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- ItemGaleaclolusite, [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4]⋅8H2O, a new bulachite-related mineral from Cap Garonne, France(Cambridge University Press, 2020-12-04) Grey, IE; Favreau, G; Mills, SJ; Mumme, WG; Bougerol, C; Brand, HEA; Kampf, AR; MacRae, CM; Shanks, FLGaleaclolusite, [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4].8H2O, is a new secondary hydrated aluminium arsenate mineral from Cap Garonne, Var, France. It forms crusts and spheroids of white fibres up to 50 μm long by 0.4 μm wide and only 0.1 μm thick. The fibres are elongated along [001] and flattened on (100). The calculated density is 2.27 g.cm-3. Optically, galeaclolusite is biaxial with α = 1.550(5), β not determined, γ = 1.570(5) (white light) and partial orientation: Z = c (fibre axis). Electron microprobe analyses coupled with crystal structure refinement results gives an empirical formula based on 33 O atoms of Al5.72Si0.08As2.88O33H34.12. Galeaclolusite is orthorhombic, Pnma, with a = 19.855(4), b = 17.6933(11), c = 7.7799(5) A, V = 2733.0(7) Aand Z = 4. The crystal structure of galeaclolusite was established from its close relationship to bulachite and refined using synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data. It is based on heteropolyhedral layers, parallel to (100), of composition Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4 and with H-bonded H2O between the layers. The layers contain [001] spiral chains of edge-shared octahedra, decorated with corner-connected AsO4 tetrahedra, that are the same as in the mineral liskeardite. © 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
- ItemGermanium speciation in experimental and natural sphalerite: Implications for critical metal enrichment in hydrothermal Zn-Pb ores(Elsevier, 2023-02-01) Liu, WH; Mei, Y; Etschmann, BE; Glenn, M; MacRae, CM; Spinks, SC; Ryan, CG; Brugger, J; Paterson, DJThe critical metal germanium (Ge) is recovered as a by-product of mining other commodities, such as zinc and thermal coal. We investigated the Ge incorporation mechanism in sphalerite synthesized under hydrothermal conditions like those of sediment-hosted Zn-Pb deposits. Sphalerite ± galena ± barite formed via reactions of Ge ± Fe ± Cu ± Ba-bearing brine with calcite and reduced sulfur at 200 °C and water vapor-saturated pressure. The products were examined using backscattered electron (BSE) imaging, electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (SXRF) and micro-X-ray absorption near-edge structure (μ-XANES). We show that Ge(IV) is incorporated into sphalerite and bonded with reduced sulfur, both in the experimental sphalerite and in natural zinc ore samples from the MacArthur River Zn-Pb-Ag deposits, Australia. Copper K-edge XANES spectra show that copper occurs as Cu(I) in the experimental sphalerite, consistent with previous studies on Cu in natural sphalerite. The experiments reveal that Ge(IV) substitution in sphalerite occurs with and without the presence of other metal ions (e.g., Cu(I)), indicating that Ge(IV) substitution can be accommodated via charge balance by vacancies as well as by coupled substitution in the synthesized sphalerite. Ab initio quantum chemical simulations confirm that sphalerite can readily accommodate Ge via charge balance by vacancies and by coupled substitutions, with the crystal structure and average Zn-S, Zn-Zn, S-S distances retained when replacing > 3 mol% of the Zn sites with Ge(IV), Ge(II), Cu(I) or Fe(II), demonstrating the resilience and flexibility of the sphalerite crystal structure. These Ge incorporation mechanisms explain the previous observations of multiple ways of Ge incorporation in natural sphalerite. The study provides experimental and molecular simulation insights for understanding the processes related to the formation and extraction of Ge in zinc ores. 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-NDlicense
- ItemThe rockbridgeite group approved and a new member, ferrorockbridgeite, (Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O), described from the Hagendorf Süd pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria(Schweizerbart Science Publishers, 2019-06-06) Grey, IE; Kampf, AR; Keck, E; Cashion, JD; MacRae, CM; Gozukara, Y; Peterson, VK; Shanks, FLThe rockbridgeite group has been officially established by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. The general formula is based on the structure and is A 2 B 3(PO4)3(OH, H2O)5, where A = the octahedrally coordinated M2 site, in which divalent cations are ordered, and B = the octahedrally coordinated M1 + M3 sites, which contain predominantly Fe3+, with trace Al. The different rockbridgeite-group minerals are distinguished by the occupancy of the A site. The ideal formula for rockbridgeite is F e 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 , that for frondelite is Mn 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 and that for plimerite is Z n 2 Fe 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . In order to preserve the identity of frondelite and rockbridgeite within the structure-based formalism, these species correspond to mid-series compositions. We describe here the new end-member, ferrorockbridgeite, with dominant Fe2+ in the A site, from the Hagendorf Süd pegmatite mine, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Electron microprobe analyses, coupled with Mössbauer spectroscopy, gives the empirical formula Fe 1.33 2 + Mn 0.52 2 + Zn 0.03 Ca 0.05 Fe 3.03 3 + Al 0.01 P 2.97 H 6.17 O 17 . The simplified formula is F e 2 + , M n 2 + 2 F e 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . Ferrorockbridgeite is orthorhombic, space group Bbmm, with a = 13.9880(4), b = 16.9026(5), c = 