A vibrational spectroscopic study of the anhydrous phosphate mineral sidorenkite Na3Mn(PO4)(CO3)
Ray L Frost1, Andrés López1, Ricardo Scholz2
1School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
Abstract:
Sidorenkite is a very rare low-temperature hydrothermal mineral, formed very late in the crystallization of hyperagpaitic pegmatites in a differentiated alkalic massif (Mt. Alluaiv, Kola Peninsula, Russia). Sidorenkite Na3Mn(PO4)(CO3) is a phosphate-carbonate of sodium and manganese. Such a formula with two oxyanions lends itself to vibrational spectroscopy. The sharp Raman band at 959 cm(-1) and 1012 cm(-1) are assigned to the PO4(3-) stretching modes, whilst the Raman bands at 1044 cm(-1) and 1074 cm(-1) are attributed to the CO3(2-) stretching modes. It is noted that no Raman bands at around 800 cm(-1) for sidorenkite were observed. The infrared spectrum of sidorenkite shows a quite intense band at 868 cm(-1) with other resolved component bands at 850 and 862 cm(-1). These bands are ascribed to the CO3(2-) out-of-plane bend (ν2) bending mode. The series of Raman bands at 622, 635, 645 and 704 cm(-1) are assigned to the ν4 phosphate bending modes. The observation of multiple bands supports the concept of a reduction in symmetry of the carbonate anion from D3h or even C2v.
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