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Novograblenovite from Radlin, Upper Silesia, Poland and its relation to ‘redikortsevite’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2021

Jan Parafiniuk ,
Marcin Stachowicz Open the ORCID record for Marcin Stachowicz [Opens in a new window]  and
Krzysztof Woźniak Open the ORCID record for Krzysztof Woźniak [Opens in a new window]
Jan Parafiniuk
Affiliation:
Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Stachowicz*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Woźniak
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093Warszawa, Poland
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*Author for correspondence: Marcin Stachowicz, Email: marcin.stachowicz@uw.edu.pl
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Abstract

The paper presents detailed mineralogical and structural characteristics of novograblenovite that occurs abundantly on a burning coal dump at Radlin, Upper Silesia, Poland. Our results indicate that NH4MgCl3⋅6H2O is the proper formula of this mineral. The thermal behaviour of novograblenovite shows a two-step dehydration at 155 and 193°C and sublimation of NH4Cl at 341°C. A Raman spectrum, obtained for the first time, reveals the normal modes of H2O and NH4+ vibrations. The crystal structure of novograblenovite was refined on the basis of high quality X-ray diffraction data. The final discrepancy factor wR2 was 0.0567 for 94 parameters and 1464 independent reflections. The structure has a monoclinic C2/c space group symmetry with the following unit cell parameters: a = 9.2709(3) Å, b = 9.5361(2) Å, c = 13.2741(4) Å and β = 90.054(3)°. We were able to specify the architecture of the disordered NH4+ cation located at the symmetry centre. This led to reasonable parameters for the H-bonding formed by this cation. In carnallite the K+ cations occupy an identical space to the ammonium ion in novograblenovite, but when embedded into the latter crystal structure it is bound less tightly. Voids occupy 14% of the space in the novograblenovite crystal structure. Novograblenovite is exactly the same phase as the ‘redikortsevite’ described previously from Chelabinsk coal dumps and this informally introduced name should be abandoned.

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burning coal dumpsammonium mineralcrystal structuredifferential thermal analysisRaman spectroscopynovograblenovite
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 132 - 141
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Mihoko Hoshino

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