Abstract
The paper reports new findings of avdoninite from deposits of active fumaroles in the Second Scoria Cone at the Northern Breach of the Great Fissure Tolbachik Eruption, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The crystal structure of the mineral has been determined for the first time, which has allowed reliable determination of its space group and unit cell dimensions, refinement of its formula K2Cu5-Cl8(OH)4 · 2H2O, and correct indexing of its X-ray powder diffraction pattern. Avdoninite is monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 11.592(2), b = 6.5509(11), c = 11.745(2) A, β = 91.104(6)°, V = 891.8(3) A3, Z = 2. The crystal structure of this mineral has been determined on a single crystal R1 [F > 4σ (F)] = 0.063. It is based on sheets of copper–oxo-chloride complexes [Cu5Cl8(OH)4]2– parallel to (100). The K+ cation and H2O molecules are interlayers.
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