The position of vanadium in the crystal structure of zoisite, a variety tanzanite
- Author(s)
- Peter Bačík, Manfred Wildner, Radek Skoda, Peter Cibula, Tomáš Vaculovič
- Abstract
Tanzanite is the most valued gemmological variety of zoisite in which V is the dominant trace element and chromophore. However, the exact position and state of V in the zoisite structure are quite enigmatic and subject to many hypotheses based mainly on spectroscopic evidence but lacking any definite structural proof. Therefore, we combined a structure refinement with optical absorption spectroscopy and used two separate theoretical approaches to shed some light on this enigma.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- External organisation(s)
- Comenius University Bratislava, Masaryk University
- Publication date
- 2023
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105116 Mineralogy, 105113 Crystallography
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/377c98f3-6db8-40fe-8a5f-0a9ffd9d7e86