Crystal structure and physical properties of sophiite, Zn2(Se03)C12, a new mineral

• Main Authors: T. F. Semenova, I. V. Rozhdestvenskaya, S. K. Filatov, L. P. Vergasova
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: tenorite; CuO; cotunnite; PbCl2 (Semenova; Pyramid; Pyramid The; Tolbachik; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.606.5089; http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_56/56-383-241.pdf

The crystal structure of sophiite, Zn2(SeO3)Cl 2 (a = 10.251(4), b = 15.223(2), c = 7.666(5) A, Z = 8) was solved in space group Pccn from single crystal X-ray data, and refined to R = 0.053 for 666 Fo> 4op,. The mineral belongs to layer compounds. The threefold coordinated Se atom is at the apex...