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The crystal structures of two marialite samples (S-1 and S-2) with the meionite component (9.6 and 17.0%, respectively) and the compositions (Na3.35Ca0.38K0.24)Σ3.97(Si8.78Al3.22F3+ 0.01)Σ1.01O24Cl0.92 and (Na3.21Ca0.68K0.11) Σ3.90(Si8.56Al3.44F3+ 0.01)Σ1.01O24Cl0.90, respectively, from the Kukurt deposit (the Pamirs, Tadzhikistan) were refined using the X-ray powder diffraction data by the Rietveld method. The chemical compositions of the samples S-1 and S-2 correspond to the discontinuity in the existence region of the marialite-meionite solid solution. The structures of S-1 and S-2 marialites were refined in the anisotropic/isotropic approximation (the Pearson function) to the reliability factors Rp = 4.80 and 5.00, Rwp = 6.10 and 6.50, RB = 3.70 and 3.50, RF = 4.70 and 4.90; s = 1.39 and 1.28, respectively. The unit-cell parameters were determined as a = 12.049(1) Å, c = 7.5670(8) Å, V = 1098.49(2) Å3 for S-1 and a = 12.037(1) Å, c = 7.5535(1) Å, V = 1097.18(1) Å3 for S-2, the sp. gr. I4/m, Z = 2. The analysis of the X-ray diffraction data allowed the refinement of the trend in the behavior of the unit-cell parameters depending on the composition of the Si-Al-O framework of scapolite.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 934-938 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Crystallography Reports |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |
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