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Crystal structure and stability of Ni-rich synthetic tourmaline. Distribution of divalent transition-metal cations over octahedral positions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Oleg S. Vereshchagin ,
Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya  and
Ira V. Rozhdestvenskaya
Oleg S. Vereshchagin*
Affiliation:
St Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya
Affiliation:
St Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ira V. Rozhdestvenskaya
Affiliation:
St Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
*
*E-mail: oleg-vereschagin@yandex.ru
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Abstract

The crystal structure of synthetic Ni-rich tourmaline with a nickel content of 18.96 wt.% NiO (a = 15.890(2), c = 7.1815(8) Å) has been refined to R = 3.1% using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. It has been shown that Ni is distributed not only over the Y, but also over the Z sites according to the ideal formula Na(Ni22+Al)(Al5Ni2+)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4. Based on bond valences and charge balance analysis it has been shown that this composition corresponds to the stable disordered member of the solid solution series NaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(O)3(OH) NaNi32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4.

Taking into consideration available structural data on Me2+ (Ni, Cu, Co, Fe, Mn)-rich tourmalines, cation-size mismatch and bond-valence calculations we assume that there are no structural constraints precluding occurrence of these cations in both octahedral sites. Divalent transitional metal-rich tourmalines have not been found in Nature probably due to the insufficient concentration of these elements in B-rich geological systems.

Keywords

tourmalineNi-rich draviteX-ray structure refinementcation distributionstructural stability
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , August 2015 , pp. 997 - 1006
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2015

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Present address: Department of Crystallography, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia

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