Crystal structure of potassium tetraperoxomolybdate (VI) K2[Mo(O2)4]

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Grzywa ◽  
M. Różycka ◽  
W. Łasocha

Potassium tetraperoxomolybdate (VI) K2[Mo(O2)4] was prepared, and its X-ray powder diffraction pattern was recorded at low temperature (258 K). The unit cell parameters were refined to a=10.7891(2) Å, α=64.925(3)°, space group R−3c (167), Z=6. The compound is isostructural with potassium tetraperoxotungstate (VI) K2[W(O2)4] (Stomberg, 1988). The sample of K2[Mo(O2)4] was characterized by analytical investigations, and the results of crystal structure refinement by Rietveld method are presented; final RP and RWP are 9.79% and 12.37%, respectively.

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 2931-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Hålenius ◽  
F. Bosi

AbstractOxyplumboroméite, Pb2Sb2O7, is a new mineral of the roméite group of the pyrochlore supergroup (IMA 2013-042). It is found together with calcite and leucophoenicite in fissure fillings in tephroite skarn at the Harstigen mine, Värmland, Sweden. The mineral occurs as yellow to brownish yellow rounded grains or imperfect octahedra. Oxyplumboroméite has a Mohs hardness of ∼5, a calculated density of 6.732 g/cm3 and is isotropic with a calculated refractive index of 2.061. Oxyplumboroméite is cubic, space group Fdm, with the unit-cell parameters a = 10.3783(6) Å, V = 1117.84(11) Å3 and Z = 8. The strongest five X-ray powder-diffraction lines [d in Å(I)(hkl)] are: 2.9915(100)(222), 2.5928(32)(400), 1.8332(48)(440), 1.5638(38)(622) and 1.1900(12)(662). The crystal structure of oxyplumboroméite was refined to an R1 index of 3.02% using 160 unique reflections collected with MoKα radiation. Electron microprobe analyses in combination with crystal-structure refinement, infrared, Mössbauer and electronic absorption spectroscopy resulted in the empirical formula A(Pb0.92Ca0.87Mn0.09Sr0.01Na0.05)Σ1.93B(Sb1.73Fe3+0.27)Σ2.00X+Y[O6.64(OH)0.03]Σ6.67. Oxyplumboroméite is the Pb analogue of oxycalcioroméite, ideally Ca2Sb2O7.


2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 1253-1259
Author(s):  
Roberta Oberti ◽  
Massimo Boiocchi ◽  
Frank C. Hawthorne ◽  
Marco E. Ciriotti

ABSTRACTMagnesio-hornblende (IMA2017-059) has been characterized in a specimen collected in the sand dunes of Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia. The empirical formula derived from electron microprobe analysis and single-crystal structure refinement is A(□0.73Na0.22K0.05)Σ1.00B(Ca1.79Fe2+0.10Mg0.04Mn2+0.03Na0.04)Σ2.00C(Mg3.48Fe2+0.97Al0.28Fe3+0.23Cr3+0.01Ti0.03)Σ5.00T(Si7.18Al0.82)Σ8.00O22W[(OH)1.93F0.05Cl0.02]Σ2.00. Magnesio-hornblende is biaxial (–), with α = 1.640(2), β = 1.654(2), γ = 1.666(2) (measured with gel-filtered Na light, λ = 589.9 nm), 2V (meas.) = 82(1)° and 2V (calc.) = 84.9°. The unit-cell parameters are a = 9.8308(7), b = 18.0659(11), c = 5.2968(4) Å, β = 104.771(6)° and V = 909.64 (11) Å3 with Z = 2 and space group C2/m. The strongest eight reflections in the X-ray powder pattern [d values (in Å), I, (hkl)] are: 2.709, 100, (151); 8.412, 74, (110); 3.121, 73, (310); 2.541, 58, ($\bar{2}$02); 3.386, 49, (131); 2.596, 45, (061); 2.338, 41, ($\bar{3}$51); and 2.164, 39, (261).


2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 1233-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Oberti ◽  
Massimo Boiocchi ◽  
Frank C. Hawthorne ◽  
Neil A. Ball ◽  
Fernando Cámara ◽  
...  

