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Coquandite, Sb6+x O8+x (SO4)(OH)x ·(H2O)1–x (x = 0.3), from the Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy: crystal structure and revision of the chemical formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

L. Bindi ,
C. Biagioni ,
L. Ceccantini ,
M. Batoni  and
S. Menchetti
L. Bindi*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy CNR – Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Sezione di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy
C. Biagioni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
L. Ceccantini
Affiliation:
Gruppo Mineralogico Fiorentino, Via Poggio Bracciolini 23, I-56126 Florence, Italy
M. Batoni
Affiliation:
Gruppo Mineralogico Fiorentino, Via Poggio Bracciolini 23, I-56126 Florence, Italy
S. Menchetti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy
*
* E-mail:luca.bindi@unifi.it
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Abstract

The crystal structure of the mineral coquandite, a rare Sb oxy-sulfate hydrate, was solved using intensity data collected from a crystal from the Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy. This study revealed that the structure is triclinic, space group P , with a = 11.4292(5), b = 29.772(1), c = 11.2989(5) Å, α = 91.152(3), β = 119.266(4), γ = 92.624(3)° and V = 3346.4(2) Å3. The refinement of an anisotropic model led to an R index of 0.0347 for 21,061 independent reflections. Thirty-two Sb sites, five S sites and 67 oxygen sites occur in the crystal structure of coquandite. Sb atoms display the characteristic SbO3 E and SbO4 E coordinations whereas S fills (SO4) tetrahedral groups. These atoms are arranged in five symmetry-independent layers perpendicular to b*. Four of them and their centrosymmetrical counterparts form complex modules stacked along b* and bonded through two Sb atoms and H bonds. The complex H bonding system in the structure is discussed. On the basis of information gained from this characterization, the crystal-chemical formula was revised according to the structural results, yielding Sb6+x O8+x (SO4)(OH)x ·(H2O)1–x (Z = 10) with x = 0.3 instead of Sb6O8(SO4)·H2O (Z = 12) as reported previously. A recalculation of the chemical data listed in the scientific literature for coquandite according to the structural results obtained here leads to a satisfactory agreement.

Keywords

coquanditeSb-sulfatesstructure solutioncrystal-structure refinementCetine mine
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 78 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 871 - 888
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2014

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