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Article

Considerations About Bi and Pb in the Crystal Structure of Cu-Bearing Tourmaline

by
Andreas Ertl
1,* and
Peter Bačík
2
1
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Wien, Austria
2
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Minerals 2020, 10(8), 706; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10080706
Submission received: 8 July 2020 / Revised: 3 August 2020 / Accepted: 7 August 2020 / Published: 10 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)
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Abstract

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Copper- and Mn-bearing elbaitic tourmaline (“Paraíba tourmaline”) sometimes contains significant amounts of Pb and Bi. Their position in the tourmaline crystal structure was studied with correlation analysis and bond valence calculations. Correlations between the F content and the X-site charge allow predicting the X-site occupancy. Three sets of tourmaline analyses were studied: (1) Pb-rich tourmalines from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Vietnam; (2) Cu-, Pb- and Bi-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Brazil; (3) Cu- and Bi-bearing tourmalines from the Alto dos Quintos mine, Brazil. Two correlations were plotted: (1) the charge by considering only Na1+, Ca2+ and K1+; (2) the charge by adding Pb2+ and Bi3+ to the X-site charge. When plotting correlations for the Minh Tien tourmalines, the correlation significantly improves by adding Pb2+ to the X site. For the Alto dos Quintos tourmalines, only a slight increase of the correlation coefficient is observed, while such a correlation for tourmalines from Mulungu interestingly shows a slight decrease of the correlation coefficient. Bond valence calculations revealed that Bi3+ and Pb2+ can indeed occupy the X site via BiLi(NaAl)−1, PbLi(NaCu)−1 and possibly PbCu(NaAl)−1 substitutions as seen in the investigated tourmaline samples. At the Y site, Pb4+ can be substituted via PbLi(AlCu)−1, and PbVO(AlVOH)−1, while Bi5+ does not have any stable arrangement in Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite. The occurrence of Pb4+ at the Y site could be one explanation for the results of the correlations of the Mulungu tourmalines. Another explanation could be that during the tourmaline crystallization some additional Bi and Pb came into the pegmatitic system and hence disturbed the correlation between the average X-site charge and the F content. Further plots of such correlations in “Paraíba tourmaline” samples might also help to distinguish between the worldwide localities of these rare and sought-after tourmalines.

1. Introduction

In tourmaline, with the general structural formula XY3Z6(BO3)3T6O18V3W, the individual structural sites can be occupied mainly by the following cations: X site = Na, Ca, Pb, K, □ (vacancy); Y site = Li, Mg, Fe2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Al, Cr3+, V3+, Fe3+; Z = Al, Mg, Fe2+, Fe3+, V3+, Cr3+; T site = Si, Al, B; V = OH−, O2−; W = OH−, F−, Cl−, O2− [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]. The crystal structure of natural Cu-bearing tourmaline was described by [18,21,22,23]. No Bi and/or Pb were described in these elbaitic tourmalines, which were found in granitic pegmatites in Brazil and Mozambique. The first crystal structure of a tourmaline sample (Li-bearing olenite; Cu below the detection limit) with significant amounts of Pb (1640 ppm) and Bi (143 ppm) was described from a pegmatitic “mushroom” tourmaline from Myanmar by [24]. They were the first authors who assigned these small amounts of Pb and Bi to the X site, just because no phases other than tourmaline have been observed on their back-scattered electrons (BSE) pictures.
The chemistry of natural Cu-bearing tourmalines with significant amounts of Bi (up to ~0.5–0.8 wt % Bi2O3) was described by [25,26,27,28]. The highest amount of Bi (~1.5 wt % Bi2O3) in Cu-bearing tourmaline was described by [29]. Tourmalines with up to ~0.5 wt % Bi2O3, but without significant amounts of Cu were described by [30] from a granitic pegmatite in Zambia.
The chemistry of natural Cu-bearing tourmalines with significant amounts of Pb (up to ~0.4 wt % PbO) was described by [28]. Tourmalines (fluor-liddicoatite; Cu below the detection limit) with up to ~0.6 wt % PbO were described by [31] from a granitic pegmatite in Madagascar. Even more Pb (up to ~5.9–17.5 wt % PbO) was described in tourmalines (Cu below the detection limit) from a granitic pegmatite in Vietnam by [32,33,34].
Already [35] showed in an evaluation of ~600 chemical analyses of different tourmalines that samples with >0.5 X-site vacancies exhibit little or no F. A positive correlation with R2 ≈ 1 between the F content and the X-site charge of tourmaline samples from one granitic pegmatite was described for the first time by [36]. These authors plotted the average X-site charge (of the X-site occupants Na and Ca; K was at the detection limit) against the F content of the W site. Their studied samples (tourmalines of the fluor-elbaite–rossmanite solid solution series) came from a pegmatite from Wolkenburg near Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony, Germany. Subsequently, more such correlations were observed in other pegmatites, like the Himalaya mine pegmatite in Mesa Grande, Ca, USA [37]. The average charge of the observed X-site occupants (Na, Ca and K) of different tourmalines (oxy-schorl, fluor-elbaite, elbaite) from this pegmatite were plotted against the F content (R2 ≈ 1; [37]). Due to the such good correlations between the average charge of the X-site occupants and the F content in tourmalines from the same pegmatite, we tried to find out if there are some indications for Pb2+ and Bi3+ to occupy the X site in Cu-bearing tourmaline.

