Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data
- Author(s)
- Andreas Ertl, Gerald Giester, Thomas Ludwig, Hans-Peter Meyer, George R. Rossman
- Abstract
Synthetic Al- and B-rich tourmaline crystals described by London (2011) were characterized further by SIMS and new EMP analyses. These tourmalines are the first synthetic B-rich olenites characterized by single-crystal X ray diffraction, because they are significantly larger than syn¬thetic samples produced in the past. The average final formulas are X(Na0.7[]0.3)Y(Al2.5Li0.4Fe2+0.1)ZAl6(BO3)3[Si5.2B0.5Al0.3O18]V[(OH)2.9O0.1]W[O0.9(OH)0.1], with a = 15.765(1), c = 7.083(1) Å, X(Na0.7[]0.3)Y(Al2.5Li0.5)ZAl6(BO3)3[Si4.8B0.9Al0.3O18]V(OH)3W[(OH)0.5O0.5], with a = 15.746(1), c = 7.075(1) Å, and X(Na0.6Ca0.1[]0.3)Y(Al2.3Li0.5Fe0.2)ZAl6(BO3)3[Si4.7B1.2Al0.2O18]V(OH)3W[(OH)0.9O0.1], with a = 15.723(1), c = 7.068(1) Å. The small distances, down to 1.599 Å, reflect relatively high amounts of [4]B (up to ~1.2 apfu; refinements with R = ~2%). All these samples also contain significant amounts of [4]Al (~0.2 apfu). A pronounced negative correlation (r2 = 1.00; only three data points) between tem¬perature during crystal growth (at a constant pressure) and [4]B (from refinement) in these synthetic olenites was found.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- External organisation(s)
- Scientific Software Center, Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- Journal
- American Mineralogist: an international journal of earth and planetary materials
- Volume
- 97
- Pages
- 1591-1597
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 0003-004X
- Publication date
- 2012
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105113 Crystallography, 105116 Mineralogy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/13b6b80d-abf1-4be5-b1a8-c4239b383e1d