Kampf, Anthony R., Celestian, Aaron J., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104 (7) 973-979 doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
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| Title | Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral | ||
| Journal | American Mineralogist | ||
| Authors | Kampf, Anthony R. | Author | |
| Celestian, Aaron J. | Author | ||
| Nash, Barbara P. | Author | ||
| Marty, Joe | Author | ||
| Year | 2019 (July 1) | Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 7 | ||
| Publisher | Mineralogical Society of America | ||
| Download URL | https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/AM104_973.pdf+ | ||
| DOI | doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Classification | Not set | LoC | Not set |
| Mindat Ref. ID | 398839 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:398839:2 |
| GUID | 0 | ||
| Full Reference | Kampf, Anthony R., Celestian, Aaron J., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104 (7) 973-979 doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991 | ||
| Plain Text | Kampf, Anthony R., Celestian, Aaron J., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104 (7) 973-979 doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991 | ||
| In | (2019, July) American Mineralogist Vol. 104 (7) Mineralogical Society of America | ||
| Abstract/Notes | Abstract Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, is a new mineral species from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A., and it has potential uses in agricultural applications for soil conditioning, fertilizing, and as a natural pesticide. It was found in an unusual bat-guano-related, post-mining assemblage of phases that include a variety of vanadates, phosphates, oxalates, and chlorides, some containing NH4+. Other secondary minerals found in association with phoxite are antipinite, aphithitalite, bassanite, struvite, thenardite, and weddellite. Crystals of phoxite are colorless composite blades up to about 0.4 mm. The streak is white, and the luster is vitreous to oily. The Mohs hardness is 2½, the tenacity is brittle, fracture is irregular, there is fair {100} cleavage, and the measured density is 1.98(2) g/cm3. Phoxite is optically biaxial (–) with α = 1.499(1), β = 1.541(1), γ = 1.542(1) (white light); 2V = 16(1)°; dispersion r < ν, slight; orientation Y = b, X ^ a ≈ 9° in obtuse β. Electron microprobe analyses yielded the empirical formula [(NH4)1.77K0.23]Σ2Mg2.00(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, with the C and H content inferred from the crystal structure. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of NH4 and C2O4. Phoxite is monoclinic, P21/c, with a = 7.2962(3), b = 13.5993(4), c = 7.8334(6) Å, β = 108.271(8)°, V = 738.07(7) Å3, and Z = 2. In the crystal structure of phoxite (R1 = 0.0275 for 1147 Io > 2σI reflections), bidentate linkages between C2O4 groups and Mg-centered octahedra yield chains, which link to one another via PO3OH tetrahedra to create undulating[Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4]2– sheets. Strong hydrogen bonds link the sheets into a “soft framework,” with channels containing NH4+. The NH4+ forms both ordered hydrogen bonds and electrostatic bonds with O atoms in the framework. Phoxite is the first mineral known to contain both phosphate and oxalate groups as essential components. | ||
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