Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 1

Autor(en)
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Gerald Giester, Kelsie Ojaste, Henrik Friis
Abstrakt

The mckelveyite group consisting of seven carbonate minerals - mckelveyite-(Y), ewaldite, weloganite, donnayite-(Y), alicewilsonite-(YCe), alicewilsonite-(YLa), and bainbridgeite-(YCe) - is formally established. The general formula of the minerals is A3B3(CO3)6gĝ ...g3H2O, where ACombining double low linegNa, Ca, Y, and Zr and BCombining double low linegSr, Ba, Ce, and La. Different order-disorder modifications are known resulting in triclinic, monoclinic, hexagonal, and trigonal minerals with essentially the same structure. Re-examination of donnayite-(Y) type specimens shows that the original description contains data collected on two different species: donnayite-(Y) and alicewilsonite-(YCe). Donnayite-(Y), NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6gĝ ...g3H2O, was found in only one specimen out of seven - CMNMC 39396 - housed at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. This specimen becomes the holotype of donnayite-(Y). The crystal structure of donnayite-(Y) was solved and refined to R1Combining double low lineg0.055 for 3366 reflections with I>2σ(I). Donnayite-(Y) is shown to have a weloganite-type structure confirming its place in the mckelveyite group.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie
Externe Organisation(en)
Canadian Museum of Nature, University of Ottawa, University of Oslo
Journal
European Journal of Mineralogy
Band
35
Seiten
133-142
Anzahl der Seiten
10
ISSN
0935-1221
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-133-2023
Publikationsdatum
02-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105116 Mineralogie, 105113 Kristallographie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geochemistry and Petrology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/f94e38a3-277b-4a54-ba3f-3bdec13f3161