Crystal structure of low-symmetry rondorfite
- NPO Neokhim (Russian Federation)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics (Russian Federation)
The crystal structure of an aluminum-rich variety of the mineral rondorfite with the composition Ca{sub 16}[Mg{sub 2}(Si{sub 7}Al)(O{sub 31}OH)]Cl{sub 4} from the skarns of the Verkhne-Chegemskoe plateau (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Northern Caucasus Region, Russia) was solved in the triclinic space group with the unit-cell parameters a = 15.100(2) Angstrom-Sign , b = 15.110(2) Angstrom-Sign , c = 15.092(2) Angstrom-Sign , {alpha} = 90.06(1) Degree-Sign , {beta} = 90.01(1) Degree-Sign , {gamma} = 89.93(1) Degree-Sign , Z = 4, sp. gr. P1. The structural model consisting of 248 independent atoms was determined by the phase-correction method and refined to R = 3.8% with anisotropic displacement parameters based on all 7156 independent reflections with 7156 F > 3{sigma}(F). The crystal structure is based on pentamers consisting of four Si tetrahedra linked by the central Mg tetrahedron. The structure can formally be refined in the cubic space group (a = 15.105 Angstrom-Sign , sp. gr. Fd 3 bar , seven independent positions) with anisotropic displacement parameters to R = 2.74% based on 579 reflections with F > 3{sigma}(F) without accounting for more than 1000 observed reflections, which are inconsistent with the cubic symmetry of the crystal structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 22054331
- Journal Information:
- Crystallography Reports, Vol. 53, Issue 2; 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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