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Stornesite-(Y), (Y, Ca)₂Na₆(Ca,Na)₈(Mg,Fe)₄₃(PO₄)₃₆, the first terrestrial Mg-dominant member of the fillowite group, from granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

¹ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Research Center, Orono, Maine 04469-5790, U.S.A.
² Laboratorium für chemische und mineralogische Kristallographie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
³ Institut für Geowissenschaften/Mineralogie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
⁴ Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

Correspondence: ^* E-mail: esgrew{at}maine.edu

Stornesite-(Y), end-member formula Y₂Na₆(Ca₅Na₃)Mg₄₃(PO₄)₃₆, is a new Y-dominant analog of the meteoritic mineral chladniite. A representative electron microprobe analysis is SiO₂ = 0.02, P₂O₅ = 48.11, SO₃ = 0.05, MgO = 23.16, MnO = 0.24, FeO = 15.55, Na₂O = 5.04, CaO = 5.66, SrO = 0.02, Y₂O₃ = 1.43, Yb₂O₃ = 0.24, UO₂ = 0.01, Sum = 99.53 wt%, which gives Y_0.68Yb_0.06Na_8.69Ca_5.40Sr_0.01Mg_30.71Fe_11.56 Mn_0.18Si_0.02S_0.04P_36.22O₁₄₄. Overall, Y + REE range from 0.542 to 0.985 atoms per formula, and atomic Mg/(Mg + Fe) ratio from 0.684 to 0.749. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction gives trigonal symmetry, R, a = 14.9628(27) Å, c = 42.756(11) Å, V = 8290(4) ų, calculated density = 3.196 g/cm³, Z = 3. The mineral is isostructural with synthetic chladniite, but the (0, 0, 0) site is dominantly occupied by Y instead of Ca. Bond lengths are considerably shorter than for Ca sites; Y and Yb are fully ordered at this site, which is our rationale for recognizing stornesite-(Y) as a distinct species. The strongest lines in the powder pattern [d in Å, (I), (hkl)] are 3.67 (40) (0 3 6, 3 0 6), 3.52 (40) (0 0 12, 3 1 2, 1 3 ), 2.94 (60) (0 1 14, 3 2 , 2 3 2), 2.73 (100) (2 0 14, 0 3 12, 3 0 12), 1.84 (40) (1 5 14, 5 1 , 0 6 12, 6 0 12). The mineral is optically uniaxial +, n = 1.6215(10) and n = 1.6250(10) at 589 nm. Its color is pale yellow in standard thin sections. Stornesite-(Y) is found as inclusions in fluorapatite nodules in two paragneiss specimens from Johnston Fjord, Stornes Peninsula (whence the name) and in a third from Brattnevet, Larsemann Hills. Associated minerals are wagnerite, xenotime-(Y), monazite-(Ce), P-bearing K-feldspar, biotite, sillimanite, quartz, and pyrite; it is commonly altered to rusty material and secondary phosphates. Grains are anhedral, subhedral, or locally euhedral with hexagonal or rhombic outlines; maximum dimensions are 1 x 0.25 mm. It is inferred to have formed at 800–860 °C, 6–7 kbar by reaction of biotite with an anatectic melt locally enriched in P by interaction with fluorapatite.

Key Words: Phosphate • new mineral • Antarctica • Larsemann Hills • electron microprobe • crystal structure • granulite facies • anatexis

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