Crystal chemistry of elpidite from Khan Bogdo (Mongolia) and its K- and Rb-exchanged forms

Author(s)
A.A. Grigor’eva, Natalia V Zubkova, Igor V Pekov, Uwe Kolitsch, Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky, Marina F. Vigasina, Gerald Giester, Tamara Đorđević, Ekkehart Tillmanns, N V Chukanov
Abstract

Elpidite Na2ZrSi6O15 3H2O [space group Pbcm, a = 7.1312(12), b = 14.6853(12), and c = 14.6349(15) .ANG.] from Khan Bogdo (Mongolia) and its K- and Rb-exchanged forms K1.78Na0.16H0.06ZrSi6O15 0.85H2O [Cmce, a = 14.054(3), b = 14.308(3), and c = 14.553(3) .ANG.] and Na1.58Rb0.2H0.22ZrSi6O15 2.69H2O [Pbcm, a = 7.1280(10), b = 14.644(3), and c = 14.642(3) .ANG.] that were obtained by cation exchange at 90C, as well as K1.84Na0.11H0.05ZrSi6O15 0.91H2O [Cmce, a = 14.037(3), b = 14.226(3), and c = 14.552(3) .ANG.] and Rb1.78Na0.06H0.16ZrSi6O15 0.90H2O [Cmce, a = 14.2999(12), b = 14.4408(15), and c = 14.7690(12) .ANG.], obtained at 150C are studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy. The base of the structures is a heteropolyhedral Zr-Si-O framework whose cavities accommodate Na (K, Rb) cations and H2O mols.

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Russian Academy of Sciences
Journal
Crystallography Reports
Volume
56
Pages
832-841
No. of pages
10
ISSN
1063-7745
Publication date
2011
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105113 Crystallography
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0ae21461-0bd5-4b9a-a4b9-87e62f3630bc