Calcium-lead fluoro-vanadinite apatites. II. Equilibrium structures

Zhi Li Dong*, T. J. White

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Abstract

The synthetic vanadinites (PbxCa10-x)(VO 4)6(F1-2yOyy) 2, 0.57 < x < 9 and 0.10 < y < 0.47, adopt the P6 3/m apatite structure with 9.7835 (3) ≤ a ≤ 10.0531 (1) Å and 7.0318 (2) ≤ c ≤ 7.3033 (1) Å. The calcium endmember is monoclinic, space group P21lm, with a = 9.7370 (3), b = 9.7358 (4), c = 7.00572 (9) Å, y= 120.002 (5)°. For mixed metal compounds (x ≠ 0) the partitioning of calcium and lead over the AI(4f) and A II(6h) positions is nonstoichiometric, with lead preferentially favouring the larger AII site at a partitioning coefficient k Pb(AI/AII) ≃ 0.33 for all x < 7. A miscibility gap exists for 2 < x < 3. Trends in crystallographic parameters can be correlated through consideration of the AIO 6 metaprism twist angle (φ) that can be used to derive ideal cell parameters from triangular anion networks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-154
Number of pages9
JournalActa Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science
Volume60
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2004
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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