| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | The crystal structure of stilpnomelane.
Part II. The full cell |
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| Journal | Mineralogical Magazine |
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| Authors | Eggleton, R. A. | Author |
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| Year | 1972 (June) | Volume | 38 |
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| Issue | 298 |
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| Publisher | Mineralogical Society |
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| Download URL | https://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_38/38-298-693.pdf+ |
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| DOI | doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.298.06Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 6561 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:6561:4 |
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| Full Reference | Eggleton, R. A. (1972) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane.
Part II. The full cell. Mineralogical Magazine, 38 (298) 693-711 doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.298.06 |
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| Plain Text | Eggleton, R. A. (1972) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane.
Part II. The full cell. Mineralogical Magazine, 38 (298) 693-711 doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.298.06 |
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| In | (1972, June) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 38 (298) Mineralogical Society |
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| Abstract/Notes | SummaryThe structural formula of stilpnomelane averaged from 37 representative literature analyses and based on the determined structure is (Ca,Na,K)4(Ti0·1Al2·3Fe35·5Mn0·8Mg9·3)[Si63Al9](O,OH)216·nH2O. Ferrostilpnomelanes have up to 12 R3+ cations in the octahedral sheet, ferristilpnomelanes commonly have between 24 and 30 R3+ cations, rarely up to 37. The two groups can be distinguished by accurate X-ray powder diffraction, ferrostilpnomelanes having d001 less and a greater than have ferristilpnomelanes. The unit cell is triclinic, a = b∼21·8 Å, γ = 120°, d001∼12·2 Å, P. Hexagonal groups or ‘islands’ of 24 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra co-ordinate to the octahedral sheet, the centres of the ‘islands’ are displaced by 5a/12, 8b/12 on either side of the octahedral sheet as a result of warping of this sheet to permit articulation with the smaller tetrahedral sheet. The 24-tetrahedra ‘islands’ are linked laterally by 6-member rings of inverted tetrahedra, which in turn link at their apices to like rings connecting the next sheet of ‘islands’. Thus a single tetrahedral layer is 4 tetrahedra thick and has symmetry 6/m. The 6-member rings of tetrahedra act as hinges permitting up to 0·5 Å extension or contraction of the tetrahedral sheet to accommodate variations in the octahedral sheet dimensions with varying R2+/R3+ ratio. |
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