Kuratite , Ca 4 ( Fe 2 þ 10 Ti 2 ) O 4 [ Si 8 Al 4 O 36 ] , the Fe 2 +-analogue of rhönite , a new mineral from the D ’ Orbigny angrite meteorite

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Author	Hwang Shen Varela Iizuka
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Kuratite, ideally Ca4(Fe 2þ 10 Ti2)O4[Si8Al4O36], the Fe -analogue of rhönite and a new member of the sapphirine supergroup, was identified from the D’Orbigny angrite meteorite by electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Based on the least-squares refinement of 25 d-spacings measured from selected-area electron diffraction patterns of 11 zone axes, the symmetry of kuratite was shown to be triclinic (space group P1 by analogy to rhönite) with a = 10.513(7), b = 10.887(7), c = 9.004(18) Å, α = 105.97(13), β = 96.00(12), γ = 124.82(04), V = 767 ± 2 Å and Z = 1 for the 40 oxygen formula. The empirical formula based on eight electron microprobe analyses is (Ca3.88Na0.02REE 3þ 0:03Mn0.03Mg0.01Ni0.02Zn0.01Sr0.01)Σ4.01 (Fe2þ 9:989:9Ti2.00)Σ11.98(Si7.80Al3.52Fe 3þ 0:64P0.05S0.02)Σ12.03O39.98F0.01Cl0.01. The simplified formula is Ca4(Fe 2þ 10 Ti2)O4[Si8Al4O36]. Micro-Raman spectroscopy showed four main bands resembling those of lunar rhönite but with higher frequencies due to different chemical composition. Analogous to the occurrence of kuratite in terrestrial basaltic rocks, kuratite coexisting with Al, Ti-bearing hedenbergite, ulvöspinel, iron-sulfide, tsangpoite, Ca-rich fayalite and kirschsteinite in D’Orbigny angrite most probably was formed at >1000°C by rapid cooling of an interstitial melt, which is subsilicic, almost Mg-free but enriched in Al-P-Ca-Ti-Fe.
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