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Marincea, Ştefan; Dumitraş, Delia-Georgeta; Sava Ghineţ, Cristina; Filiuţă, Andra Elena; Dal Bo, Fabrice; Hatert, Frédéric; Costin, Gelu (2023) Ammonium-Bearing Fluorapophyllite-(K) in the Magnesian Skarns from Aleului Valley, Pietroasa, Romania. Minerals, 13 (11). 1362 doi:10.3390/min13111362

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TitleAmmonium-Bearing Fluorapophyllite-(K) in the Magnesian Skarns from Aleului Valley, Pietroasa, Romania
JournalMinerals
AuthorsMarincea, ŞtefanAuthor
Dumitraş, Delia-GeorgetaAuthor
Sava Ghineţ, CristinaAuthor
Filiuţă, Andra ElenaAuthor
Dal Bo, FabriceAuthor
Hatert, FrédéricAuthor
Costin, GeluAuthor
Year2023 (October 25)Volume<   13   >
Page(s)1362Issue<   11   >
PublisherMDPI AG
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DOIdoi:10.3390/min13111362Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceMarincea, Ştefan; Dumitraş, Delia-Georgeta; Sava Ghineţ, Cristina; Filiuţă, Andra Elena; Dal Bo, Fabrice; Hatert, Frédéric; Costin, Gelu (2023) Ammonium-Bearing Fluorapophyllite-(K) in the Magnesian Skarns from Aleului Valley, Pietroasa, Romania. Minerals, 13 (11). 1362 doi:10.3390/min13111362
Plain TextMarincea, Ştefan; Dumitraş, Delia-Georgeta; Sava Ghineţ, Cristina; Filiuţă, Andra Elena; Dal Bo, Fabrice; Hatert, Frédéric; Costin, Gelu (2023) Ammonium-Bearing Fluorapophyllite-(K) in the Magnesian Skarns from Aleului Valley, Pietroasa, Romania. Minerals, 13 (11). 1362 doi:10.3390/min13111362
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Abstract/NotesAn ammonium-bearing fluorapophyllite-(K) occurs as a late hydrothermal product in the outer endoskarn zone from Aleului Valley (N 46°37′04″, E 22°35′22″), located at the contact of the granodiorite laccolith from Pietroasa, of Upper Cretaceous age, with Anisian dolostones. Associated minerals are wollastonite, K feldspar, diopside, fluorapatite, talc, and pectolite. The chemical structural formula is [K0.985Na0.012(NH4)0.076]Σ=1.073(Ca4.009Mn0.001Fe2+0.003Mg0.002Ba0.001)Σ=4.016(Si7.953Al0.047) O20.029[F0.899(OH)0.101]·8.059H2O. The structure was successfully refined as tetragonal, space group P4/mnc, with cell parameters of a = 8.9685(1) Å and c = 15.7885(5) Å. The indices of refraction are ω = 1.534(1) and ε = 1.536(1). The calculated density is Dx = 2.381 g/cm3, in good agreement with the measured density, Dm = 2.379(4) g/cm3. The thermal analysis shows that the mineral completely dehydrates at up to 450 °C (endothermic effects at 330, 371, and 448 °C) and loses ammonium at 634 °C. In the infrared spectra, the multiplicity of the bands assumed to be silicate modes (1ν1 + 3ν3 + 2ν2 + 3ν4) agrees with the reduction in the symmetry of the SiO44− ion from Td to Cδ. Fluorapophyllite-(K) from Aleului Valley is of late hydrothermal origin and crystallized from F-rich fluids originating from the granodiorite intrusion, which mobilized K, Ca, and Si from the pre-existing feldspar.

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Aleului Valley, Pietroasa, Bihor County, Romania Aegirine, Albite, Ammonian Fluorapophyllite-(K), Banatite, Basalt, Chlorite Group, Chondrodite, Clinohumite, Clinopyroxene Subgroup, Diopside, Dolomite, Dolostone, Endoskarn, Esseneite, Exoskarn, Fluorapatite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Forsterite, Granite, Granodiorite, Gravel, Hedenbergite, Hornfels, Humite Group, Johannsenite, K Feldspar, Kotoite, Limestone, Lizardite, Ludwigite, Magnesian Limestone, Marble, Microcline, Microdiorite, Oligoclase, Pectolite, Phlogopite, Phyllite, Porphyry, Quartz, Sandstone, Schist, Serpentine Subgroup, Skarn, Spinel, Suanite, Syenite, Szaibélyite, Talc, Wollastonite


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