Analyzes structural changes due to heating-induced manganese oxidation in fluor-elbaite samples, suggesting insights into mineral transformation.
Yellow Mn-rich fluor-elbaite from Canary Mine, Zambia, was heat-treated at temperatures up to 900C at ambient pressure, and the structural polyhedral distortion effects were studied using various analytical methods, including Electron Probe Micro-Analyses (EPMA), Single-crystal structure refinement (SC-SREF), Raman and Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (OAS).All the samples are enriched in Mn with content ranging between 0.72 and 0.85 apfu (atoms per formula unit), and can be classified as fluor-elbaite with Li of 0.84
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Bačík et al. (2026) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: