Articles | Volume 36, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1-2024
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04 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 04 Jan 2024

Structural and compositional data for childrenite from the Homolka granite, Czech Republic

Jonas Toupal, Daniela Mauro, Cristian Biagioni, Federica Zaccarini, and Reto Gieré

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Lithium-bearing phosphates and micas in Homolka leucogranite R. Nahodilova https://doi.org/10.3140/zpravy.geol.2022.06

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In this work, we refine the crystal structure of childrenite. Additionally, we provide compositional data to substantially extend the published solid-solution series between childrenite and eosphorite, the Fe and Mn endmembers, respectively. We analyze the valence state of iron to avoid erroneous classification of ernstite or potential discovery of "oxychildrenite", a mineral species not yet confirmed to be stable in nature.