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Volume 72| Part 3| March 2016| Pages 293-296

Redetermination of brackebuschite, Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)

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aUniversity of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: barbaralafuente@email.arizona.edu

Edited by M. Weil, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Received 20 January 2016; accepted 1 February 2016; online 6 February 2016)

The crystal structure of brackebuschite, ideally Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH) [dilead(II) manganese(III) vanadate(V) hydroxide], was redetermined based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data of a natural sample from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba, Argentina. Improving on previous results, anisotropic displacement parameters for all non-H atoms were refined and the H atom located, obtaining a significant improvement of accuracy and an unambiguous hydrogen-bonding scheme. Brackebuschite belongs to the brackebuschite group of minerals with general formula A2M(T1O4)(T2O4)(OH, H2O), with A = Pb2+, Ba, Ca, Sr; M = Cu2+, Zn, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn3+, Al; T1 = As5+, P, V5+; and T2 = As5+, P, V5+, S6+. The crystal structure of brackebuschite is based on a cubic closest-packed array of O and Pb atoms with infinite chains of edge-sharing [Mn3+O6] octa­hedra located about inversion centres and decorated by two unique VO4 tetra­hedra (each located on a special position 2e, site symmetry m). One type of VO4 tetra­hedra is linked with the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain by one common vertex, alternating with H atoms along the chain, while the other type of VO4 tetra­hedra link two adjacent octa­hedra by sharing two vertices with them and thereby participating in the formation of a three-membered Mn2V ring between the central atoms. The 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chains run parallel to [010] and are held together by two types of irregular [PbOx] polyhedra (x = 8, 11), both located on special position 2e (site symmetry m). The magnitude of the libration component of the O atoms of the 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain increases linearly with the distance from the centerline of the chain, indicating a significant twisting to and fro of the chain along [010]. The hy­droxy group bridges one Pb2+ cation with two Mn3+ cations and forms an almost linear hydrogen bond with a vanadate group of a neighbouring chain. The O⋯O distance of this inter­action determined from the structure refinement agrees well with Raman spectroscopic data.

1. Mineralogical and crystal-chemical context

Brackebuschite, ideally Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH), belongs to the brackebuschite group of minerals with monoclinic symmetry and space group type P21/m. The brackebuschite group is defined by the general formula A2M(T1O4)(T2O4)(OH, H2O), with A = Pb2+, Ba, Ca, Sr; M = Cu2+, Zn, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn3+, Al; T1 = As5+, P, V5+; and T2 = As5+, P, V5+, S6+. Together with brackebuschite, other secondary lead minerals within this group include arsenbrackebuschite [Pb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)] (Abraham et al., 1978[Abraham, K., Kautz, K., Tillmanns, E. & Walenta, K. (1978). Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Monatsh. pp. 193-196.]), calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (González del Tánago et al., 2003[González del Tánago, J., La Iglesia, Á., Rius, J. & Fernández Santín, S. (2003). Am. Mineral. 88, 1703-1708.]), tsumebite [Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Nichols, 1966[Nichols, M. C. (1966). Am. Mineral. 51, 267-267.]), arsen­tsumebite [Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Bideaux et al., 1966[Bideaux, R. A., Nichols, M. C. & Williams, S. A. (1966). Am. Mineral. 51, 258-259.]; Zubkova et al., 2002[Zubkova, N. V., Pushcharovsky, D. Y., Giester, G., Tillmanns, E., Pekov, I. V. & Kleimenov, D. A. (2002). Mineral. Petrol. 75, 79-88.]), bushmakinite [Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Pekov et al., 2002[Pekov, I. V., Kleimenov, D. A., Chukanov, N. V., Yakubovich, O. V., Massa, W., Belakovskiy, D. I. & Pautov, L. A. (2002). Zap. Vses. Miner. Ob. 131, 62-71.]), ferribushmakinite [Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Kampf et al., 2015[Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Nash, B. P. & Marty, J. (2015). Mineral. Mag. 79, 661-669.]), feinglosite [Pb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O] (Clark et al., 1997[Clark, A. M., Criddle, A. J., Roberts, A. C., Bonardi, M. & Moffatt, E. A. (1997). Mineral. Mag. 61, 285-289.]), and possibly heyite [Pb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2], in which a cursory X-ray diffraction investigation suggest a similarity with brackebuschite (Williams, 1973[Williams, S. A. (1973). Mineral. Mag. 39, 65-68.]).

