<sec> <title>Abstract—</title> Two closely related new minerals arsmirandite Na<sub>18</sub>Cu<sub>12</sub>Fe<sup>3+</sup>O<sub>8</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>8</sub>Cl<sub>5</sub> and lehmannite Na<sub>18</sub>Cu<sub>12</sub>Ti<sup>4+</sup>O<sub>8</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>8</sub>FCl<sub>5</sub> were discovered in sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. They are associated with one another and with hematite, sanidine, sylvite, halite, tenorite, cassiterite, rutile, and various arsenates and sulfates. Arsmirandite and lehmannite are visually indistinguishable and occur as equant crystals up to 20 × 20 × 30 μm<sup>3</sup>, typically combined in thin crusts up to 2 × 3 cm. The minerals are dark greyish green to olive-greenish black and have strong vitreous lustre. D<sub>calc</sub> = 3.715 (arsmirandite) and 3.676 (lehmannite) g cm<sup>–3</sup>. The empirical formula of arsmirandite
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalЗАПИСКИ РОССИЙСКОГО МИНЕРАЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА
VolumeCXLIX
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • Arsenate, arsmirandite, crystal structure, fumarole, iron in cubic coordination, kamchatka, lehmannite, nanocluster, new mineral, polyoxocuprate, polyoxometalate, titanium in cubic coordination, Tolbachik Volcano, арсенат, арсмирандит, вулкан Толбачик, железо в кубической координации, камчатка, кристаллическая структура, леманнит, нанокластер, новый минерал, полиоксокупрат, полиоксометаллат, титан в кубической координации, фумарола

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