Calcio-olivine {gamma}-Ca{sub 2}SiO{sub 4}: I. Rietveld refinement of the crystal structure
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
- Scientific and Production Enterprise OOO 'NPP Teplokhim,' (Russian Federation)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM) (Russian Federation)
The structure of the natural mineral calcio-olivine ({gamma}-Ca{sub 2}SiO{sub 4}) found in skarn xenoliths in the region of the Lakargi Mountain (North Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) is refined by the Rietveld method [a = 5.07389(7) A, b = 11.21128(14) A, c = 6.75340(9) A, V = 384.170(5) A{sup 3}, Z = 4, {rho}{sub calcd} = 2.98 g/cm{sup 3}, space group Pbnm]. The X-ray diffraction pattern of a powdered sample is recorded on a STOE STADI MP diffractometer [{lambda}CuK{sub {alpha}1}; Ge(111) primary monochromator; 6.00{sup o} < 2{theta} < 100.88{sup o}; step width, 2.5{sup o} in 2{theta}; number of reflections, 224]. All calculations are performed with the WYRIET (version 3.3) software package. The structural model is refined in the anisotropic approximation to R{sub p} = 6.44, R{sub wp} = 8.52, R{sub exp} = 5.85, R{sub B} = 4.98, R{sub F} = 6.90, and s = 1.46. It is shown that the sample under investigation is a mixture of several mineral phases, among which calcio-olivine (the natural analogue of the {gamma}-Ca{sub 2}SiO{sub 4} compound) (83%), hillebrandite (13%), and wadalite (4%) are dominant. Only the scale factors and the unit cell parameters are refined for hillebrandite Ca{sub 2}SiO{sub 3}(OH){sub 2} [a = 3.63472(16) A, b = 16.4140(10) A, c = 11.7914(8) A, space group Cmc2{sub 1}, Z = 6] and wadalite Ca{sub 6}Al{sub 5}Si{sub 2}O{sub 16}Cl{sub 3} (a = 12.0088 A, space group, I 4 bar 3d, Z = 4). The results of the structure refinement of the main component of the sample confirm that the mineral calcio-olivine is isostructural to the synthetic compound {gamma}-Ca{sub 2}SiO{sub 4}. The structure of this compound is formed by the heteropolyhedral framework composed of Ca octahedra joined together into olivine-like ribbons and isolated Si tetrahedra.
- OSTI ID:
- 22050979
- Journal Information:
- Crystallography Reports, Vol. 53, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7745
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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