Structural variations induced bv heat treatment in allanite and REE-bearini piemontite
Structural variations induced bv heat treatment in allanite and REE-bearini piemontite
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铜锰矿和稀土贝里尼皮蒙特矿热处理引起的结构变化
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In REE-bearing minerals of the epidote group, the presence of trivalent rare earth elements substituting for Ca requires the entry of divalent cations (Fe2+, Mn2+, Mg) in the octahedral sites. Upon heating allanite and REE-bearing piemontite in air, Fe2+ and Mn2+ oxidize; however, the charge balance is maintained by a corresponding H loss. The present work deals with the structural adjustments involved in this process. To this purpose, two single crystals (allanite and REE-bearing piemontite) were selected for heat treatments and structural study. Crystals were annealed in air for 48 h at several temperatures between 380 and 900'C. After each heat treatment, unit-cell parameters were determined. Structure refinements were performed whenever significant variations in the lattice parameters took place, and structural changes occurring with the increase of the heating temperature were examined. Oxidation mainly resulted in a shortening of the mean M3-O octahedral distances and, to a lesser extent, of the mean Ml-O distances; dehydrogenation was made evident by a dramatic lengthening of the donor to acceptor distance, as well as by the compensational shortening of the bond distances involving the Ol0 in OH. Heat treatments also induced a minor migration of octahedral cations, as inferred from changes in the number of electrons deriving from the site-occupancy refinement. The oxidation-de-hydrogenation process caused variations in the unit-cell parameters. In particular, a shortening ofb (which is parallel to the octahedral chains) was observed in the treated allanite crystal. In the sample of REE-bearing piemontite, the increase of Mn3*, due to the oxidation