2. Theory and Correlations

In contrast to the elements of the d-block, such as the transition metals, the heavier p-block metals favor low oxidation states. Especially all the heavier members favor oxidation numbers two fewer than the group oxidation number. For example, as the heaviest member of group 15 (V), bismuth favors Bi3+. The same trend is observed for Pb. Bismuth has the electronic configuration [Xe]4f145d106s26p3 and of the major oxidation states of bismuth (+3 and +5), Bi3+ is the most common and stable oxidation state [38]. There is an increasing stability of lower oxidation states for heavier elements. The vast bulk of aqueous bismuth chemistry is dominated by Bi3+ and Pb2+, particularly in those environments of geological relevance [39]. Hence, Bi and Pb usually occur in nature as Bi3+ and as Pb2+ in minerals. Their effective ionic radii ([9]Bi3+: ~1.23 Å, [9]Pb2+: 1.35 Å; [40]) fit well for the tourmaline X site, compared with the radii for Na1+ (1.24 Å), Ca2+ (1.18 Å), and K1+ (1.55 Å). Rarely were minerals described which contain Bi5+ and Pb4+. Such minerals can only be found in an oxidative environment.
To learn more about the influence of Pb2+ at the tourmaline X site to the correlation between the X-site charge and the F content, we plotted a representative amount of unusual Pb-rich tourmaline samples (up to ~8.6 wt % PbO; [33]). For a first correlation, the charge by considering only Na1+, Ca2+ and K1+ was plotted (R2 = 0.07; Figure 1). For a second correlation also Pb2+ was included for the calculation of the X-site charge (R2 = 0.80; Figure 2). This result shows that also the charge of heavy elements (like Pb2+ and Bi3+) influences the correlation between the average X-site occupation and the F content. One explanation that the correlation in Figure 2 is not even better, might be because the matrix effects (because of the unusual high Pb content in tourmaline) during electron microprobe analyses, have an increasingly negative effect on the total sum, which goes down to ~96% in tourmaline samples with relatively high amounts of PbO. Indeed, we utilized an increase in R2 with inclusion of Pb2+ in the X-site charge over a certain range (Pb < 0.30 atoms per formula unit (apfu); R2 = 0.85).
Copper-bearing tourmalines (fluor-elbaite, elbaite) from the Mulungu mine (Capoeira 2 pegmatite) in the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, contain significant amounts of Bi (up to 0.81 wt % Bi2O3) and smaller amounts of Pb (up to 0.23 wt % PbO) as was described by [26]. We calculated the Li2O content (difference to a completely with cations filled Y site), the B2O3 content (stoichiometric content with B = 3.00 apfu and the H2O content (F + OH = 4 apfu) for every tourmaline sample. Then, we plotted the X-site charge against the F content of all samples. As first, we plotted only the charge of Na, Ca and K (Figure 3). The result is a very good positive correlation with R2 = 0.98. As a next step, we added to the average X-site charge (Na, Ca, K) also the charge of the small amounts of Bi3+ and Pb2+. The result of the new correlation (Figure 4) is getting worse (R2 = 0.95). We also checked the correlation in the case of adding only either Bi or Pb separately. The R2 value gets also worse by including either Bi or Pb.
We also plotted tourmaline samples from the Alto dos Quintos mine, which is also in the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil [22,27,41,42] (for all samples the light elements B, Li, H were calculated as described above). These samples contain up 0.49 wt % Bi2O3, but almost no Pb (≤0.02 wt % PbO) [27]. Again, we first plotted only the charge of Na, Ca and K (Figure 5). The result is a very good positive correlation with R2 = 0.91 (Figure 5). For the following plot (Figure 6) we added also the charge of the small amounts of Bi3+. This time the correlation is even getting better (R2 = 0.94; Figure 6).
It should be mentioned that a recent X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) study on the location of Cu and Mn in fluor-elbaite with CuO = 1.08 wt % and MnOtotal = 1.58 wt % from the Alto dos Quintos mine was published by [42]. These authors described a Mn K–edge XANES spectrum of that Cu- and Mn-bearing tourmaline together with spectra of MnO and Mn2O3. As the edge position for that tourmaline was lying between those of the standard oxides, [42] suggested a mixed valence state of Mn. They obtained a population of Mn2+/(Mn2+ + Mn3+) = 0.6 by its edge energy relative to those of the standard oxides. Hence, a relatively high amount of 40% of the total Mn in this Cu-bearing tourmaline was oxidized to Mn3+. No further known studies exist, which determined the valence state of Mn and Fe in any of the Cu-bearing tourmalines.

