THE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF MALINKOITE, NaBSiO4, AND LISITSYNITE, KBSi2O6

• Main Authors: Elena V. Sokolova, Frank, C. Hawthorne, Alexander P. Khomyakov
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Kola Peninsula; Lovozero; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.486.3933; http://rruff.info/doclib/cm/vol39/CM39_159.pdf

The crystal structure of malinkoite, NaBSiO4, a 13.8964(4) Å, c 7.7001(2) Å, P63, Z = 18, Dx = 2.922 g cm–3, from the Khibina–Lovozero complex, Kola peninsula, Russia, has been solved by direct methods and refined to an R index of 3.8 % using 2094 unique observed (|Fo |> 4F) reflections collected...