In this study, the thermodynamic data of some lithium (Li) minerals (bikitaite, cookeite, elbaite, ephesite, hectorite, lepidolite, Li-mica, petalite, polylithionite, taeniolite, zinnwaldite) are revised. Despite the economic importance of lithium worldwide and the availability of some standard thermodynamic parameters of lithium minerals, a reluctance persists to include solubility data at different temperatures (logK) in hydrogeochemical calculation codes. The previously published standard thermodynamic data are reviewed, averaged and/or recalculated. Thereafter, the logK values are calculated and formated to be included into the thermodynamic dataset of two hydrogeochemical codes (The Geochemist's Workbench; PHREEQC). The interested reader has the possibility of reviewing and reworking them for other specific software. Finally, understanding the lithium geochemistry and geothermometry of the geothermal waters from El Tatio (northern Chile) and South Crofty Mine (Cornwall, UK) are discussed.

A revision of lithium minerals thermodynamics: possible implications for fluids geochemistry and geothermometry / Boschetti, Tiziano. - In: GEOTHERMICS. - ISSN 0375-6505. - 98:(2022). [10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102286]

A revision of lithium minerals thermodynamics: possible implications for fluids geochemistry and geothermometry

Tiziano Boschetti
2022-01-01

Abstract

In this study, the thermodynamic data of some lithium (Li) minerals (bikitaite, cookeite, elbaite, ephesite, hectorite, lepidolite, Li-mica, petalite, polylithionite, taeniolite, zinnwaldite) are revised. Despite the economic importance of lithium worldwide and the availability of some standard thermodynamic parameters of lithium minerals, a reluctance persists to include solubility data at different temperatures (logK) in hydrogeochemical calculation codes. The previously published standard thermodynamic data are reviewed, averaged and/or recalculated. Thereafter, the logK values are calculated and formated to be included into the thermodynamic dataset of two hydrogeochemical codes (The Geochemist's Workbench; PHREEQC). The interested reader has the possibility of reviewing and reworking them for other specific software. Finally, understanding the lithium geochemistry and geothermometry of the geothermal waters from El Tatio (northern Chile) and South Crofty Mine (Cornwall, UK) are discussed.
2022
A revision of lithium minerals thermodynamics: possible implications for fluids geochemistry and geothermometry / Boschetti, Tiziano. - In: GEOTHERMICS. - ISSN 0375-6505. - 98:(2022). [10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102286]
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