Other lead minerals related to the brackebuschite group include fornacite [CuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Cocco et al., 1967[Cocco, G., Fanfani, L. & Zanazzi, P. F. (1967). Z. Kristallogr. 124, 385-397.]; Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967[Fanfani, L. & Zanazzi, P. F. (1967). Mineral. Mag. 36, 522-529.]), molybdofornacite [CuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Medenbach et al., 1983[Medenbach, O., Abraham, K. & Gebert, W. (1983). Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Monatsh. pp. 289-295.]), and vauque­len­ite [CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)] (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1968[Fanfani, L. & Zanazzi, P. F. (1968). Z. Kristallogr. 126, 433-443.]). These minerals demonstrate a richness to the crystallography of the group because the first two are described in space group P21/c with doubled c-cell edge, while the last one is described in P21/n and exhibits doubling of both the a- and c-cell edges (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967[Fanfani, L. & Zanazzi, P. F. (1967). Mineral. Mag. 36, 522-529.]).

In addition to the lead minerals, the brackebuschite group of minerals also includes bearthite [Ca2Al(PO4)2OH] (Chopin et al., 1993[Chopin, C., Brunet, F., Gebert, W., Medenbach, O. & Tillmanns, E. (1993). Schweiz. Miner. Petrog. 73, 1-9.]), canosioite [Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)] (Hålenius et al., 2015[Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M. & Mills, S. J. (2015). Mineral. Mag. 79, 941-947.]), gamagarite [Ba2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (de Villiers et al., 1943[Villiers, J. E. de (1943). Am. Mineral. 28, 329-335.]; Basso et al., 1987[Basso, R., Palenzona, A. & Zefiro, L. (1987). Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Monatsh. pp. 295-304.]), tokyoite [Ba2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] (Matsubara et al., 2004[Matsubara, S., Miyawaki, R., Yokoyama, K., Shimizu, M. & Imai, H. (2004). J. Mineral. Petrological Sci. 99, 363-367.]), goedkenite [Sr2Al(PO4)2(OH)] (Moore et al., 1975[Moore, P. B., Irving, A. J. & Kampf, A. R. (1975). Am. Mineral. 60, 957-964.]), and grandaite [Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)] (Cámara et al., 2014[Cámara, F., Ciriotti, M. E., Bittarello, E., Nestola, F., Massimi, F., Radica, F., Costa, E., Benna, P. & Piccoli, G. C. (2014). Mineral. Mag. 78, 757-774.]).

In the course of characterizing minerals for the RRUFF Project (https://rruff.info), we were able to isolate a single crystal of brackebuschite from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba (Argentina), with composition Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02)Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00. The ratio Mn:Fe varies from grain to grain as shown in Fig. 1[link], where the colour of the crystals range from light-brown (Mn-rich, this crystal) to dark-brown [Fe-rich, (Mn3+0.43Fe3+0.42Zn0.10)Σ=0.95]. González del Tánago et al. (2003[González del Tánago, J., La Iglesia, Á., Rius, J. & Fernández Santín, S. (2003). Am. Mineral. 88, 1703-1708.]) suggested that brackebuschite [Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] and calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] probably form a complete solid solution, as both phases have been found to coexist on a single specimen.

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
Photograph of the brackebuschite specimen analysed in this study.

The crystal structure of brackebuschite was first determined by Donaldson & Barnes (1955[Donaldson, D. M. & Barnes, W. H. (1955). Am. Mineral. 40, 597-613.]) in space group B21/m assuming a chemical formula Pb2Mn2+(VO4)2·H2O. Foley et al. (1997[Foley, J. A., Hughes, J. M. & Lange, D. (1997). Can. Mineral. 35, 1027-1033.]) redefined its structure in space group P21/m and revised its composition to the currently accepted Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH). Structure refinement of the latter converged at a reliability factor R1 of 0.056 and was based on anisotropic displacement parameters for all non-O atoms [note that the deposited data in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD, 2016[ICSD (2016). https://www. fiz-karlsruhe. de/icsd. html.]), entry #89256, report only isotropic displacement parameters], and the H atom undetermined. In the current work, all non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters, and the H atom was located, leading to a significant improvement of accuracy and precision, and to an unambiguous hydrogen bonding scheme.

2. Structural commentary

The structure of brackebuschite is characterized by a distorted cubic closest-packed array of O and Pb atoms along [10[\overline{1}]] as stacking direction. Infinite chains of edge-sharing [Mn3+O6] octa­hedra decorated by V1O4 and V2O4 tetra­hedra are aligned parallel to [010], perpendicular to the stacking direction. Mn3+, located on an inversion centre, is coordinated by the oxygen anions belonging to VO4 tetra­hedra (O3×2 and O5×2) and the hydroxyl group (O7×2) in an overall distorted octa­hedral arrangement. Each V1O4 tetra­hedron is linked to the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain by one common vertex (O3) while each V2O4 links two adjacent octa­hedra by sharing two vertices (O5) with them. The V1O4 groups and the H atoms alternate, belong to the edge-sharing atoms and are arranged along one side of the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain. The thus resulting 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chains are held together by irregular [Pb1O11] and [Pb2O8] polyhedra (Fig. 2[link]).

