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The Crystal Structure of Symplesite
Author(s) -
Runčevski Tomče,
Makreski Petre,
Dinnebier Robert E.,
Jovanovski Gligor
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.201500181
Subject(s) - triclinic crystal system , isostructural , monoclinic crystal system , crystal structure , crystallography , crystal (programming language) , materials science , symmetry (geometry) , mineral , chemistry , mathematics , computer science , geometry , metallurgy , programming language
Since the discovery of symplesite mineral in the late 19th century, a number of structural studies were performed. The crystal symmetry of this mineral was debated to be either monoclinic or triclinic. Even though this debate has ended, agreeing on the triclinic symmetry, no detailed crystal structure was reported so far. In the present contribution, we report on the crystal structure of symplesite. The crystal structure was solved and refined from high‐resolution laboratory X‐ray powder diffraction data, collected on a natural sample. Symplesite is shown to be isostructural to metavivianite (and possibly to ferrostrunzite).