3. Bond Valence Calculations

Bond-length calculations are based on the following equation:
dij = R0 − b ln νij,
where dij is the bond length (in Å) between the two given atoms, the bond valence (νij) measures bond strength (in vu—valence units), R0 is the length of a single bond (for which νij = 1 vu), and b is the universal parameter for each bond [43]. This is based on the following:
(1) The evaluation of published bond valence parameters for 128 cations bonded to oxygen, using a very large set of bond lengths that have undergone rigorous filtering;
(2) The investigation of many alternative algebraic forms of the bond valence–bond length relation;
(3) The evaluation of different fitting methods used in the derivation of bond valence parameters;
(4) The determination of new bond valence parameters for 135 cations bonded to oxygen, the R0 and b values for each cation from the list of [44] were used. Bond lengths (Table 1) were calculated for all possible valence states of Pb and Bi and for both X- and Y-site coordination.
Calculated bond lengths were compared to bond lengths typical for the X and Y sites defined as the “Goldilocks zone” of stable bond lengths for each site [45]. It revealed that from all the possibilities only Pb2+ and Bi3+ could be stable at the X site and Pb2+ and Bi3+ could substitute cations at the Y site. However, these possibilities should be tested in more detail.

3.1. Pb2+ and Bi3+ at the X Site

The substitution of Pb2+ and Bi3+ at the X site can be tested in the structural arrangements at the neighborhood of the X-site cations. The primary arrangement includes Na1+ at the X site, Al3+, Cu2+ and Li1+ at the Y site, Al3+ at the Z site, OH− at the V site and F− at the W site. It is therefore an arrangement of Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite. Bond valences attached to the graph edges were derived from [46,47] for V- and W-site bonds and [48,49] for Z- and Y-site bonds. X-site valences were calculated from the structure of fluor-schorl [50] and olenite [51] which have the highest Na content at the X site from the whole dataset of [49]. The calculation revealed that the X–O2 bond valence is 0.14 vu (valence units) in both samples, while X–O4 and X–O5 bonds have valences between 0.07 and 0.09 vu. The bond valence sums (BVS) at all sites are equal to the charge of the occupying cations at the Y, V and W sites. The partial BVS at the X site is the sum of 3 × 0.14 vu equal to 0.42 vu. The O2 and O6 oxygens have a BVS of 1, because the remaining 1 vu is reserved for the B–O and T–O bonds. The BVS of the Z sites is not taken into account due to a significant complication of the calculation, but they should always be in the range 0.25–1.0 vu for Al, because otherwise an imbalance of the Z-site bond valence distribution would be induced. However, it must be considered that the steric and long-range structural effects can absorb small imbalances of the bond valences.
The elbaite structure does not show any extreme bond valence values (Figure 7a). The distribution of X–O2 bond valences reflects a variable Y-site occupation—X–O2 bonds on O2 connecting Al3+ and Cu2+ are weaker because Al3+–O2 and Cu2+–O2 took more bond valence than Li1+–O2 bonds. Moreover, a stronger X–O2 bond on O2 between Cu2+ and Li1+ allows the stabilization of the local environment by decreasing of bond valence at the Cu2+–O2 and Li1+–O2 bonds.