[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Crystal structure of brackebuschite. The edge-sharing [MnO6] octa­hedra (green) form chains parallel to [010] with V1O4 and V2O4 tetra­hedra (purple and violet, respectively) linked to them. These chains are held together by Pb1 and Pb2 (orange and yellow ellipsoids, respectively). Blue spheres of arbitrary radius represent H atoms.

Looking down the axis of the [Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain, there is a radial increase in the amplitude of the displacement parameters. We inter­pret this to indicate that the entire chain is undergoing rigid-body libration, oscillating to and fro along its axis. The radial change in amplitude is indicated by three concentric rings in Fig. 3[link]a. The average amplitudes of the inner, middle, and outer rings (1.34, 2.00, and 4.06 Å, respectively) increase roughly linearly with the radial distance from the chain axis.

[Figure 3]
Figure 3
(a) View of the 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain looking down [010]. The black rings represent different radii that correlate with the progressive increase of the libration component of oxygen atoms further away from the centre of the chain. Purple and violet tetra­hedra and green octa­hedra represent V1O4, V2O4 and [MnO6], respectively. Red ellipsoids represent O atoms; (b) large O2 disk-shaped ellipsoid oriented perpendicular to the V1—O bond (anisotropic displacement ellipsoids at the 99% probability level). Note the hydrogen bond O2⋯H—O7 (dashed lines). Purple, yellow and red ellipsoids represent V1O4, [Pb2O8] and O atoms, respectively. The blue sphere represents the H atom.

Bond-valence calculations (Brown, 2002[Brown, I. D. (2002). In The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry: The Bond Valence Model. Oxford University Press.]) confirm that O7 corresponds to the hydroxyl group (bond-valence sum of 1.25 valence units), which is approximately tetra­hedrally coordinated by three cations and O2 (bond-valence sum of 1.61 v.u.) with which it forms an almost linear hydrogen bond (Table 1[link]). The Raman spectrum of brackebuschite (Fig. 4[link]) shows a broad band around 3145 cm−1 that is assigned to the OH-stretching vibration (υOH). According to the correlation of O—H IR stretching frequencies and O—H⋯O hydrogen-bond lengths in minerals (Libowitzky, 1999[Libowitzky, E. (1999). Monatsh. Chem. 130, 1047-1059.]), the stretching frequency inferred from this bond-length is 3143 cm−1.

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
O7—H⋯O2i 0.89 (2) 1.80 (2) 2.686 (7) 174 (10)
Symmetry code: (i) x, y, z-1.
[Figure 4]
Figure 4
Raman spectrum of brackebuschite. The weak Raman band around 3145 cm−1 is assigned to the OH stretching vibrations associated with the OH group (νOH).

The O2 atom, the one associated as the acceptor atom of the hydrogen bond, displays quite large anisotropic displacement parameters relative to the other atoms (Fig. 3[link]b). The disk-shaped ellipsoid is oriented parallel to the weaker Pb2—O bond and perpendicular to the stronger V1—O bond, which constrains the thermal vibration in that direction.

3. Synthesis and crystallization

The natural brackebuschite specimen used in this study is from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba, Argentina, and is in the collection of the RRUFF project (https://rruff.info/R050547). The chemical composition of the brackebuschite specimen was determined with a CAMECA SX100 electron microprobe operated at 20 kV and 20 nA. Seven analysis points yielded an average composition (wt. %): PbO 60.8 (4), V2O5 25.6 (2), Mn2O3 9.1 (5), Fe2O3 0.8 (5), ZnO 0.8 (2), and As2O5 0.33 (8), with H2O 1.28 estimated to provide one H2O mol­ecule per formula unit. The empirical chemical formula, based on nine oxygen atoms, is Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02)Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00.

4. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2[link]. Electron microprobe analysis revealed that the brackebuschite sample studied here contains small amounts of Fe, Zn and As. However, the structure refinements, with and without a minor contribution of these elements in the octa­hedral and tetra­hedral sites, did not produce any significant differences in terms of reliability factors or displacement parameters. Hence, the ideal chemical formula Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH) was assumed during the refinement. The H atom was located from difference Fourier syntheses and its position refined with a fixed isotropic displacement parameter (Uiso = 0.03), and soft DFIX constraint of 0.9 Å from O7. The maximum residual electron density in the difference Fourier map, 2.66 e Å−3, was located at (0.6661, 0.1681, 0.5521), 0.66 Å from Pb1 and the minimum, −2.16 e Å−3, at (0.7036, 0.25, 0.5714), 0.41 Å from Pb1.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula Pb2Mn(VO4)2(OH)
Mr 716.21
Crystal system, space group Monoclinic, P21/m
Temperature (K) 293
a, b, c (Å) 7.6492 (1), 6.1262 (1), 8.9241 (2)
β (°) 112.195 (1)
V3) 387.20 (1)
Z 2
Radiation type Mo Kα
μ (mm−1) 47.27
Crystal size (mm) 0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Bruker APEXII CCD area detector
Absorption correction Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.])
Tmin, Tmax 0.201, 0.201
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 11674, 1521, 1356
Rint 0.037
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.759
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.025, 0.056, 1.05
No. of reflections 1521
No. of parameters 82
No. of restraints 1
H-atom treatment Only H-atom coordinates refined
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 2.67, −2.16
Computer programs: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]), SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015[Sheldrick, G. M. (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 3-8.]), XtalDraw (Downs & Hall-Wallace, 2003[Downs, R. T. & Hall-Wallace, M. (2003). Am. Mineral. 88, 247-250.]) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010[Westrip, S. P. (2010). J. Appl. Cryst. 43, 920-925.]). Coordinates taken from a previous refinement.