AbstractFerro-ferri-hornblende is a new member of the amphibole supergroup (IMA-CNMNC 2015-054). It has been found in a rock specimen from the historical collection of Leandro De Magistris, which was collected at the Traversella mine (Val Chiusella, Ivrea, Piemonte, Italy). The specimen was catalogued as ‘speziaite', and contains a wide range of amphibole compositions from tremolite/actinolite to magnesio-hastingsite. The end-member formula of ferro-ferri-hornblende is A□BCa2c(Fe+Fe3+)T(Si7Al) O22W(OH)2 , which requires SiO2 43.41, Al2O3 5.26, FeO 29.66, Fe2O3 8.24 CaO 11.57, H2O 1.86, total 100.00 wt.%. The empirical formula derived from electron microprobe analysis and single-crystal structure refinement for the holotype crystal is A(Na0.10K0.13) Σ=0.23B(Ca 1.93Na0.07)Σ=2.00C(Mg1.16Fe2+3.21Mn0.O6Fe3+0.45 Al0.12Ti 0.01)Σ=5.01T(Si7.26Al0. 74)Σ=8.00 O22W(OH1.89F0.01C10.10)Σ=2.00- Ferro-ferri-hornblende is biaxial (-), with α = 1.697(2), P = 1 .722(5), γ = 1.726(5) and 2V (meas.) = 35.7(1.4)°, 2V (calc.) = 43.1°. The unit-cell parameters are a = 9.9307(5), b = 18.2232(10), c = 5.3190(3) Å, β = 104.857(1)°, V= 930.40 (9) Å3, Z= 2, space group C2/m. The a:b:c ratio is 0.545:1:0.292. The strongest eight reflections in the powder X-ray pattern [d values (in Å), I, (hkl)] are: 8.493, 100, (110); 2.728, 69, (151); 3.151, 47, (310); 2.555, 37, (); 2.615, 32, (061); 2.359, 28, (); 3.406, 26, (131); 2.180, 25, (261). Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Mineralogia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Università di Pavia, under the catalogue number 2015-01. Sample M/U15285 from the historical collection of Luigi Colomba, presently at the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, was also checked, and the presence of ferro-ferri-hornblende was confirmed.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Suzuki ◽  
Peter E. D. Morgan ◽  
Koichi Niihara

The usefulness of a high X-ray flux instrument to improve the accuracy of a powder diffraction pattern is demonstrated. In this case, very weak reflections of a well-characterized and well-known natural mineral can be detected by an often-used X-ray rotating anode diffractometer. High purity natural dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, for example, was used to produce a slightly more comprehensive indexed X-ray powder diffraction. The powder pattern obtained in this study was compared with that of the reported high quality PDF pattern (36-426, with “*” mark) and that of a calculated pattern derived from single crystal structure data. A very weak 003 reflection at low angle and many weak reflections at high angles, not reported in the PDF pattern, were successfully identified using this high-power X-ray instrument. Unit cell parameters were determined to be a=4.8090±0.0001 Å and c=16.0182±0.0003 Å, which were in good agreement with the extant PDF pattern. Accuracy of the relative intensities between the measured and calculated patterns was apparently somewhat improved in this study, probably also attained through less preferred orientation and the higher purity of the sample used.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Villafuerte-Castrejón ◽  
O. Alvarez-Fregoso ◽  
L. E. Sansores ◽  
A. Sànchez-Arjona ◽  
J. Duque ◽  
...  

Sm2Bi2Ti3O12 was synthesized by solid state reaction from Sm2O3, Bi2O3, and TiO2 in molar relation 1:1:3. Title compound is isostructural with Bi4Ti3O12. Products of the reaction were analyzed by X-ray diffraction methods. The crystal structure was refinement by the Rietveld Method. Cell parameters are: a=5.368(2), b=5.369(2), and c=32.71(2) Å, space group Fmmm. The final R value was 9.96% (Rw=13.43%).© 1998 International Center for Diffraction Data.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerzon E. Delgado ◽  
Luigi Manfredy ◽  
S. A. López-Rivera

The crystal structure of the partially ordered vacancy compound Cu2In14/3□4/3Se8, belonging to the system I3-III7-□2-VI12, was analyzed using X-ray powder diffraction data. Several structural models were derived from the structure of the selenium-rich phase β-Cu0.39In1.2Se2 by permuting the cations in the available Wyckoff positions. The refinement of the best model by the Rietveld method in the tetragonal space group P$\overline 4 $ 2c (No 112), with unit-cell parameters a = 5.7487(3) Å, c = 11.5106(6) Å, V = 380.40(3) Å3, led to Rp = 9.0%, Rwp = 9.9%, Rexp = 7.2%, S = 1.4 for 134 independent reflections. This model has the following Wyckoff site atomic distribution: Cu in 2e (0,0,0); In in 2b (½,0,¼), 2d (0,½,¼), and 2f (½,½,0);□ in 2f (½,½,0); Se in 8n (x,y,z).


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Grzywa ◽  
A. Rafalska-Łasocha ◽  
Wielsaw Łasocha

The potassium μ-Oxo-bis(oxodiperoxovanadate)(4-) hydrate K4[O{VO(O2)2}2]*H2O was prepared, and its X-ray powder diffraction patterns have been recorded at room temperature. The unit cell parameters were refined to a=6.7097(1) Å, b=9.9574(1) Å, c=15.8250(3) Å, β=93.69(6)°, space group P21/c (14). The sample of K4V2O11*H2O was characterized by IR spectroscopy and analytical investigation. Results of crystal structure refinement by Rietveld method are presented; final RF and Rwp are 13 and 16%, respectively.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document