Crystal structure of anthropogenic Ca<sub>2</sub>(OH)(AsO<sub>4</sub>)·2H<sub>2</sub>O found in the Clara mine, Black Forest, Germany

Author(s)
Uwe Kolitsch
Abstract

The arsenate compound Ca2(OH)(AsO4)·2H2O, known from studies of the system Ca-As-O-H and reported to be stable in the pH range 11-12 (Bothe & Brown 1999, 2002), had a previously unknown unit cell (unindexed powder diffraction pattern ICDD-PDF 18-289) and crystal structure. Its formula was given in the various literature as 4CaO·As2O5·5H2O, Ca3(AsO4)2·Ca(OH)2·4H2O, or Ca4(OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O. (...)

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
Publication date
2023
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105116 Mineralogy, 105113 Crystallography
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b88d7895-19a1-4675-a659-6e5dbdca8334