First, we considered a substitution of Pb2+ for Na1+. This substitution requires charge balancing at the Y site. This can be obtained easily by the substitution of Li1+ for Cu2+ resulting in the Pb2+-bearing fluor-liddicoatite arrangement (Figure 7b). The distribution of bond valences slightly changed. The X–O2 bond valences are distributed symmetrically with the highest bond valence at the bond of O2 connecting 2 YLi1+ and XPb2+cations. However, all other bond valences indicate a stable arrangement, therefore, Pb2+ substitutes relatively easy Na1+ in elbaitic and Ca2+ in liddicoatitic tourmaline. Another possible substitution involves Cu2+ for Al3+ at the Y site (Figure 7c). This substitution is similarly plausible as the previous one.
The result of both substitutions can be tested by comparing the Pb2+ and Cu2+ content. The first PbLi(NaCu)−1 substitution results in a negative correlation between Pb and Cu, the second PbCu(NaAl)−1 substitution leads to their positive correlation. If there is no correlation, both substitutions can occur simultaneously. Of the studied tourmalines, only the samples from the Mulungu mine contain significant amounts of Cu and Pb to plot a correlation (Figure 8). However, it is not clear how significant this correlation is, although the R2 for all available analyses plotted to a value of 0.80. Because of the small number of analyses and the data distribution in this correlation a dominant influence of the PbCu(NaAl)−1 substitution in these samples cannot be proven. When any analysis was removed from this set, R2 varied between 0.13 and 0.86. Consequently, it cannot be ruled out that the PbCu(NaAl)−1 substitution is present is some samples. However, it must be pointed out that larger datasets are required for a certain determination of the dominant substitution.
The substitution of Bi3+ for Na1+ requires a more extensive substitution at the Y site compared to Pb2+. Consequently, if we do not consider a Y-site vacancy or any other more complicated mechanism, there is only one available substitution in contrast to two equally possible substitutions for Pb2+. Starting with a Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite arrangement, Al3+ is substituted by Li1+ (Figure 7d). The X–O2 bond valences are increased and distributed similarly to the previous arrangement. A calculation of all bonds revealed reasonable bond valences and consequently this substitution is plausible.
A calculation of the structural graphs revealed an increase of the X–O2 bond valence proportional to the X-site cation charge: (1) Na1+ has the average X–O2 bond valence of 0.14 vu; (2) Pb2+ has the average X–O2 bond valence of 0.28 vu; (3) Bi3+ has the average X–O2 bond valence of 0.47 vu. In contrast, an average Y-O2 bond valence has an inverse relationship to the X-site cation charge: (1) Na1+ at the X site produces the average Y-O2 bond valence of 0.43 vu; (2) XPb2+ results in an average Y-O2 bond valence of 0.36 vu; (3) Bi3+ at the X site produces an average X–O2 bond valence of 0.27 vu. This should result in a shortening of the X–O2 bonds and an elongation of the Y-O2 bonds with an increasing of the X-site cation charge.
This was tested on tourmaline samples from [52] of the fluor-elbaite–fluor-liddicoatite solid solution [52] (Figure 9). An increase of the X-site charge results in the significant shortening of X–O2 bonds. However, X–O4 and X–O5 did not show any significant correlation of the bond length to the X-site charge. Consequently, the main change in the distribution of the bond valence is located at the X–O2 bonds connecting the X site with the YO6 octahedra. In contrast, the length of the Y-O2 bonds increase, indicating a reduction of the bond valence. This is consistent with the structural graph calculations.

