The structure of okayamalite from Arendal, Norway, was refined using the Rietveld method, with CoKα powder X-ray diffraction data (R(F) = 3.69%). Okayamalite exhibits a melilite-type structure, space group P4̄21m, with cell edges a = 7.1248(2), c = 4.8177(2) Å. Si and B are ordered on the T1 and T2 sites respectively, in agreement with the refined tetrahedral distances (<T1-O> = 1.657 Å and <T2-O>=1.498 Å). In comparison with the other melilite-type compounds, the cation population in okayamalite leads to the minimum structural misfit between tetrahedral and square-antiprism layers.
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Titolo: | Rietveld refinement of okayamalite, CA2SiB2O7: structural evidence for the B/Si ordered distribution |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2000 |
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Abstract: | The structure of okayamalite from Arendal, Norway, was refined using the Rietveld method, with CoKα powder X-ray diffraction data (R(F) = 3.69%). Okayamalite exhibits a melilite-type structure, space group P4̄21m, with cell edges a = 7.1248(2), c = 4.8177(2) Å. Si and B are ordered on the T1 and T2 sites respectively, in agreement with the refined tetrahedral distances (<T1-O> = 1.657 Å and <T2-O>=1.498 Å). In comparison with the other melilite-type compounds, the cation population in okayamalite leads to the minimum structural misfit between tetrahedral and square-antiprism layers. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11581/115705 |
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