Anenburg, M. and Panikorovskii, T.L. and Jennings, Eleanor S. and Shendrik, R.Y. and Antonov, A.A. and Gavrilenko, V. (2024) An Apatite-Group Praseodymium Carbonate Fluoroxybritholite: hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and implications for natural and synthetic Britholites. Inorganic Chemistry , ISSN 0020-1669.
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Abstract
Britholites are the lanthanide–silica-rich end-members of the apatite group, commonly studied for their optical properties. Here, we show ∼50–100 μm single crystals synthesized hydrothermally at 650–500 °C and 500–300 MPa composed of a solid solution between Ca2Pr3(SiO4)3F–fluorbritholite and CaPr4(SiO4)3O–oxybritholite, with a significant carbonate component substitution, via C4+ replacing Si4+. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and density functional theory computations show that a planar carbonate group occupies the face of a now-vacant silica tetrahedron. This modifies Pr–O bond lengths, diversifying lanthanide optical emission wavelengths. Our britholite was synthesized in geologically reasonable conditions and compositions, suggesting that carbonated oxybritholites could exist as yet-unrecognized natural minerals.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Dr Eleanor Jennings |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2024 05:16 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2024 05:27 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53587 |
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