Al-saturated phlogopite : Charge considerations and crystal chemistry
Bujnowski, Thomas J. (University of Illinois at Chicago. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Guggenheim, Stephen (University of Illinois at Chicago. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Brigatti, Maria Franca (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)

Fecha:	2009
Resumen:	Factors controlling the crystal structure of phlogopite have been widely investigated; but the role of electrostatic interactions, for example, has received much less attention than other factors. The purpose of the present study was to peform a single-crystal refinement of an Al-saturated phlogopite and to use that refinement to supplement crystal-chemical analyses. The phlogopite investigated was from the Rumford quadrangle, Maine, and has the following chemistry: (KNa) = 0. 84 (MgFe AlMnTi )(SiAl)O(OH,F). The sample is a 1M polytype with C2/m symmetry and cell dimensions of a = 5. 3220(4), b = 9. 2170(7), c = 10. 2511(8) Å, and β = 100. 081(1)°. Hydrogen atoms were located and the crystal structure was refined to give parameters R = 0. 0301 and weighted R = 0. 0887. The octahedral M1 site was larger than the M2 (average M1-O: 2. 079 Å, average M2-O: 2. 062 Å) and the electron counts were equal (M1 = M2 = 14. 8 e); based on bond distances, which are more accurate than electron counts in determining occupancy; this result is consistent with a slight preference of Mg for M2 and Fe for M1. Thirty-five Al-rich, natural phlogopite-1M samples that are of (1) high metamorphic grade, and that have (2) total Al contents ≥1. 27 atoms per formula unit (a. p. f. u. ), (3) Fe contents ≤ 0. 11 a. p. f. u. , and (4) Mn contents ≤ 10 a. p. f. u. along with the newly described phlogopite, exhibited crystal chemical trends related to increasing Al content. Octahedral substitutions of smaller, high-charge cations (i. e. Al) apparently decrease distortions in the octahedral sites and produce longer M2-O4 distances. In addition, Fe-F avoidance apparently occurs in high Al-content samples, which are generally high in Fe. The data set also shows that these samples have limited ordering among M sites (Fe in M1 and Al in M2), an increase in β (99. 96° to 100. 32°) possibly caused by cation ordering and therefore size differences of M1 and M2, and interlayer (A) sites with A-O distances that increase and A-O distances that decrease with increasing Ti content. Computer models were used to simulate electrostatic interactions in phlogopite structures with variable Al concentrations utilizing Pauling's electrostatic valency principle, which considers first-coordination electrostatic interactions. The model results were compared to the maximum Al concentrations in natural and synthetic phlogopite samples. Model results revealed no indications (e. g. a limit reached or a sudden change occurred) that charge saturation/undersaturation of the apical oxygen atoms at Al contents equal to the maximum in natural and/or synthetic samples causes instability that could not be balanced by bondlength variation. However, a cation of higher charge substituting at M1 (or M2) may result in higher electrostatic repulsions between the other octahedral sites. Thus, the Al content in the octahedral sites may reach a maximum, with Fe for Mg substitutions favored.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Al-saturated Phlogopite ; Electrostatic Modeling ; Layer Charge ; Crystal Chemistry ; Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction ; Refinement
Publicado en:	Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 57, Núm. 6 (2009) , p. 673-685, ISSN 1552-8367

DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570601

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