TY - JOUR
T1 - X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of clinopyroxenes with six-coordinated Si in the Na(Mg0.5Si0.5)Si 2O6-NaAlSi2O6 system
AU - Yang, Hexiong
AU - Konzett, Jürgen
AU - Frost, Daniel J.
AU - Downs, Robert T.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Five clinopyroxenes containing various amounts of six-coordinated Si ( VISi) in the Na(Mg0.5Si0.5) Si 2O6 (NaPx)-NaAlSi2O6 (jadeite) system have been synthesized at 15 GPa and 1600 °C and their structures studied with single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The results show that clinopyroxenes with VISi ≤ 0.33 atoms per formula unit (apfu) possess C2/c symmetry, whereas those with VISi ≥ 0.45 apfu crystallize with P2/n symmetry. There is an obvious discontinuity in the unit-cell parameters a, β, and V as the VISi content increases from 0.33 to 0.45 apfu, suggesting that the C2/c-P2/n transition is first-order in character, rather than tricritical as reported for the transition from jadeite/diopside/augite to omphacite. The Mg and VISi cations in the P2/n structure are completely ordered into two nonequivalent octahedral sites, M1 and M1(1), respectively, with M1 being appreciably more distorted than M1(1). With increasing mean <M1-O> distance, the mean tetrahedral <Si-O> distance increases, whereas the O3-O3-O3 angle of the tetrahedral chain decreases systematically, consistent with the structural variation trends found in the jadeite-diopside system. A comparison of the Raman spectra reveals that the C2/c-P2/n transition is characterized by the splitting of many Raman bands in C2/c clinopyroxenes into doublets in P2/n, and such splitting becomes more pronounced with increasing VISi. For C2/c clinopyroxenes, all Raman bands become progressively broader with the increased substitution of (Si4+ + Mg2+) for Al3+. In addition, several new Raman bands, attributable to the presence of VISi, are observed. Together with previous data, we suggest that the maximum VISi content allowed for an Mg/Al dominated octahedral site is close to ∼35%, above which VISi and Mg/Al are likely to be ordered into distinct sites.
AB - Five clinopyroxenes containing various amounts of six-coordinated Si ( VISi) in the Na(Mg0.5Si0.5) Si 2O6 (NaPx)-NaAlSi2O6 (jadeite) system have been synthesized at 15 GPa and 1600 °C and their structures studied with single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The results show that clinopyroxenes with VISi ≤ 0.33 atoms per formula unit (apfu) possess C2/c symmetry, whereas those with VISi ≥ 0.45 apfu crystallize with P2/n symmetry. There is an obvious discontinuity in the unit-cell parameters a, β, and V as the VISi content increases from 0.33 to 0.45 apfu, suggesting that the C2/c-P2/n transition is first-order in character, rather than tricritical as reported for the transition from jadeite/diopside/augite to omphacite. The Mg and VISi cations in the P2/n structure are completely ordered into two nonequivalent octahedral sites, M1 and M1(1), respectively, with M1 being appreciably more distorted than M1(1). With increasing mean <M1-O> distance, the mean tetrahedral <Si-O> distance increases, whereas the O3-O3-O3 angle of the tetrahedral chain decreases systematically, consistent with the structural variation trends found in the jadeite-diopside system. A comparison of the Raman spectra reveals that the C2/c-P2/n transition is characterized by the splitting of many Raman bands in C2/c clinopyroxenes into doublets in P2/n, and such splitting becomes more pronounced with increasing VISi. For C2/c clinopyroxenes, all Raman bands become progressively broader with the increased substitution of (Si4+ + Mg2+) for Al3+. In addition, several new Raman bands, attributable to the presence of VISi, are observed. Together with previous data, we suggest that the maximum VISi content allowed for an Mg/Al dominated octahedral site is close to ∼35%, above which VISi and Mg/Al are likely to be ordered into distinct sites.
KW - Clinopyroxenes
KW - Phase transformation
KW - Raman spectroscopy
KW - Six-coordinated silicon
KW - X-ray structure refinement
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U2 - 10.2138/am.2009.3084
DO - 10.2138/am.2009.3084
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67650340668
VL - 94
SP - 942
EP - 949
JO - American Mineralogist
JF - American Mineralogist
SN - 0003-004X
IS - 7
ER -