5.1816(1) Å, V = 1225.1 Å3 and Z = 4. The six strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d meas/Å (I) (hkl)]: 4.853 (26) (101), 3.615 (24) (240), 3.465 (33) (301), 3.424 (39) (410), 3.205 (100) (321) and 1.603 (24) (642). Optically, ferrorockbridgeite is biaxial (–) with α = 1.763(3), β = 1.781(calc), γ = 1.797(3) (white light) and 2V (meas.) = 87(1)° from extinction data. The optical orientation is X = c, Y = a , Z = b. The pleochroism is X = blue green, Y = olive green, Z = yellow brown; X ≈ Y > Z. The rockbridgeite group has been officially established by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. The general formula is based on the structure and is A 2 B 3(PO4)3(OH, H2O)5, where A = the octahedrally coordinated M2 site, in which divalent cations are ordered, and B = the octahedrally coordinated M1 + M3 sites, which contain predominantly Fe3+, with trace Al. The different rockbridgeite-group minerals are distinguished by the occupancy of the A site. The ideal formula for rockbridgeite is F e 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 , that for frondelite is Mn 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 and that for plimerite is Z n 2 Fe 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . In order to preserve the identity of frondelite and rockbridgeite within the structure-based formalism, these species correspond to mid-series compositions. We describe here the new end-member, ferrorockbridgeite, with dominant Fe2+ in the A site, from the Hagendorf Süd pegmatite mine, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Electron microprobe analyses, coupled with Mössbauer spectroscopy, gives the empirical formula Fe 1.33 2 + Mn 0.52 2 + Zn 0.03 Ca 0.05 Fe 3.03 3 + Al 0.01 P 2.97 H 6.17 O 17 . The simplified formula is F e 2 + , M n 2 + 2 F e 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . Ferrorockbridgeite is orthorhombic, space group Bbmm, with a = 13.9880(4), b = 16.9026(5), c = 5.1816(1) Å, V = 1225.1 Å3 and Z = 4. The six strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d meas/Å (I) (hkl)]: 4.853 (26) (101), 3.615 (24) (240), 3.465 (33) (301), 3.424 (39) (410), 3.205 (100) (321) and 1.603 (24) (642). Optically, ferrorockbridgeite is biaxial (–) with α = 1.763(3), β = 1.781(calc), γ = 1.797(3) (white light) and 2V (meas.) = 87(1)° from extinction data. The optical orientation is X = c, Y = a , Z = b. The pleochroism is X = blue green, Y = olive green, Z = yellow brown; X ≈ Y > Z. The rockbridgeite group has been officially established by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. The general formula is based on the structure and is A 2 B 3(PO4)3(OH, H2O)5, where A = the octahedrally coordinated M2 site, in which divalent cations are ordered, and B = the octahedrally coordinated M1 + M3 sites, which contain predominantly Fe3+, with trace Al. The different rockbridgeite-group minerals are distinguished by the occupancy of the A site. The ideal formula for rockbridgeite is F e 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 , that for frondelite is Mn 0.5 2 + Fe 0.5 3 + 2 Fe 3 3 + PO 4 3 OH 5 and that for plimerite is Z n 2 Fe 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . In order to preserve the identity of frondelite and rockbridgeite within the structure-based formalism, these species correspond to mid-series compositions. We describe here the new end-member, ferrorockbridgeite, with dominant Fe2+ in the A site, from the Hagendorf Süd pegmatite mine, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Electron microprobe analyses, coupled with Mössbauer spectroscopy, gives the empirical formula Fe 1.33 2 + Mn 0.52 2 + Zn 0.03 Ca 0.05 Fe 3.03 3 + Al 0.01 P 2.97 H 6.17 O 17 . The simplified formula is F e 2 + , M n 2 + 2 F e 3 3 + P O 4 3 OH 4 ( H 2 O ) . Ferrorockbridgeite is orthorhombic, space group Bbmm, with a = 13.9880(4), b = 16.9026(5), c = 5.1816(1) Å, V = 1225.1 Å3 and Z = 4. The six strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [d meas/Å (I) (hkl)]: 4.853 (26) (101), 3.615 (24) (240), 3.465 (33) (301), 3.424 (39) (410), 3.205 (100) (321) and 1.603 (24) (642). Optically, ferrorockbridgeite is biaxial (–) with α = 1.763(3), β = 1.781(calc), γ = 1.797(3) (white light) and 2V (meas.) = 87(1)° from extinction data. The optical orientation is X = c, Y = a , Z = b. The pleochroism is X = blue green, Y = olive green, Z = yellow brown; X ≈ Y > Z. © 2018 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
- ItemWear resistance and microstructural study of diamond coated WC tools(Trans Tech Publications, 2010-08-02) Boland, JN; Li, XS; Rassool, RP; MacRae, CM; Wilson, NC; Elbracht, S; Luzin, V; Imperia, P; Sobott, BDiamond composite materials are classified as superhard and exhibit exceptional abrasive resistance. Cemented tungsten carbide tools with a thick coating of diamond composite material (PCD) are finding increased usage in materials cutting operations in manufacturing, mining, minerals, gas and petroleum exploration and civil construction industries. Two major advantages derived from these coated tools are: (a) increased wear resistance and hence increased life-span of these tools and (b) their proven ability to handle “difficult-to-machine” materials as well as high-strength, extremely abrasive materials such as quartz-rich rocks, granites and basalts. In this research, the variability of the wear resistance of PCD coated tungsten carbide is correlated with microstructural variations. A detailed study of the microstructure and distribution of phases was performed using SEM, cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging, direct x-ray imaging, Raman spectroscopy as well as residual stress measurements using neutron diffraction. © 2010 Trans Tech Publications Ltd