Summary
Vertumnite, Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O, is metrically monoclinic, strongly pseudohexagonal;a=5.744 (5),b=5.766(5),c=25.12(1) Å, γ=119.72(5)°; space groupP2 1 /m. The crystal structure was determined from X-ray intensities and refined in both the monoclinic and the hexagonal space group [P6 3/m; a=(a mon +b mon )/2]. The monoclinic refinement did not lead to significant deviations from hexagonal symmetry. The atomic arrangement consists of modified brucite-layers Ca VII2 AlVI(OH, H2O)8, atz=0 andz=1/2, alternating with tetrahedral double layers and connected only by hydrogen bridges. TheT sites are statistically and only partly occupied by Si and Al. The distances from theT sites to the three basal (O, OH) measure 1.80 Å; this large distance is probably caused by local deformations in connection with the disorder in theT sites. Water molecules occupy statistically the double rings. A comparison with the previously reported powder patterns of “gehlenite hydrate” and strätlingite is given.
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Vertumnit, Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3 H2O, ist metrisch monoklin, ausgeprägt pseudohexagonal;a 0=5,744(5),b 0=5,766(5),c 0=25,12(1) Å, γ=119,72(5)°; RaumgruppeP2 1/m. Die Kristallstruktur wurde aus Röntgenintensitäten bestimmt und sowohl in der monoklinen wie in der hexagonalen Raumgruppe [P6 3/m; a 0=(a 0,mon +b 0,mon )/2] verfeinert. Die monokline Verfeinerung führte auf keine wesentlichen Abweichungen von hexagonaler Symmetrie. Die Atomanordnung besteht aus modifizierten Brucit-Schichten, Ca VII2 AlVI(Oh, H2O)8, die mit Doppeltetraederschichten abwechseln und mit diesen nur über Wasserstoffbrücken verbunden sind. DieT-Positionen sind durch Si und Al statistisch und nur partiell besetzt. Die Abstände von denT-Positionen zu den drei basalen (O, OH) messen 1,80 Å; dieser große Abstand wird wahrscheinlich durch lokale Verzerrungen im Zusammenhang mit der Unordnung in denT-Lagen verursacht. Wassermoleküle füllen statistisch die Doppelringe. Das Pulverdiagramm wird mit den publizierten Diagrammen von “Gehlenit-Hydrat” und Strätlingit verglichen.
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Galli, E., Passaglia, E. Vertumnite: Its crystal structure and relationship with natural and synthetic phases. TMPM Tschermaks Petr. Mitt. 25, 33–46 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01082202
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