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Crystal chemistry of the elbaite-schorl series
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Ferdinando Bosi
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Giovanni B. Andreozzi
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March 28, 2015
Abstract
The crystal-chemistry of 13 elbaite-schorl tourmaline crystals from the Cruzeiro pegmatite (Minas Gerais, Brazil) was studied with a multi-analytical approach (SREF, EMPA, SIMS, MS). Effective cation radii at the Y and Z sites and site populations were refined by a minimization procedure. The results indicate that the crystals belong to the alkali group. Elbaite crystals are O2.-free at the W and V sites and show OH content at the O2 site (up to 0.2 apfu). Conversely, schorl crystals always show O2. at the W site. The main substitutional mechanism is the dehydroxylation type:
YFe2+ + YFe3+ + WO → YLi + YAl + W(OH+F).
The T site is characterized by TSi → TAl substitution. <X-O> is linearly correlated with vacancy content in crystals with (OH + F) ≤ 4, whereas it is almost constant in crystals with OH at the O2 position. Along the series, <Y-O> is inversely correlated with YAl. The Z site is almost fully occupied by R3+ (with ZAl largely dominant) and the ZFetot ↔ ZAl substitution explains the inverse correlation of <Z-O> with ZAl.
In the elbaite compositional range, lattice parameters are functions of <Y-O>, whereas in the schorl range they are essentially functions of <Z-O>. Along the whole elbaite-schorl series, both chemical substitutions and size increase of Y are far larger than those of Z. In spite of this, lattice parameters increase with <Y-O> as much as with <Z-O>. This is due to the role of the [ZO6] polyhedra, which extend along a and c to form the skeleton of the tourmaline structure. Therefore, any change in the size of Z leads to a change in the whole structure.
Received: 2004-9-30
Accepted: 2005-2-22
Published Online: 2015-3-28
Published in Print: 2005-11-1
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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