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Short-range constraints on chemical and structural variations in bavenite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. J. Lussier  and
F. C. Hawthorne
A. J. Lussier
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
F. C. Hawthorne*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
*
*E-mail: frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca
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Abstract

Bavenite is an orthorhombic calcium beryllium aluminosilicate, a ≈ 23.2, b ≈ 5.0, c ≈ 19.4 Å, V ≈ 2250 Å3, Z = 4, that crystallizes in the space group Cmcm. The crystal structures of 24 bavenite samples from various localities worldwide were refined to R1 values from 2.4 to 7.5% based on ∼1330 unique reflections collected with Mo-Kα X-radiation on a Bruker P4 CCD single-crystal diffractometer. The composition of each crystal was determined by electron microprobe analysis. There is extensive solid-solution in bavenite according to O(2)OH– + T(4)Si4+ + T(3)Be2+ ⇌ O(2)O2– + T(4)Al3+ + T(3)Si4+, such that the general formula may be written Ca4BexSi9Al4–xO28–x(OH)x, where x ranges from 2.00 to ∼3.00 a.p.f.u. Small amounts of additional Be may be incorporated into bavenite via the substitution T(3)Be + O(2)OH– + Na + T(4)Si2 ⇌ T(3)Si + O(2)O2– + Ca + T(4)Al2. Local (short-range) bond-valence considerations indicate that Short-Range Order (SRO) should be extensive in the bavenite structure, and this is confirmed by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in the principal OH-stretching region and by 27Al Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy. Short-range bond-valence considerations indicate that the T(3)–T(4)–T(3)–T(4) rings of the framework can incorporate any short-range arrangement of cations consonant with their site populations [T(3) = Be,Si; T(4) = Si,Al], and 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopy confirms this, showing the presence of the local clusters T(3)Be–T(4)Al–T(3)Be, T(3)Si–T(4)Al–T(3)Be and T(3)Si–T(4)Al–T(3)Si. Incorporation of Be at the T(3) site is accompanied by local replacement of O2– by (OH)– at the O(2) site and hydrogen bonding to the adjacent O(3) anion; the latter promotes Be → Si substitution at the T(3) tetrahedron adjacent in the b direction. T(3)–T(4)–T(3)–T(4) rings link in the c direction through a T(3)–(1)–(3) linkage [T(1) = Si]. Local bond-valence considerations show that occupancy of both T(3) tetrahedra by Be violates the valence-sum rule, and that the linkage T(3)Be–T(1)Si–T(3)Si provides the constraint whereby Be does not exceed 3 a.p.f.u. in bavenite when incorporated via the substitution O(2)OH– + T(4)Si4+ + T(3)Be2+ ⇌ O(2)O2– + T(4)Al3+ + T(3)Si4+.

Keywords

Bavenitecrystal-structure refinementIR27 Al MAS NMREMPAberylliumend-memberssolid-solution
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 213 - 239
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2011

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