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Superspace description of wagnerite-group minerals (Mg,Fe,Mn)2(PO4)(F,OH).


ABSTRACT: Reinvestigation of more than 40 samples of minerals belonging to the wagnerite group (Mg, Fe, Mn)2(PO4)(F,OH) from diverse geological environments worldwide, using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, showed that most crystals have incommensurate structures and, as such, are not adequately described with known polytype models (2b), (3b), (5b), (7b) and (9b). Therefore, we present here a unified superspace model for the structural description of periodically and aperiodically modulated wagnerite with the (3+1)-dimensional superspace group C2/c(0?0)s0 based on the average triplite structure with cell parameters a ? 12.8, b ? 6.4, c ? 9.6?Å, ? ? 117° and the modulation vectors q = ?b*. The superspace approach provides a way of simple modelling of the positional and occupational modulation of Mg/Fe and F/OH in wagnerite. This allows direct comparison of crystal properties.

SUBMITTER: Lazic B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3970752 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Superspace description of wagnerite-group minerals (Mg,Fe,Mn)2(PO4)(F,OH).

Lazic Biljana B   Armbruster Thomas T   Chopin Christian C   Grew Edward S ES   Baronnet Alain A   Palatinus Lukas L  

Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials 20140304 Pt 2


Reinvestigation of more than 40 samples of minerals belonging to the wagnerite group (Mg, Fe, Mn)2(PO4)(F,OH) from diverse geological environments worldwide, using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, showed that most crystals have incommensurate structures and, as such, are not adequately described with known polytype models (2b), (3b), (5b), (7b) and (9b). Therefore, we present here a unified superspace model for the structural description of periodically and aperiodically modulated wagn  ...[more]

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