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Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, i6-i7  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808044127 ]

Rietveld refinement of a natural cobaltian mansfieldite from synchrotron data

M. Zoppi and G. Pratesi

Abstract: A structural refinement of a natural sample of a Co-bearing mansfieldite, AlAsO4·2H2O [aluminium orthoarsenate(V) dihydrate], has been performed based on synchrotron powder diffraction data, with 5% of the octahedral Al sites replaced by Co. Mansfieldite is the aluminium analogue and an isotype of the mineral scorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O), with which it forms a solid solution. The framework structure is based on AsO4 tetrahedra sharing their vertices with AlO4(H2O)2 octahedra. Three of the four H atoms belonging to the two water molecules in cis positions take part in O-H...O hydrogen bonding.

Online 10 January 2009


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