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On the existence of monoclinic NaAlSi3O8 s at elevated temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

H. D. Grundy
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Manchester 13
W. L. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Manchester 13
W. S. MacKenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Manchester 13

Summary

Measurements from powder diffraction patterns recorded at temperatures up to 950° C for the supposed equilibrium forms of albite synthesized at 800°, 900°, and 1000° C by MacKenzie (1957) indicate that only the form synthesized at 1000° C becomes monoclinic. Single-crystal measurements on heated pure natural albite (Ab99·26) show that it becomes truly monoclinic, both in geometry and intensity distribution, at 930° C, the same temperature as for the highest-temperature synthetic form. These experiments were carried out in conditions that exclude possible contamination by potassium.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1967

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