Silicate carbonate
The silicate carbonates are double salts that contain both silicate and carbonate in their formula. Most compounds are natural minerals containing calcium or rare earth elements. However, some have been made experimentally. Silicate carbonate minerals can be formed in limestone metamorphosed by heating from igneous intrusions.[1] Scawtite forms where the activity of calcium is high compared to H+. Spurrite forms in a limited range of calcium activity and high silica activity.[2] In magma, a carbonate rich melt is imiscible with a silicate melt.[3]
Structures
Silicate carbonates contain carbonate triangles, and silicate tetrahedrons, SiO4. Tillyite contains disilicate Si2O7 units.[1]
Properties
List
formula | name | structure | density | comment | ref |
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Ca4Si2O6(OH)2(CO3) | fukalite | [4] | |||
Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) | spurrite | [5] | |||
Ca5(Si2O7)(CO3)2 | tilleyite | monoclinic =7.582 Å, b=10.265 Å, c =15.030 Å β=103.99° | [1] | ||
Ca5(Si2O7)(CO3)2 | post-Tilleyite | [1] | |||
Ca6(CO3)1.58(Si2O7)0.21(OH)7Cl0.5(OH)0.08 (H2O)0.42 | deferenite | [6] | |||
Ca7(SiO4)3(CO3) | galuskinite | [1] | |||
Ca7(Si6O18)(CO3)·2H2O | scawtite | [1] | |||
Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)•12H2O | thaumasite | Hexagonal a = 11.03, c = 10.4 | [7] | ||
Na7Ca[Al6Si6O24](CO3)1.5•2H2O | cancrinite | hexagonal a = 12.67 c = 5.15 | [8] | ||
(Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3) | meionite | tetragonal I4/m a = 12.179, c = 7.571, Z = 2 | [9] | ||
(Ca,Na)4Al6Si6O24(SO4,CO3) | silvialite | ||||
scapolite | [10] | ||||
K2Ca[Si2O5](CO3) | P6322 a = 5.0479 c = 17.8668 | artificial | [6] | ||
KNa4Ca4[Si8O18](CO3)4F·H2O | carletonite | [6] | |||
Y2(SiO4)(CO3) | iimoriite-(Y) | triclinic P1_ a=6.549 b=6.629 c=6.4395 α=116.36° β=92.56° γ=195.507° | [11] | ||
Ca2Y2[SiO3]4(CO3)·H2O | kainosite | [6] | |||
Ca4Y4[Si2O5]4(CO3)6·7H2O | caysichite | [6] | |||
K5Na5Y12[Si2O5]14(CO3)8(OH)2·8H2O | ashcroftine | [6] | |||
Na2Ba2FeTi[Si2O7](CO3) (OH)3F | bussenite | [6] | |||
Ba6Fe3[Si8O23](CO3)2Cl3·H2O | fencooperite | [6] | |||
La2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7) | alexkuznetsovite-(La) | P21/c Z = 4 a = 6.5642 b = 6.7689 c = 18.721 Å, β = 108.684° V = 788.00 Å3 | [12] | ||
La2Fe2+(CO3)(Si2O7) | biraite-(La) | P21/c Z = 4 a = 6.566 b = 6.767 c = 18.698 Å, β = 108.95° V = 785.7 Å3 | [12] | ||
Ce2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7) | alexkuznetsovite-(Ce) | P21/c Z = 4 a = 6.5764 b = 6.7685 c = 18.749 Å, β = 108.672° V =790.7 Å3 | [12] | ||
Ce2Fe2+[Si2O7](CO3) | biraite | monoclinic P21/c, a 6.505 b 6.744 c 18.561 β=108.75° | [6][13] | ||
Na2Ce2TiO2[SiO4](CO3)2 | tundrite | [6] | |||
(Y1.44Er0.56)[SiO4](CO3) | iimorite | [6] | |||
Pb19.4Na1.9[Si10O25](CO3)9(OH)12.7 | artificial | [14] | |||
Cu4Pb4[SiO3](HCO3)4)OH)4Cl | ashburtonite | [6] |
References
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- PMC 9130134.
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- ^ "Cancrinite". Archived from the original on 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Meionite".
- ^ "Scapolite: A metamorphic mineral and interesting gem". geology.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "The atomic arrangement of iimoriite-(Y), Y 2 (SiO 4)(CO 3)" (PDF). The Canadian Mineralogist. 34 (4): 817–820.
- ^ S2CID 239701801.
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- S2CID 255201629.