Redetermination of katayamalite, KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2.

ABSTRACT: The crystal structure of katayamalite, ideally KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2 (potassium trilithium hepta-calcium dititanium dodeca-silicate di-hydroxide), was previously reported in triclinic symmetry (C-1), with isotropic displacement parameters for all atoms and without the H-atom position [Kato & Murakami (1985 ▶). Mineral. J. 12, 206-217]. The present study redetermines the katayamalite structure with monoclinic symmetry (space group C2/c) based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data from a sample from the type locality, Iwagi Island, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, with anisotropic displacement parameters for all non-H atoms, and with the H atoms located by difference Fourier analysis. The structure of katayamalite contains a set of six-membered silicate rings inter-connected by sheets of Ca ato

SUBMITTER: Andrade MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3772399 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature