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Low-temperature crystal structure evolution of (Na,Ca)(Cr,Mg)Si2O6 pyroxene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

F. Nestola ,
A. Madsen ,
M. Tribaudino ,
T. Balić-Žunić ,
H. Ohashi ,
L. Secco  and
A. Dal Negro
F. Nestola*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Giotto 1, 35010, Padova, Italy
A. Madsen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
M. Tribaudino
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43100, Parma, Italy
T. Balić-Žunić
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
H. Ohashi
Affiliation:
Hashi Institute for Silicate Science, Nishinakanobu 1-9-25, Shinagawa, Tokyo 142-0054, Japan
L. Secco
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Giotto 1, 35010, Padova, Italy
A. Dal Negro
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Giotto 1, 35010, Padova, Italy
*
*E-mail: Fabrizio.nestola@unipd.it
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Abstract

The crystal structure of a clinopyroxene with composition (Na0.75Ca0.25)(Cr0.75Mg0.25)Si2O6 was refined at 100, 150, 200, 250 and 298 K. The work was performed in the context of an investigation on the low-temperature behaviour of A+M3+Si2O6 (with A dominant in Na and M = transition elements) pyroxenes in order to provide new insights concerning the phase transition and anomalies recently found in the low-temperature behaviour of NaTiSi2O6 and NaGaSi2O6 compounds. The refinements were done in the C2/c space group (wR2 between 0.048 and 0.068), and no change of symmetry was observed down to 100 K. Highly-anisotropic axial thermal expansion occurs with the scheme αb ≥ αb > αc.

The M2, M1 and T polyhedra expand with αM2 > αM1 αT as generally observed in pyroxenes. A discontinuity in the M1 polyhedral volume is observed between 200 and 250 K, similar to the one observed in NaGaSi2O6 between 190 and 235 K.

The atomic displacement parameters are scaled according to the following pattern: UM2 > UO2 > UO3 ≥ U01 > UT ≥ UM1 Comparison with previous data along the CaMgSi2O-NaCrSi2O6 join suggests significant positional disorder for the O1 oxygen, due to repulsion of the 2p orbitals of O1 and the non-bondine 3d electrons of Cr.

Keywords

single-crystalX-ray diffractionsilicatelow-temperatureclinopyroxenestructure refinements
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 809 - 816
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2008

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