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On the space group of garronite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Gilberto Artioli  and
Maurizio Marchi
Gilberto Artioli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano, via Botticelli 23, I 20133 Milano, Italy
Maurizio Marchi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano, via Botticelli 23, I 20133 Milano, Italy
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Abstract

The crystal structure of the natural zeolite garronite from Goble, Oregon has been refined using high resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data. Garronite has the same tetrahedral aluminosilicate framework as gismondine [GIS], and earlier structural models indicated a strong tetragonal pseudosymmetry. Proposed models in the literature were based on the I4¯m2 and I41/a space groups, on account of symmetry lowering from the topological I41/amd space due to partial cation/water molecule order in the zeolitic cavities. Test structure analysis has been performed in all possible space subgroups including monoclinic space groups, and the refinement has been successfully carried out in space group I2/a (C2/c). The resulting monoclinic structure model is to be preferred over the tetragonal ones on the basis of: (1) lower agreement indices of the refinement; (2) a chemically sound framework geometry; and (3) a more satisfactory interpretation of the Ca atoms coordination in the extraframework cages.

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Research Article
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 190 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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