Supporting information


Mineralogical and crystal-chemical context top

Brackebuschite, ideally Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH), belongs to the brackebuschite group of minerals with monoclinic symmetry and space group type P21/m. The brackebuschite group is defined by the general formula A2M(T1O4)(T2O4)(OH, H2O), with A = Pb2+, Ba, Ca, Sr; M = Cu2+, Zn, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn3+, Al; T1 = As5+, P, V5+; and T2 = As5+, P, V5+, S6+. Together with brackebuschite, other secondary lead minerals within this group include arsenbrackebuschite [Pb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)] (Abraham et al., 1978), calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (González del Tánago et al., 2003), tsumebite [Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Nichols, 1966), arsentsumebite [Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Bideaux et al., 1966; Zubkova et al., 2002), bushmakinite [Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Pekov et al., 2002), ferribushmakinite [Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Kampf et al., 2015), feinglosite [Pb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O] (Clark et al., 1997), and possibly heyite [Pb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2], in which a cursory X-ray diffraction investigation suggest a similarity with brackebuschite (Williams, 1973).

Other lead minerals related to the brackebuschite group include fornacite [CuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Cocco et al., 1967; Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967), molybdofornacite [CuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Medenbach et al., 1983), and vauquelenite [CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)] (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1968). These minerals demonstrate a richness to the crystallography of the group because the first two are described in space group P21/c with doubled c-cell edge, while the last one is described in P21/n and exhibits doubling of both the a- and c-cell edges (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967).

In addition to the lead minerals, the brackebuschite group of minerals also includes bearthite [Ca2Al(PO4)2OH] (Chopin et al., 1993), canosioite [Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)] (Hålenius et al., 2015), gamagarite [Ba2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (de Villiers et al., 1943; Basso et al., 1987), tokyoite [Ba2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] (Matsubara et al., 2004), goedkenite [Sr2Al(PO4)2(OH)] (Moore et al., 1975), and grandaite [Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)] (Cámara et al., 2014).

In the course of characterizing minerals for the RRUFF Project (https://rruff.info), we were able to isolate a single-crystal of brackebuschite from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba (Argentina), with composition Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02) Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00. The ratio Mn:Fe varies from grain to grain as shown in Fig. 1, where the colour of the crystals range from light-brown (Mn-rich, this crystal) to dark-brown [Fe-rich, (Mn3+0.43Fe3+0.42Zn0.10)Σ=0.95]. González del Tánago et al. (2003) suggested that brackebuschite [Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] and calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] probably form a complete solid solution, as both phases have been found to coexist on a single specimen.

The crystal structure of brackebuschite was first determined by Donaldson & Barnes (1955) in space group B21/m assuming a chemical formula Pb2Mn2+(VO4)2·H2O. Foley et al. (1997) redefined its structure in space group P21/m and revised its composition to the currently accepted Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH). Structure refinement of the latter converged at a reliability factor R1 of 0.056 and was based on anisotropic displacement parameters for all non-O atoms [note that the deposited data in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD, 2016), entry #89256, report only isotropic displacement parameters], and the H atom undetermined. In the current work, all non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters, and the H atom was located, leading to a significant improvement of accuracy and precision, and to an unambiguous hydrogen bonding scheme.

Structural commentary top

The structure of brackebuschite is characterized by a distorted cubic closest-packed array of O and Pb atoms along [101] as stacking direction. Infinite chains of edge-sharing [Mn3+O6] o­cta­hedra decorated by V1O4 and V2O4 tetra­hedra are aligned parallel to [010], perpendicular to the stacking direction. Mn3+, located on an inversion centre, is coordinated by the oxygen anions belonging to VO4 tetra­hedra (O3×2 and O5×2) and the hydroxyl group (O7×2) in an overall distorted o­cta­hedral arrangement. Each V1O4 tetra­hedron is linked to the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain by one common vertex (O3) while each V2O4 links two adjacent o­cta­hedra by sharing two vertices (O5) with them. The V1O4 groups and the H-atoms alternate belong to the edge-sharing atoms and are arranged along one side of the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain. The thus resulting 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chains are held together by irregular [Pb1O11] and [Pb2O8] polyhedra (Fig. 2).

