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The long-range magnetic order and underlying spin model in shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2

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The mineral shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 is investigated in measurements of X-band electron spin resonance, magnetization and specific heat. The magnetic subsystem of the title compound is constituted by unique combination of well-separated brucite-like corrugated CuO2 layers and CuO2-twisted ribbons. Despite seemingly low-dimensional motives in the structure, shattuckite exhibits properties of three-dimensional antiferromagnet with Weiss/Neel temperatures ratio Θ/T N ~ 2 being weakly ferromagnetic below magnetic ordering temperature T N = 7 K. Tentatively, the spontaneous magnetization appears due to Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions within the brucite-like two-dimensional patterns. The electronic structure calculations suggest strong antiferromagnetic coupling of both edge-sharing and corner-sharing CuO2 units within the layers and weak ferromagnetic coupling of edge-sharing CuO2 units within the ribbons.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank T.N. Dokina for support in performing the X-ray analysis, and A.V. Mokhov and B.R. Tagirov for support in performing the X-ray fluorescence analysis. This work was supported in part from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST « MISiS » (К4-2015-020). The authors acknowledge also support of Russian Scientific Foundation 15-12-20021 and Russian Foundation for Basic Research through Grants 13-02-00174, 14-02-00111, 14-02-00245, 14-02-92693.

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  1. Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity Department, Physics Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991

    A. V. Koshelev, E. A. Zvereva, O. S. Volkova & A. N. Vasiliev

  2. Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia, 142432

    A. V. Koshelev & D. A. Chareev

  3. Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620002

    O. S. Volkova & A. N. Vasiliev

  4. Czech Geological Survey, 15200, Prague, Czech Republic

    A. Vymazalova & F. Laufek

  5. Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia, 125009

    E. V. Kovalchuk

  6. Aliah University, Kolkata, 700156, India

    B. Rahaman

  7. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, 700098, India

    T. Saha-Dasgupta

  8. National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow, Russia, 119049

    O. S. Volkova & A. N. Vasiliev

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Koshelev, A.V., Zvereva, E.A., Chareev, D.A. et al. The long-range magnetic order and underlying spin model in shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 . Phys Chem Minerals 43, 43–49 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-015-0772-7

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