3.2. Pb4+ and Bi5+ at the Octahedral Sites

The possibility of a Pb4+ and Bi5+ substitution at the octahedral sites can be tested similarly to the X-site substitutions. The Pb4+–O and Bi5+–O bond lengths calculated for the octahedral coordination are similar to the Fe2+–O bond length (2.1536 Å), while the Al3+–O bond is significantly shorter (1.9043 Å, [45]). Consequently, we presume that Pb4+ and Bi5+ would prefer the larger Y site.
The primary arrangement is the same as for the X-site substitution — Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite (Figure 10a and Figure 11a). The procedure of attaching the bond valences to the topological graph edges was the same.
The Pb and Bi substitutions provide a larger variability in substitution mechanism allowing high-charged cations at the Y site. The Pb4+ substitutions at the Y site include (1) Pb4+ Li1+ (Al3+ Cu2+)−1 (Figure 10b), (2) Pb4+ □ (Al3+ Na1+)−1 (Figure 10c), (3) Pb4+ VO2− (Al3+ VOH−)−1 (Figure 10d). In the arrangement of the first substitution, the presence of Pb4+-neighboring 2 Li+ cations produces very small Na–O2 and Li–O2 bond valences and, consequently, it would either not be very stable or would produce a quite large structural strain. The second substitution also results in relatively small bond valences in the neighboring sites, but the Li–O bond valence of 0.08 vu is closer to the stable value than the Cu2+–O2 bond valence. Most stable is the third arrangement with O at the V site. A similar arrangement with OH at the V site and WO instead of WF produces negative bond valences at the neighboring sites and therefore would not be possible.
The Bi5+ substitution at the Y site is even more challenging due to the larger difference in charge compared to the usual cations occupying this site in such a tourmaline. The difference of two charges compared to Al3+, 3 charges to Cu2+, and four charges to Li1+ suggests that natural solutions for the substitution should involve Al3+. Consequently, three possible mechanisms were derived from the structural arrangement of Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite (Figure 11a): (1) Bi5+ Li1+ WO2− (Al3+ Cu2+ WF−)−1 (Figure 11b), (2) Bi5+ □ WO2− (Al3+ Na1+ WF−)−1 (Figure 11c), (3) Bi5+ Li1+ VO2– WOH− (Al3+ Cu2+ VOH– WF−)−1 (Figure 11d). All structural arrangements produce unacceptably high bond valences at the Bi5+–O2 bonds, which are unlikely to be compensated through distributing of bond valence to the neighboring sites (Z, B), which are occupied by relatively high-charged elements (Al3+, B3+) with a relatively small bond valence variability. Consequently, Bi5+ would not be stable at the Y site in any structural arrangement derived from Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite.
However, if we consider the Bi5+ substitution at the Y site in completely different structural arrangements, it can be stable at specific conditions. In an arrangement derived from Al-Mg disordered dravite (Figure 12a) Bi5+ can be introduced to the Y site by the substitution Bi5+ □ VO2– WO2− (Mg2+ Na1+ VOH–WOH−)−1 (Figure 12b). This substitution produces reasonable bond valences, although relatively low Al–O2 and Mg–O2 bond valences would result in structural strain. If this arrangement is locally present in a fluor-elbaite crystal, it can allow the incorporation of Bi5+ into the structure. However, it would require a highly oxidative environment together with some amounts of Mg. This is not very likely, because usually Mg is at the detection limit in elbaitic tourmalines.

