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Aluminium phosphate and phosphate-sulphate minerals in kyanite schists of the Ichetuyskoye area, West Transbaikalia, Russia: crystal chemistry and evolution

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Aluminium phosphate and aluminium phosphate-sulphate (APS) minerals occur as disseminated crystals and fine-grained aggregates in kyanite schists near Ichetuyskoye, in the Dzhida basin (West Transbaikal region, Russia). Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical data suggest a metamorphic evolution through prograde and retrograde stages. Lazulite-scorzalite and trolleite in association with kyanite, quartz, muscovite, paragonite, topaz, rutile, magnetite and hematite formed during the prograde stage. More than 25 minerals identified in schists are genetically related to the retrograde stage. Some phosphates and all of the APS minerals belong to the alunite, beudantite and plumbogummite groups. Electron-microprobe data reveal the presence of wide compositional variations and complex solid-solution series among the members. The main crystal-chemical variations of the APS solid-solution series in the alunite supergroup concern the relative proportions of svanbergite, woodhouseite, goyazite, crandallite, florencite-(Ce) and natroalunite. Chemical analyses of APS minerals indicate extremely high amounts of LREE, Sr, Ba, Ca and Na. In some cases, APS minerals have compositions of Ba and Ca,Ba phosphates– sulphates.

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The studies have been carried out with the support of grant of President of the Russian Federation MK -2153.2008.5, the Integral project of RAS (ONZ -10.3), Fund of Leading Scientific Schools of Russian Federation (H-30–3848.2010. 5). We are grateful to Nikolay Karmanov and Sergey Kanakin for help with electron-microprobe analysis at the Geological Institute SB RAS (Russia). Authors thank G. Morteani and one anonymous reviewer for their fruitful comments. We are also indebted to Dr. F. Wall (UK) for checking the English.

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Izbrodin, I.A., Ripp, G.S. & Doroshkevich, A.G. Aluminium phosphate and phosphate-sulphate minerals in kyanite schists of the Ichetuyskoye area, West Transbaikalia, Russia: crystal chemistry and evolution. Miner Petrol 101, 81–96 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-010-0135-5

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