. Nishanbaevite is optically biaxial (–), α = 1.552, β ≈ γ = 1.567. The chemical composition (average of seven analyses) is: Na2O 3.79, K2O 8.01, CaO 0.10, CuO 0.21, Al2O3 30.08, Fe2O3 0.50, SiO2 1.62, P2O5 0.66, As2O5 32.23, SO3 22.59, total 99.79 wt%. The empirical formula calculated based on 9 O apfu is: (K0.57Na0.41Ca0.01)Σ0.99(Al1.99Fe3+0.02Cu0.01)Σ2.02(As0.95S0.95Si0.09P0.03)Σ2.02O9. Nishanbaevite is orthorhombic, Pbcm, a = 15.487(3), b = 7.2582(16), c = 6.6014(17) Å, V = 742.1(3) Å3 and Z = 4. The strongest reflections of the powder XRD pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 15.49(100)(100), 6.56(30)(110), 4.653(29)(111), 3.881(54)(400), 3.298(52)(002), 3.113(29)(121), and 3.038(51)(202, 411). The crystal structure, solved from single-crystal XRD data (R = 7.58%), is unique. It is based on the complex heteropolyhedral sheets formed by zig-zag chains of Al-centred polyhedra (alternating trigonal bipyramids AlO5 and octahedra AlO6 sharing edges) and isolated tetrahedra AsO4 and SO4. Adjacent chains of Al polyhedra are connected via AsO4 tetrahedra to form a heteropolyhedral double-layer. Its topological peculiarity is considered and compared with those in structurally related compounds. The (K,Na) site is located in the interlayer space between SO4 tetrahedra. The position of nishanbaevite among the arsenate-sulfates and their specific structural features are discussed. The mineral is named in honour of the Russian mineralogist Tursun Prnazorovich Nishanbaev (1955–2017).

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SEM and EPMA studies were performed in Laboratory of Analytical Techniques of High Spatial Resolution, Department of Petrology, Moscow State University. This study was conducted using an XCalibur S CCD diffractometer (Moscow State University). The technical support by the Saint Petersburg State University X-Ray Diffraction Resource Center in the powder XRD study is acknowledged. We thank two anonymous referees and Editor Gerald Giester for valuable comments. The mineralogical studies, crystal structure determination and comparative crystal chemical analyses were supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 19-17-00050 to IVP, NVZ and DYP.

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  1. Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    Igor V. Pekov, Natalia V. Zubkova, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Anna G. Turchkova & Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

  2. Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Dmitry I. Belakovskiy & Atali A. Agakhanov

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  4. Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Piip Boulevard 9, 683006, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

    Evgeny G. Sidorov & Anton V. Kutyrev

  5. Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS), Samara State Technical University, Molodogvardeyskaya St. 244, 443100, Samara, Russia

    Vladislav A. Blatov

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Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O. et al. Nishanbaevite, KAl2O(AsO4)(SO4), a new As/S-ordered arsenate-sulfate mineral of fumarolic origin. Miner Petrol 117, 247–257 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-022-00803-0

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