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Aschamalmite (Pb6Bi2S9): crystal structure and ordering scheme for Pb and Bi atoms)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. M. Callegari  and
M. Boiocchi
A. M. Callegari*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
M. Boiocchi
Affiliation:
Centro Grandi Strumenti, Università degli Studi di Pavia, via Bassi 21, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
*
* E-mail: callegari@crystal.unipv.it
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Abstract

The first single-crystal structure refinement of aschamalmite (Pb6Bi2S9) from Susa Valley (Piedmont, Italy) is reported. The mineral is monoclinic, C2/m, a = 13.719(1) Å, b = 4.132(1) Å, c = 31.419(3) Å, β = 90.94(1)º, V = 1 780.8(4) A ˚3, Z = 4. The Pb6Bi2S9 compound crystallizes also in an orthorhombic form as heyrovskyite (Cmcm) and our study is focused on understanding the reason leading to a change in symmetry. The aschamalmite structure forms because of ordering between Pb and Bi on the margins of the two octahedral layers that are symmetrically equivalent in heyrovskyite. The two alternate set of octahedral slabs are not related by a crystallographic mirror plane and the symmetry decreases to monoclinic. The cation ordering couples opposite sequences of Pb and Bi octahedra at the margins of slabs. In particular,the succession [Me4A]Bi-[Me5A]Pb-[Me4A]Bi-[Me5A]Pb faced to the series [Me4B]Pb- [Me5B]Bi-[Me4B]Pb-[Me5B]Bi occurs in about 70% of the unit-cells of the crystal,while the contrary sequence ([Me4A]Pb-[Me5A]Bi-[Me4A]Pb-[Me5A]Bi faced to [Me4B]Bi-[Me5B]Pb-[Me4B]Bi-[Me5B]Pb) occurs in the remaining unit-cells. The marginal octahedra have ideal populations (a.p.f.u.): [Me4A]1.40Bi+0.60Pb, [Me4B]1.40Pb+0.60Bi, [Me5A]1.40Pb+0.60Bi, [Me5B]1.40Bi+0.60Pb,in agreement with our structurerefinement results.

The probable site populations for pure heyrovskyite have been proposed,as well as the reasons that prevent the formation of a completely ordered monoclinic phase.

Keywords

aschamalmiteheyrovskyitesulphosaltsstructure refinementSusa Valley.
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 83 - 94
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2009

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