Looking down the axis of the [Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain, there is a radial increase in the amplitude of the displacement parameters. We inter­pret this to indicate that the entire chain is undergoing rigid-body libration, oscillating to and fro along its axis. The radial change in amplitude is indicated by three concentric rings in Fig. 3a. The average amplitudes of the inner, middle, and outer rings (1.34, 2.00, and 4.06 Å, respectively) increase roughly linearly with the radial distance from the chain axis.

Bond-valence calculations (Brown, 2002) confirm that O7 corresponds to the hydroxyl group (bond-valence sum of 1.25 valence units), which is approximately tetra­hedrally coordinated by three cations and O2 (bond-valence sum of 1.61 v.u.) with which it forms an almost linear hydrogen bond (Table 1). The Raman spectrum of brackebuschite (Fig. 4) shows a broad band around 3145 cm−1 that is assigned to the OH-stretching vibration (υOH). According to the correlation of O—H IR stretching frequencies and O—H···O hydrogen-bond lengths in minerals (Libowitzky, 1999), the stretching frequency inferred from this bond-length is 3143 cm−1.

The O2 atom, the one associated as the acceptor atom of the hydrogen bond, displays quite large anisotropic displacement parameters relative to the other atoms (Fig. 3b). The disk-shaped ellipsoid is oriented parallel to the weaker Pb2—O bond and perpendicular to the stronger V1—O bond, which constrains the thermal vibration in that direction.

Synthesis and crystallization top

\ The natural brackebuschite specimen used in this study is from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba, Argentina, and is in the collection of the RRUFF project (https://rruff.info/R050547). The chemical composition of the brackebuschite specimen was determined with a CAMECA SX100 electron microprobe operated at 20 kV and 20 nA. Seven analysis points yielded an average composition (wt. %): PbO 60.8 (4), V2O5 25.6 (2), Mn2O3 9.1 (5), Fe2O3 0.8 (5), ZnO 0.8 (2), and As2O5 0.33 (8), with H2O 1.28 estimated to provide one H2O molecule per formula unit. The empirical chemical formula, based on nine oxygen atoms, is Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02)\ Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00.

Refinement top

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. Electron microprobe analysis revealed that the brackebuschite sample studied here contains small amounts of Fe, Zn and As. However, the structure refinements, with and without a minor contribution of these elements in the o­cta­hedral and tetra­hedral sites, did not produce any significant differences in terms of reliability factors or displacement parameters. Hence, the ideal chemical formula Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH) was assumed during the refinement. The H atom was located from difference Fourier syntheses and its position refined with a fixed isotropic displacement parameter (Uiso = 0.03), and soft DFIX constraint of 0.9 Å from O7. The maximum residual electron density in the difference Fourier map, 2.66 e Å−3, was located at (0.6661, 0.1681, 0.5521), 0.66 Å from Pb1 and the minimum, −2.16 e Å−3, at (0.7036, 1/4, 0.5714), 0.41 Å from Pb1.

Structure description top

Brackebuschite, ideally Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH), belongs to the brackebuschite group of minerals with monoclinic symmetry and space group type P21/m. The brackebuschite group is defined by the general formula A2M(T1O4)(T2O4)(OH, H2O), with A = Pb2+, Ba, Ca, Sr; M = Cu2+, Zn, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn3+, Al; T1 = As5+, P, V5+; and T2 = As5+, P, V5+, S6+. Together with brackebuschite, other secondary lead minerals within this group include arsenbrackebuschite [Pb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)] (Abraham et al., 1978), calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (González del Tánago et al., 2003), tsumebite [Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Nichols, 1966), arsentsumebite [Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)] (Bideaux et al., 1966; Zubkova et al., 2002), bushmakinite [Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Pekov et al., 2002), ferribushmakinite [Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH)] (Kampf et al., 2015), feinglosite [Pb2Zn(AsO4)2·H2O] (Clark et al., 1997), and possibly heyite [Pb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2], in which a cursory X-ray diffraction investigation suggest a similarity with brackebuschite (Williams, 1973).

Other lead minerals related to the brackebuschite group include fornacite [CuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Cocco et al., 1967; Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967), molybdofornacite [CuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)] (Medenbach et al., 1983), and vauquelenite [CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)] (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1968). These minerals demonstrate a richness to the crystallography of the group because the first two are described in space group P21/c with doubled c-cell edge, while the last one is described in P21/n and exhibits doubling of both the a- and c-cell edges (Fanfani & Zanazzi, 1967).

In addition to the lead minerals, the brackebuschite group of minerals also includes bearthite [Ca2Al(PO4)2OH] (Chopin et al., 1993), canosioite [Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)] (Hålenius et al., 2015), gamagarite [Ba2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] (de Villiers et al., 1943; Basso et al., 1987), tokyoite [Ba2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] (Matsubara et al., 2004), goedkenite [Sr2Al(PO4)2(OH)] (Moore et al., 1975), and grandaite [Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)] (Cámara et al., 2014).

