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Crystal structure of a synthetic aluminoan tantalian titanite: a reconnaissance study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

R. P. Liferovich  and
R. H. Mitchell
R. P. Liferovich
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1
R. H. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1
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*E-mail: rmitchell@lakeheadu.ca
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Abstract

A synthetic analogue, Ca(Ti0.6Al0.2Ta0.16Nb0.04)OSiO4, of an aluminoan tantalian titanite previously described from Craveggia pegmatite (Piemonte, Italy) has been prepared by a ceramic synthesis technique and its crystal structure determined by Rietveld analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern. The synthetic Al-Ta-Nb-rich titanite adopts space group A2/a implying that substitutions at the single octahedral site destroy the coherence of the off-centering of octahedral chains in the titanite structure resulting in a P 21/a → A2/a phase transition. Unit-cell dimensions obtained for the Al-Ta-Nb-rich titanite are: a = 7.0649(1) Å; b = 8.7187(1) Å; c = 6.5701(1) Å; β = 113.755(1)°, V = 370.41(1) Å3. The extensive replacement of Ti by Al, Ta and Nb results in a considerable decrease in the distortion of all coordination polyhedra in the structure of this titanite. These structural data suggest that a solid solution CaTi1-x(Alx /2 [Ta,Nb]x /2)OSiO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) adopting the titanite structure might exist.

Keywords

titaniteRietveld analysiscrystal structuredistortiontantalumniobiumaluminium
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 115 - 121
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2006

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Permanent address: Geological Institute KSC RAS, 14 Fersmana St., Apatity, 184200 Russia

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