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A combined temperature dependent57Fe Mössbauer and single crystal X-ray diffraction study of synthetic almandine: evidence for the Gol'danskii-Karyagin effect

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Synthetic almandine garnet, Fe3Al2Si3O12, has been studied by temperature — dependent single crystal X-ray diffraction and57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The Fe2+ doublet in almandine is characterized by a small asymmetry between the high and low-velocity peaks that decreases in magnitude with decreasing temperature from 420 to 15 K. The X-ray results show that the Fe2+ cation is dynamically disordered with an anisotropic motion within the eight-coordinated site in garnet. The magnitudes of the X-ray determined mean-square-vibrational amplitudes of this motion parallel,x ∥, and perpendicular,x ⊥, to the principle axes of the electric field gradient give a calculated angular dependence of the electric quadrupole interaction of theI 1/2 toI 3/2 transitions that agree with the experimentally measured peak ratios. This is the first recognition of anisotropic recoil free fraction of57Fe in silicates.

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    Present address: Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Kiel, Ohlhausenstrasse 40, 1, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany

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  1. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, W-8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    C. A. Geiger

  2. Laboratorium für chemische und mineralogische Kristallographie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Th. Armbruster

  3. Department of Geology, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA

    G. A. Lager

  4. Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Salzburg, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria

    K. Jiang, W. Lottermoser & G. Amthauer

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Geiger, C.A., Armbruster, T., Lager, G.A. et al. A combined temperature dependent57Fe Mössbauer and single crystal X-ray diffraction study of synthetic almandine: evidence for the Gol'danskii-Karyagin effect. Phys Chem Minerals 19, 121–126 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198609

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