In the course of characterizing minerals for the RRUFF Project (https://rruff.info), we were able to isolate a single-crystal of brackebuschite from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba (Argentina), with composition Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02) Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00. The ratio Mn:Fe varies from grain to grain as shown in Fig. 1, where the colour of the crystals range from light-brown (Mn-rich, this crystal) to dark-brown [Fe-rich, (Mn3+0.43Fe3+0.42Zn0.10)Σ=0.95]. González del Tánago et al. (2003) suggested that brackebuschite [Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)] and calderónite [Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)] probably form a complete solid solution, as both phases have been found to coexist on a single specimen.

The crystal structure of brackebuschite was first determined by Donaldson & Barnes (1955) in space group B21/m assuming a chemical formula Pb2Mn2+(VO4)2·H2O. Foley et al. (1997) redefined its structure in space group P21/m and revised its composition to the currently accepted Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH). Structure refinement of the latter converged at a reliability factor R1 of 0.056 and was based on anisotropic displacement parameters for all non-O atoms [note that the deposited data in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD, 2016), entry #89256, report only isotropic displacement parameters], and the H atom undetermined. In the current work, all non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters, and the H atom was located, leading to a significant improvement of accuracy and precision, and to an unambiguous hydrogen bonding scheme.

The structure of brackebuschite is characterized by a distorted cubic closest-packed array of O and Pb atoms along [101] as stacking direction. Infinite chains of edge-sharing [Mn3+O6] o­cta­hedra decorated by V1O4 and V2O4 tetra­hedra are aligned parallel to [010], perpendicular to the stacking direction. Mn3+, located on an inversion centre, is coordinated by the oxygen anions belonging to VO4 tetra­hedra (O3×2 and O5×2) and the hydroxyl group (O7×2) in an overall distorted o­cta­hedral arrangement. Each V1O4 tetra­hedron is linked to the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain by one common vertex (O3) while each V2O4 links two adjacent o­cta­hedra by sharing two vertices (O5) with them. The V1O4 groups and the H-atoms alternate belong to the edge-sharing atoms and are arranged along one side of the 1[MnO4/2O2/1] chain. The thus resulting 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chains are held together by irregular [Pb1O11] and [Pb2O8] polyhedra (Fig. 2).

Looking down the axis of the [Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain, there is a radial increase in the amplitude of the displacement parameters. We inter­pret this to indicate that the entire chain is undergoing rigid-body libration, oscillating to and fro along its axis. The radial change in amplitude is indicated by three concentric rings in Fig. 3a. The average amplitudes of the inner, middle, and outer rings (1.34, 2.00, and 4.06 Å, respectively) increase roughly linearly with the radial distance from the chain axis.

Bond-valence calculations (Brown, 2002) confirm that O7 corresponds to the hydroxyl group (bond-valence sum of 1.25 valence units), which is approximately tetra­hedrally coordinated by three cations and O2 (bond-valence sum of 1.61 v.u.) with which it forms an almost linear hydrogen bond (Table 1). The Raman spectrum of brackebuschite (Fig. 4) shows a broad band around 3145 cm−1 that is assigned to the OH-stretching vibration (υOH). According to the correlation of O—H IR stretching frequencies and O—H···O hydrogen-bond lengths in minerals (Libowitzky, 1999), the stretching frequency inferred from this bond-length is 3143 cm−1.

The O2 atom, the one associated as the acceptor atom of the hydrogen bond, displays quite large anisotropic displacement parameters relative to the other atoms (Fig. 3b). The disk-shaped ellipsoid is oriented parallel to the weaker Pb2—O bond and perpendicular to the stronger V1—O bond, which constrains the thermal vibration in that direction.

Synthesis and crystallization top

\ The natural brackebuschite specimen used in this study is from the type locality Sierra de Cordoba, Argentina, and is in the collection of the RRUFF project (https://rruff.info/R050547). The chemical composition of the brackebuschite specimen was determined with a CAMECA SX100 electron microprobe operated at 20 kV and 20 nA. Seven analysis points yielded an average composition (wt. %): PbO 60.8 (4), V2O5 25.6 (2), Mn2O3 9.1 (5), Fe2O3 0.8 (5), ZnO 0.8 (2), and As2O5 0.33 (8), with H2O 1.28 estimated to provide one H2O molecule per formula unit. The empirical chemical formula, based on nine oxygen atoms, is Pb1.91(Mn3+0.81Fe3+0.07Zn0.07)Σ=0.95(V1.98As0.02)\ Σ=2.00O8.00(OH)1.00.

