Structural defects in microcrystalline silica |
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Authors: | H Graetsch O W Flörke G Miehe |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Mineralogie der Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Postfach 10 21 48, D-4360, Bochum, West Germany 2. Institut für Kristallographie der J.W. v. Goethe-Universit?t, Senckenberganlage 30, D-6000, Frankfurt 1, West Germany
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Abstract: | The structure of the microcrystalline silica varieties chalcedony, flint, moganite, opal-C and -CT is characterized by X-ray powder diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The role of impurities is investigated by infrared spectroscopy and chemical analysis. Microcrystalline opal, chalcedony and flint have a disordered intergrowth structure composed of cristobalite and tridymite domains in opal, and quartz and moganite domains in chalcedony and flint. Each constituent phase has different cell dimensions and symmetry. The main impurity is water which is enriched at the intergrowth interfaces. Density and refractive indices of microcrystalline silica depend on the water content. |
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