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Halamishite, Ni5P4, a new terrestrial phosphide in the Ni–P system

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Halamishite, Ni5P4, is a new natural phosphide discovered in pyrometamorphic assemblages of the Hatrurim Formation (Mottled Zone), Southern Levant. The mineral occurs as minute grains up to 20 μm in size intimately intergrown with zuktamrurite, FeP2, and transjordanite, (Ni,Fe)2P, which are disseminated in fine-grained diopside microbreccia. Chemical composition of the holotype material (electron microprobe, wt%): Ni 69.23, Fe 1.80, P 29.59, total 100.62, was recalculated to (Ni4.90Fe0.13)5.03P3.97 on the basis of nine atoms per formula unit. The ideal formula of halamishite is Ni5P4. In reflected light, the mineral is white with beige tint, non-pleochroic. It is moderately anisotropic and bireflectant (ΔR589 = 7.2%). Reflectance values for the four wavelengths recommended by the IMA Commission on Ore Microscopy are [Rmax/Rmin (%), λ (nm)]: 44.3/36.6, 470; 49.2/42.1, 546; 51.3/44.1, 589; 53.3/46.1, 650. Crystal structure of halamishite was solved and refined to R1 = 0.031 based on 425 unique observed [I ≥ 2σ(I)] reflections. The mineral is hexagonal, space group P63mc, a 6.8184(4), c 11.0288(8) Å, V 444.04(6) Å3, Z = 4. Dx calculated for an empirical formula is 6.249(1) g cm−3. Halamishite is named for its type locality, the Halamish wadi in the Hatrurim basin, Negev Desert, Israel. It is a naturally occurring analogue of synthetic Ni5P4, the compound widely used in electro- and photocatalytic applications. Due to chemical proximity to the Ni5P4 end-member, halamishite can be used as a geothermometer indicating that formation of phosphide assemblages had occurred at a temperature below 870 °C.

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This work was financially supported by Russian Science Foundation (Grant 18-17-00079). The authors gratefully acknowledge two anonymous referees for the helpful comments and recommendations. The authors thank X-ray Diffraction Centre, “Geomodel” Resource Centre and Nanophotonics Resource Centre of Saint Petersburg State University for providing instrumental and computational resources.

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  1. Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    Sergey N. Britvin, Mikhail N. Murashko, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Sergey V. Krivovichev, Oleg S. Vereshchagin & Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya

  2. Nanomaterials Research Center, Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Str. 14, Apatity, Murmansk Region, 184209, Russia

    Sergey N. Britvin & Sergey V. Krivovichev

  3. Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 653, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Yevgeny Vapnik

  4. Geomodel Resource Center, Saint Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya Str. 1, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia

    Vladimir V. Shilovskikh & Natalia S. Vlasenko

  5. Institute of Mineralogy, Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Miass, 456317, Russia

    Vladimir V. Shilovskikh

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Britvin, S.N., Murashko, M.N., Vapnik, Y. et al. Halamishite, Ni5P4, a new terrestrial phosphide in the Ni–P system. Phys Chem Minerals 47, 3 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-019-01073-7

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