Thermodynamic Properties of Natural Cuspidine

The paper reports pioneering data on the calorimetrically determined enthalpy of formation from elements of cuspidine, Ca fluordiorthosilicate Ca4Si2O7F2, from the Tyrny-Auz Mo–W deposit in Kabardino- Balkaria, Russia. The data were obtained by high-temperature melt solution calorimetry. The determined value is ΔfHel° (298.15 K) =–5190 ± 13 kJ/mol. The paper reports estimated S°(298.15 K) and ΔfGel° (298.15 K) of cuspidine.