4. Discussion

Based on published data and the effective ionic radius, it seems that Pb usually occupies as Pb2+ the X site in tourmaline. This is in agreement when plotting the X-site charge (including Pb2+) against the F content in Pb-rich tourmaline samples from the Minh Tien pegmatite in Vietnam. Although only limited data about the contents of Bi and Pb in “Paraíba tourmaline” (Cu- and Mn-bearing tourmaline) are available, we plotted the data of two localities in the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. The correlation (between the X-site charge and F content) by using tourmaline samples from the Alto dos Quintos mine with almost no Pb, but small amounts of Bi, gets better, when Bi3+ is considered to occupy the X site. Bond valence calculations (3.1.) have shown that it is possible for Pb2+ and Bi3+ to occupy the X site.
Contrary to the samples from the Alto dos Quintos mine the correlation by using tourmaline samples from the Mulungu mine (Capoeira 2 pegmatite) is getting worse when Pb2+ and Bi3+ were considered to occupy the X site. Can this be an indication that Pb and Bi do not occupy the X site at that locality? Is it theoretically possible that small amounts of Pb4+ and Bi5+ occupy the Y site? Based on their effective ionic radii, it is theoretically possible. However, bond valence calculations show that there are only stable structural arrangements (derived from Cu-bearing elbaitic tourmaline) for Pb4+ and not for Bi5+ at the Y site. Although Pb4+ might occupy the Y site, a highly oxidative environment would be required.
In a mafic eclogite, a Sr-rich high-pressure tourmaline was described, where the authors suggested that small amounts of Pb4+ occupy the Y site [36]. They argue that because ~80% of the total Fe is oxidized to Fe3+ it is likely that Pb is also oxidized to Pb4+ in such an oxidative environment. A recent XAFS study of Cu-bearing tourmaline from one of the pegmatites (Alto dos Quintos mine, Pitombeira pegmatite) in the Rio Grande do Norte State, has shown that 40% of the total Mn in this Cu-bearing tourmaline was oxidized to Mn3+. No native Cu (as inclusions in Cu-bearing tourmaline) was described from this pegmatite (Alto dos Quintos mine), as was described from the first locality for Cu-bearing tourmaline in São José da Batalha in the neighbor state Paraíba [53]. Instead, the occurrence of magnetite was described [54]. From the Mulungu mine was the occurrence of gahnite (inclusions in feldspar) described [54], but also no native Cu. However, it is still not clear if the pegmatite at the Mulungu mine was indeed oxidative enough for the occurrence of Pb4+.
Another explanation for the abovedescribed correlation of the Mulungu mine samples could be that the amounts of Bi and Pb varied significantly during the crystallization stage, which means that during the tourmaline crystallization some additional Bi and Pb came into the pegmatitic system and hence disturbed the correlation between the average X-site charge and the F content.
We conclude that more chemical data (including F) of such Cu-bearing elbaitic tourmaline samples with significant amounts of Pb and Bi from different localities is necessary to plot more correlations. Mössbauer studies of Fe-bearing “Paraíba tourmaline” samples would also be helpful to learn more about the oxidation states of Fe in these pegmatites to verify or falsify that these pegmatites represent an oxidative environment. Such investigations could help answering the question from where and when these uncommon elements in tourmaline (Cu, Bi, Pb) were derived. Further plots of correlations between the X-site charge and F content in such “Paraíba tourmaline” samples might also be helpful to distinguish between the worldwide localities of these rare and sought-after tourmalines.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.E. and P.B.; correlation analysis, A.E.; bond valence calculations, P.B.; writing, A.E., P.B. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project no. P 31049-N29 (AE) and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the Contract no. APVV-18-0065 (PB).

