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Cation distribution in natural Zn-aluminate spinels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

S. Lucchesi ,
A. Della Giusta  and
U. Russo
S. Lucchesi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Uuiversità di Roma “La Sapienza”, P. le A. Moro 5, 00186 Roma, Italy
A. Della Giusta
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Università di Padova, Corso Garibaldi 37, 35122 Padova, Italy
U. Russo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica e Analitica, Università di Padova, Via Loredan 4, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Abstract

The intracrystalline cation distributions in fourteen natural Zn-aluminate spinels were determined by means of X-ray single-crystal structural refinement, supported for some samples by Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Zinc substitutes for Mg and subordinately Fe2+ and its relevant changes in content, from 0.10 to 0.96 atoms per formula unit (apfu), are not related to variations of cell parameter. The latter is determined mainly by the substitution Fe3+ ⇌ Al. In agreement with data from synthetic samples, a small but definite amount of Zn (up to 0.06 apfu) is located in the octahedral M site. Fe2+, when present, shows a preference for tetrahedral coordination.

An improved value of the tetrahedral Zn(T)-O distance (1.960 Å) was obtained, integrating the set of interatomic distances used for the determination of cation distribution in spinels.

Keywords

spinelzincgahnitecrystal chemistryintracrystalline disorder
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 41 - 54
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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