Refinement details top

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. Electron microprobe analysis revealed that the brackebuschite sample studied here contains small amounts of Fe, Zn and As. However, the structure refinements, with and without a minor contribution of these elements in the o­cta­hedral and tetra­hedral sites, did not produce any significant differences in terms of reliability factors or displacement parameters. Hence, the ideal chemical formula Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH) was assumed during the refinement. The H atom was located from difference Fourier syntheses and its position refined with a fixed isotropic displacement parameter (Uiso = 0.03), and soft DFIX constraint of 0.9 Å from O7. The maximum residual electron density in the difference Fourier map, 2.66 e Å−3, was located at (0.6661, 0.1681, 0.5521), 0.66 Å from Pb1 and the minimum, −2.16 e Å−3, at (0.7036, 1/4, 0.5714), 0.41 Å from Pb1.

Computing details top

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: coordinates taken from a previous refinement; program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015); molecular graphics: XtalDraw (Downs & Hall-Wallace, 2003); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. Photograph of the brackebuschite specimen analysed in this study.
[Figure 2] Fig. 2. Crystal structure of brackebuschite. The edge-sharing [MnO6] octahedra (green) form chains parallel to [010] with V1O4 and V2O4 tetrahedra (purple and violet, respectively) linked to them. These chains are held together by Pb1 and Pb2 (orange and yellow ellipsoids, respectively). Blue spheres of arbitrary radius represent H atoms.
[Figure 3] Fig. 3. (a) View of the 1[Mn3+(VO4)2OH] chain looking down [010]. The black rings represent different radii that correlate with the progressive increase of the libration component of oxygen atoms further away from the centre of the chain. Purple and violet tetrahedra and green octahedra represent V1O4, V2O4 and [MnO6], respectively. Red ellipsoids represent O atoms; (b) large O2 disk-shaped ellipsoid oriented perpendicular to the V1—O bond (anisotropic displacement ellipsoids at the 99% probability level). Note the hydrogen bond O2···H—O7 (dashed lines). Purple, yellow and red ellipsoids represent V1O4, [Pb2O8] and O atoms, respectively. The blue sphere represents the H atom.
[Figure 4] Fig. 4. Raman spectrum of brackebuschite. The weak Raman band around 3145 cm−1 is assigned to the OH stretching vibrations associated with the OH group (νOH).
Dilead(II) manganese(III) vanadate(V) hydroxide top
Crystal data top
Pb2Mn(VO4)2(OH)F(000) = 616
Mr = 716.21Dx = 6.143 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/mMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 7.6492 (1) ÅCell parameters from 4222 reflections
b = 6.1262 (1) Åθ = 2.5–32.3°
c = 8.9241 (2) ŵ = 47.27 mm1
β = 112.195 (1)°T = 293 K
V = 387.20 (1) Å3Tabular, light-brown
Z = 20.05 × 0.05 × 0.05 mm
Data collection top
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector
diffractometer
1356 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tubeRint = 0.037
φ and ω scanθmax = 32.6°, θmin = 2.9°
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Bruker, 2004)
h = 1111
Tmin = 0.201, Tmax = 0.201k = 99
11674 measured reflectionsl = 1313
1521 independent reflections
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
Least-squares matrix: fullOnly H-atom coordinates refined
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0195P)2 + 3.6132P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
wR(F2) = 0.056(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
S = 1.05Δρmax = 2.67 e Å3
1521 reflectionsΔρmin = 2.16 e Å3
82 parametersExtinction correction: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4
1 restraintExtinction coefficient: 0.00067 (18)
Crystal data top
Pb2Mn(VO4)2(OH)V = 387.20 (1) Å3
Mr = 716.21Z = 2
Monoclinic, P21/mMo Kα radiation
a = 7.6492 (1) ŵ = 47.27 mm1
b = 6.1262 (1) ÅT = 293 K
c = 8.9241 (2) Å0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05 mm
β = 112.195 (1)°
Data collection top
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector
diffractometer
1521 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Bruker, 2004)
1356 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Tmin = 0.201, Tmax = 0.201Rint = 0.037
11674 measured reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.0251 restraint
wR(F2) = 0.056Only H-atom coordinates refined
S = 1.05Δρmax = 2.67 e Å3
1521 reflectionsΔρmin = 2.16 e Å3
82 parameters
Special details top

