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The crystal structure of Sr-hardystonite, Sr2ZnSi2O7

  • Matteo Ardit , Giuseppe Cruciani and Michele Dondi

Abstract

A synthetic strontium isomorph (Sr2ZnSi2O7) of the hardystonite structure (Ca2ZnSi2O7) was investigated with X-ray powder diffraction. The average structure (S.G. P-421m), a = 8.0007(1) Å, c = 5.1722(1) Å, was refined by Rietveld method and a RF2 = 0.0216 was achieved using 394 independent reflections. The results show that Sr-hardystonite has a melilite-type structure with no incommensurate modulations. Its geometrical and bonding features are consistent with trends defined by the other so-called normal and modulated melilite structures.


* Correspondence address: University of Ferrara, Earth Science Department, Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italien,

Published Online: 2010-07-12
Published in Print: 2010-07

© by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Ferrara, Germany

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