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Short-range order in tourmaline: a vibrational spectroscopic approach to elbaite

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Polarized Fourier-transform infrared and Raman spectra were acquired on an elbaite sample previously characterized by electron- and ion microprobe analysis, X-ray diffraction and structure refinement. Spectra from the two vibrational spectroscopy techniques reveal a close similarity in the OH-stretching region, with three main absorption bands strongly polarized in the c-axis direction. By means of bond-valence theory arguments, the observed OH bands are interpreted and assigned to specific local cation arrangements around the O1 (≡W) and O3 (≡V) anion sites. In combination with the relatively simple composition of the studied sample, bond-valence constraints are used to identify stable anion-cation arrangements, which permit the occurrence of short-range ordering to be assessed. Evidence for nearly complete short-range order at the O1 site, with the stable arrangements Y(LiAlAl)0.6–W(OH)0.6 and Y(LiLiAl)0.4–W(F)0.4, are presented. These two local arrangements can be further expanded to obtain the larger ordered clusters [W(OH)–Y(LiAl2)–V(OH)3–Z(Al)6]0.6 and [W(F)–Y(Li2Al)–V(OH)3–Z(Al)6]0.4.

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We thank Frank Hawthorne and Darell Henry for their constructive reviews.

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  1. Department of Mineralogy, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Henrik Skogby

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Ferdinando Bosi

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

    Peter Lazor

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Skogby, H., Bosi, F. & Lazor, P. Short-range order in tourmaline: a vibrational spectroscopic approach to elbaite. Phys Chem Minerals 39, 811–816 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-012-0536-6

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