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Pb10.32423 (5)0.25000.39735 (4)0.02766 (9)
Pb20.25814 (4)0.25000.25617 (4)0.02176 (8)
Mn0.00000.00000.00000.00476 (15)
V10.55901 (14)0.75000.82401 (12)0.00821 (18)
V20.96053 (14)0.75000.66182 (12)0.00864 (17)
O10.4927 (5)0.9756 (6)0.7041 (4)0.0167 (6)
O20.4546 (8)0.75000.9583 (8)0.0304 (13)
O30.8084 (6)0.75000.9407 (6)0.0124 (8)
O40.7301 (8)0.75000.5441 (7)0.0256 (12)
O50.0115 (5)0.9882 (5)0.7801 (4)0.0147 (6)
O60.0767 (8)0.75000.5377 (7)0.0249 (12)
O70.1837 (6)0.75000.0814 (6)0.0102 (8)
H0.268 (11)0.75000.034 (11)0.030*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Pb10.03242 (17)0.02685 (15)0.03049 (18)0.0000.01957 (14)0.000
Pb20.02570 (15)0.01980 (13)0.02074 (14)0.0000.00988 (11)0.000
Mn0.0067 (3)0.0032 (3)0.0038 (3)0.0001 (3)0.0013 (3)0.0001 (3)
V10.0071 (4)0.0080 (4)0.0093 (4)0.0000.0029 (3)0.000
V20.0111 (4)0.0079 (4)0.0073 (4)0.0000.0039 (4)0.000
O10.0161 (15)0.0130 (14)0.0175 (17)0.0020 (12)0.0023 (13)0.0045 (12)
O20.023 (3)0.048 (4)0.029 (3)0.0000.019 (3)0.000
O30.0056 (18)0.0109 (18)0.016 (2)0.0000.0019 (16)0.000
O40.016 (2)0.039 (3)0.015 (3)0.0000.001 (2)0.000
O50.0274 (17)0.0111 (13)0.0077 (14)0.0031 (12)0.0089 (13)0.0026 (11)
O60.033 (3)0.028 (3)0.025 (3)0.0000.024 (2)0.000
O70.0085 (18)0.0111 (18)0.012 (2)0.0000.0054 (16)0.000
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Pb1—O1i2.563 (3)Pb2—O6ii2.830 (6)
Pb1—O7ii2.611 (5)Pb2—O3vi3.045 (5)
Pb1—O6ii2.635 (5)Mn—O5iv1.999 (3)
Pb1—O4ii2.878 (5)Mn—O7vii2.019 (3)
Pb1—O1ii2.898 (4)Mn—O3i2.046 (3)
Pb1—O5iii2.933 (4)V1—O21.673 (6)
Pb1—O4i3.1610 (15)V1—O11.703 (3)
Pb2—O1iii2.579 (3)V1—O31.795 (4)
Pb2—O5iv2.588 (3)V2—O6viii1.661 (5)
Pb2—O4v2.605 (6)V2—O41.677 (5)
Pb2—O2vi2.735 (6)V2—O5viii1.756 (3)
O5iv—Mn—O5ix180.0O3i—Mn—O3vi180.0 (3)
O5iv—Mn—O7vii92.45 (16)O2—V1—O1109.90 (17)
O5ix—Mn—O7vii87.55 (16)O1—V1—O1x108.4 (3)
O5ix—Mn—O7ii92.45 (16)O2—V1—O3106.0 (3)
O7vii—Mn—O7ii180.0 (2)O1—V1—O3111.31 (14)
O5iv—Mn—O3i90.67 (17)O6viii—V2—O4106.4 (3)
O5ix—Mn—O3i89.33 (17)O6viii—V2—O5viii110.34 (16)
O7vii—Mn—O3i81.87 (12)O4—V2—O5viii108.58 (16)
O7ii—Mn—O3i98.13 (12)O5viii—V2—O5xi112.4 (2)
O5iv—Mn—O3vi89.33 (17)
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y+1, z+1; (ii) x, y1, z; (iii) x, y3/2, z+1; (iv) x, y+1, z+1; (v) x1, y1, z; (vi) x1, y1, z1; (vii) x, y+1, z; (viii) x+1, y, z; (ix) x, y1, z1; (x) x, y+3/2, z; (xi) x+1, y+3/2, z.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O7—H···O2xii0.89 (2)1.80 (2)2.686 (7)174 (10)
Symmetry code: (xii) x, y, z1.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O7—H···O2i0.89 (2)1.80 (2)2.686 (7)174 (10)
Symmetry code: (i) x, y, z1.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formulaPb2Mn(VO4)2(OH)
Mr716.21
Crystal system, space groupMonoclinic, P21/m
Temperature (K)293
a, b, c (Å)7.6492 (1), 6.1262 (1), 8.9241 (2)
β (°) 112.195 (1)
V3)387.20 (1)
Z2
Radiation typeMo Kα
µ (mm1)47.27
Crystal size (mm)0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05
Data collection
DiffractometerBruker APEXII CCD area-detector
Absorption correctionMulti-scan
(SADABS; Bruker, 2004)
Tmin, Tmax0.201, 0.201
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
11674, 1521, 1356
Rint0.037
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.759
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.025, 0.056, 1.05
No. of reflections1521
No. of parameters82
No. of restraints1
H-atom treatmentOnly H-atom coordinates refined
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)2.67, 2.16

Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), coordinates taken from a previous refinement, SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015), XtalDraw (Downs & Hall-Wallace, 2003), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

 

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the support for this study by NASA NNX11AP82A, Mars Science Laboratory Investigations. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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