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Title: Single crystal elasticity of natural topaz at high-temperatures

Abstract

Topaz is an aluminosilicate mineral phase stable in the hydrothermally altered pegmatitic rocks and also in subducted sedimentary lithologies. In nature, topaz often exhibits solid solution between fluorine and hydrous end members. We investigated elasticity of naturally occurring single crystal topaz (Al2SiO4F1.42(OH)0.58) using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy. We also explored the temperature dependence of the full elastic constant tensor. We find that among the various minerals stable in the Al2O3-SiO2-H2O ternary system, topaz exhibits moderate elastic anisotropy. As a function of temperature, the sound velocity of topaz decreases with \(\frac{{\boldsymbol{d}}{{\boldsymbol{V}}}_{{\boldsymbol{P}}}}{{\boldsymbol{d}}{\boldsymbol{T}}}\) and \(\frac{{\boldsymbol{d}}{{\boldsymbol{V}}}_{{\boldsymbol{S}}}}{{\boldsymbol{d}}{\boldsymbol{T}}}\) being –3.10 and –2.30 × 10–4 km/s/K. The elasticity and sound velocity of topaz also vary as a function of OH and F content. The effect of composition (\({{\boldsymbol{x}}}_{{\boldsymbol{O}}{\boldsymbol{H}}}\)) on the velocity is equally important as that of the effect of temperature. We also note that the Debye temperature (\({{\boldsymbol{\Theta }}}_{{\boldsymbol{D}}}\)) of topaz at room temperature condition is 910 K and decreases at higher temperature. The Debye temperature shows positive correlation with density of the mineral phases in the Al2O3-SiO2-H2O ternary system.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [1];  [1]
  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Materials Lab.
  2. German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam (Germany)
  3. Univ. Clermont Auvergene (France). Lab. Magmas et Volcans
  4. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Young Scholars Program; State of Florida; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
OSTI Identifier:
1624370
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; EAR-1634422
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; Science & technology - other topics; Mineralogy; Seismology

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Tennakoon, Sumudu, Peng, Ye, Mookherjee, Mainak, Speziale, Sergio, Manthilake, Geeth, Besara, Tiglet, Andreu, Luis, and Rivera, Fernando. Single crystal elasticity of natural topaz at high-temperatures. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17856-3.
Tennakoon, Sumudu, Peng, Ye, Mookherjee, Mainak, Speziale, Sergio, Manthilake, Geeth, Besara, Tiglet, Andreu, Luis, & Rivera, Fernando. Single crystal elasticity of natural topaz at high-temperatures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17856-3
Tennakoon, Sumudu, Peng, Ye, Mookherjee, Mainak, Speziale, Sergio, Manthilake, Geeth, Besara, Tiglet, Andreu, Luis, and Rivera, Fernando. Mon . "Single crystal elasticity of natural topaz at high-temperatures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17856-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1624370.
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title = {Single crystal elasticity of natural topaz at high-temperatures},
author = {Tennakoon, Sumudu and Peng, Ye and Mookherjee, Mainak and Speziale, Sergio and Manthilake, Geeth and Besara, Tiglet and Andreu, Luis and Rivera, Fernando},
abstractNote = {Topaz is an aluminosilicate mineral phase stable in the hydrothermally altered pegmatitic rocks and also in subducted sedimentary lithologies. In nature, topaz often exhibits solid solution between fluorine and hydrous end members. We investigated elasticity of naturally occurring single crystal topaz (Al2SiO4F1.42(OH)0.58) using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy. We also explored the temperature dependence of the full elastic constant tensor. We find that among the various minerals stable in the Al2O3-SiO2-H2O ternary system, topaz exhibits moderate elastic anisotropy. As a function of temperature, the sound velocity of topaz decreases with \(\frac{{\boldsymbol{d}}{{\boldsymbol{V}}}_{{\boldsymbol{P}}}}{{\boldsymbol{d}}{\boldsymbol{T}}}\) and \(\frac{{\boldsymbol{d}}{{\boldsymbol{V}}}_{{\boldsymbol{S}}}}{{\boldsymbol{d}}{\boldsymbol{T}}}\) being –3.10 and –2.30 × 10–4 km/s/K. The elasticity and sound velocity of topaz also vary as a function of OH and F content. The effect of composition (\({{\boldsymbol{x}}}_{{\boldsymbol{O}}{\boldsymbol{H}}}\)) on the velocity is equally important as that of the effect of temperature. We also note that the Debye temperature (\({{\boldsymbol{\Theta }}}_{{\boldsymbol{D}}}\)) of topaz at room temperature condition is 910 K and decreases at higher temperature. The Debye temperature shows positive correlation with density of the mineral phases in the Al2O3-SiO2-H2O ternary system.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-17856-3},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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