Acknowledgments

We are thankful to Jan Cempírek, Brno, Czech Republic, and George R. Rossman, Pasadena, USA, for providing us with references and for discussions. The constructive reviews of two anonymous reviewers improved this work significantly. Thanks for Open Access Funding by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Last but not least, we would like to thank Katharina Winand, Vienna, Austria, for improving our English language.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, without Pb2+) in Pb-rich tourmalines from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Len district, Vietnam (samples from [33]).
Figure 1. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, without Pb2+) in Pb-rich tourmalines from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Len district, Vietnam (samples from [33]).
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Figure 2. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Pb2+) in Pb-rich tourmalines from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Len district, Vietnam (samples from [33]).
Figure 2. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Pb2+) in Pb-rich tourmalines from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Len district, Vietnam (samples from [33]).
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Figure 3. Correlation between the average X-site charge (only Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
Figure 3. Correlation between the average X-site charge (only Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
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Figure 4. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Bi3+, Pb2+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
Figure 4. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Bi3+, Pb2+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
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Figure 5. Correlation between the average X-site charge (only Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Alto dos Quintos mine, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil (samples from [22,27,41,42]).
Figure 5. Correlation between the average X-site charge (only Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Alto dos Quintos mine, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil (samples from [22,27,41,42]).
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Figure 6. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Bi3+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Alto dos Quintos mine, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil (samples from [22,27,41,42]).
Figure 6. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, Bi3+) in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Alto dos Quintos mine, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil (samples from [22,27,41,42]).
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Figure 7. Structural arrangement graphs of the X-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite and arrangements derived from it by (b) Pb2+Li1+(Na1+Cu2+)−1, (c) Pb2+Cu2+(Na1+Al3+)−1 and (d) Bi3+Li1+(Na1+Al3+)−1 substitutions.
Figure 7. Structural arrangement graphs of the X-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing fluor-elbaite and arrangements derived from it by (b) Pb2+Li1+(Na1+Cu2+)−1, (c) Pb2+Cu2+(Na1+Al3+)−1 and (d) Bi3+Li1+(Na1+Al3+)−1 substitutions.
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Figure 8. Correlation between Cu2+ and Pb2+ in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
Figure 8. Correlation between Cu2+ and Pb2+ in Cu-bearing tourmalines from the Mulungu mine, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (samples from [26]).
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Figure 9. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) to (a) X–O2, (b) X–O4, (c) X–O5 and (d) Y-O2 bond lengths in tourmalines with varying fluor-elbaite and fluor-liddicoatite components [52]. The standard deviation of the bond lengths is within the size of the symbols.
Figure 9. Correlation between the average X-site charge (Na1+, Ca2+, K1+) to (a) X–O2, (b) X–O4, (c) X–O5 and (d) Y-O2 bond lengths in tourmalines with varying fluor-elbaite and fluor-liddicoatite components [52]. The standard deviation of the bond lengths is within the size of the symbols.
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Figure 10. Structural arrangement graphs of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing elbaite and arrangements derived by (b) Pb4+ Li1+ (Al3+ Cu2+)−1, (c) Pb4+ □ (Al3+ Na1+)−1 and (d) Pb4+ VO2−(Al3+ VOH−)−1 substitutions. The values in red color indicate very low bond valences, which do not seem to be stable.
Figure 10. Structural arrangement graphs of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing elbaite and arrangements derived by (b) Pb4+ Li1+ (Al3+ Cu2+)−1, (c) Pb4+ □ (Al3+ Na1+)−1 and (d) Pb4+ VO2−(Al3+ VOH−)−1 substitutions. The values in red color indicate very low bond valences, which do not seem to be stable.
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Figure 11. Structural arrangement graphs of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing elbaite and arrangements derived from it by (b) Bi5+ Li1+ WO2− (Al3+ Cu2+ WF−)−1, (c) Bi5+ □ WO2− (Al3+ Na1+ WF−)−1, (d) Bi5+ Li1+ VO2– WOH− (Al3+ Cu2+ VOH– WF−)−1 substitutions. The values in red color indicate bond valences, which do not seem to be stable.
Figure 11. Structural arrangement graphs of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Cu-bearing elbaite and arrangements derived from it by (b) Bi5+ Li1+ WO2− (Al3+ Cu2+ WF−)−1, (c) Bi5+ □ WO2− (Al3+ Na1+ WF−)−1, (d) Bi5+ Li1+ VO2– WOH− (Al3+ Cu2+ VOH– WF−)−1 substitutions. The values in red color indicate bond valences, which do not seem to be stable.
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Figure 12. Structural arrangement graph of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Al-Mg disordered dravite and (b) an arrangement derived from it by Bi5+□ VO2– WO2− (Mg2+ Na1+ VOH–WOH−)−1 substitution.
Figure 12. Structural arrangement graph of the Y-site neighborhood in the structure of (a) Al-Mg disordered dravite and (b) an arrangement derived from it by Bi5+□ VO2– WO2− (Mg2+ Na1+ VOH–WOH−)−1 substitution.
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Table
Table 1. Calculated bond lengths (in Å) of various Bi and Pb cations for Y- and X-site coordination in tourmaline and comparison to the “Goldilocks zone” of stable bond lengths for each site as defined by [45]. Bond lengths of stable bonds are highlighted in bold.
Table 1. Calculated bond lengths (in Å) of various Bi and Pb cations for Y- and X-site coordination in tourmaline and comparison to the “Goldilocks zone” of stable bond lengths for each site as defined by [45]. Bond lengths of stable bonds are highlighted in bold.
ElementBond Length [Å]
Octahedral SitesX Site
Bi3+2.33762.4954
Bi5+2.13892.2966
Pb1+2.82403.0032
Pb2+2.51762.6968
Pb3+2.33842.5176
Pb4+2.16952.2831
“Goldilocks Zone”
+10%2.33352.9612
−10%1.82742.4228

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