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AN: MR31A-0141 [Abstracts]
TI: Cation vacancies and possible hydrogen atom positions in Fe-bearing hydrous forsterite
AU: * Kudoh, Y
EM: ykudoh@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
AF: Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
AU: Kuribayashi, T
AF: Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
AU: Litasov, K
AF: Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
AU: Ohtani, E
AF: Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
AB:
The crystal structure of a single crystal of synthetic Fe-bearing hydrous forsterite (Mg1.85Fe0.14Si0.99H0.06O4)
synthesized at 13.5 GPa and 1400 °C has been investigated using X-ray diffractometry. The data show a
site occupancy of 96(3)% Mg + 4(1)% Fe + 0(4)% at the M1 site and a site occupancy of
89(3)% Mg + 8(1)% Fe + 3(4)% at the M2 site, indicating that the cation vacancies at the
octahedral M sites predominantly occur at the M2 site. The occupancy at the T site was 99.0% Si (fixed) + 0(1)%
Fe + 1(1)% , indicating a small number of vacancies with no detectable Fe occupation. A
comparison of the calculated bond distances and reported stretching frequencies of the polarized IR spectra
shows that the most probable H atom locations are near to the edges of the MO6 octahedra for both M-site and T-
site vacancies.
DE: 3613 Subduction zone processes (1031, 3060, 8170, 8413)
DE: 3620 Mineral and crystal chemistry (1042)
DE: 3904 Defects
DE: 3954 X-ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction
SC: Mineral and Rock Physics [MR]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting