Diversity, isomorphism and mutual conversions of sulfur-bearing species in natural tectosilicates: Applying a novel multimethodic approach
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Twenty extra-framework S- and C-bearing species including anions (SO 4 2– , SO 3 2– , S 2– , S 5 2– , HS – , CO 3 2– , C 2 O 4 2– and HCO 4 – ), radical anions (S 2 •– , S 3 •– , cis - and trans -S 4 •– and SO 4 •– ) and neutral molecules (CO 2 , COS, H 2 S, cis - and trans -S 4 and S 6 ) have been identified in natural tectosilicates (members of the sodalite, cancrinite and scapolite groups) using a novel multimethodic approach based on several spectroscopic methods, single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, and electron microprobe and wet chemical analyses. Various polysulfide groups were detected in lazurite, haüyne, vladimirivanovite, sapozhnikovite, slyudyankaite, kyanoxalite, balliranoite, marinellite, tounkite, bystrite, sulfhydrylbystrite and meionite. Experimental data on mutual conversions of S-bearing species and structure modulations of these minerals under different temperatures, reducing and oxidizing environment as well as radiation-induced conversions provide a key for their use as markers of the crystallization or transformation conditions in Nature and during synthesis and modification.
Source: Mineralogical Magazine
Authors: Nikita V. Chukanov, Igor V. Pekov
Institution: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G6556010452
OpenAlex ID: W7129027917
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