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The distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in iron-bearing tourmalines: A Mössbauer study

Die Verteilung von Fe2+ und Fe3+ in eisenhaltigen Turmalinen: Eine Mössbauer-Untersuchung

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Room-temperature Mössbauer spectra of five iron-bearing tourmalines were measured and analyzed. The Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio and the iron occupancy of the Y and Z positions could be assigned to all samples, with the help of two previously well characterized samples, from Mexico and Madagascar. Ferric or ferrous ions or both partially occupy the Z as well as the Y octahedra. This fact of observation is interpreted as the chemical response, during crystal growth, to the requirement of size matching for the edge-sharing Y and Z oxygen octahedra. It accounts for the inexistence of solid solution between the Mg and (Li, Al) tourmalines.

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Mössbauer-Spektren von fünf eisenhaltigen Turmalinen wurden gemessen und analysiert. Das Verhältnis Fe2+/Fe3+ und die Eisenverteilung konnten mit Hilfe von zwei gut identifizierten Turmalin-Kristallen von Mexiko und Madagascar für die Y-und Z-Lagen aller Exemplare bestimmt werden. Zweiwertiges sowie dreiwertiges Eisen findet sich sowohl in der Z-als auch in der Y-Lage. Da sich die Y-und Z-Oktaeder in einer gemeinsamen Kante treffen, wird diese Beobachtung als chemische Antwort des Kristalles auf die erforderte Größenanpassung der Y-und Z-Oktaeder während seines Wachstums erklärt. Die Abwesenheit der festen Lösung zwischen Dravit und Elbait kann somit erklärt werden.

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Hermon, E., Simkin, D.J., Donnay, G. et al. The distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in iron-bearing tourmalines: A Mössbauer study. TMPM Tschermaks Petr. Mitt. 19, 124–132 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01082791

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