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Destinezite (“Diadochite”), Fe2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O: Its Crystal Structure and Role as a Soil Mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Donald R. Peacor ,
Roland C. Rouse ,
T. Dennis Coskren  and
Eric J. Essene
Donald R. Peacor
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Roland C. Rouse
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
T. Dennis Coskren
Affiliation:
6324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, USA
Eric J. Essene
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Abstract

A new occurrence of destinezite (diadochite), ideally Fe2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O, is described from Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, where it occurs in soil and in a weathered Precambrian phyllite in unusually large crystals associated with other hydrated sulfates such as pickeringite-apjohnite. Destinezite is triclinic, P1̄, with a = 9.570(1), b = 9.716(1), c = 7.313(1) Å, α = 98.74(1)°, β = 107.90(1)°, γ = 63.86(1)° and Z = 2. Its crystal structure consists of infinite chains of Fe(O,OH,H2O)6 octahedra, sulfate tetrahedra and phosphate tetrahedra linked by a unique system of vertex sharing. The chains are weakly bonded into slabs by hydrogen bonding between OH and H2O of the Fe(III) octahedra and oxygen ions of the sulfate tetrahedra. Slabs of tetrahedral/octahedral chains alternate with sheets of H2O molecules. The structure thus somewhat resembles hydrated clay minerals, with H2O molecules that act as hydrogen bond donors and acceptors to oxygen atoms of adjacent slabs. Destinezite and diadochite occur at numerous localities worldwide and have been assumed to be identical, but this identity has never been proven. It is proposed that the name “destinezite” be applied to visibly crystalline, triclinic Fe2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O and “diadochite” to massive to earthy, poorly ordered, X-ray amorphous materials that approximate destinezite in composition. Diadochite/destinezite may be an unrecognized component of soils where weathering of pyrite and apatite has occurred and pH is low. It may thus be a significant sink for phosphorus and sulfur in such soils.

Keywords

Crystal StructureDestineziteDiadochitePhosphate-SulphateSoil Mineral

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 1 - 11
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Copyright © 1999, The Clay Minerals Society

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Contribution No. 506. The Mineralogical Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

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