Structure refinement of (001) disordered gaudefroyite Ca4Mn33+[(BO3)3(CO 3)O3]: Jahn-Teller-distortion in edge-sharing chains of Mn3+O6 octahedra

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-19

  Hoffmann, Christina ^a   Armbruster, Thomas ^a   Kunz, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Edge sharing Mn3+O6 octahedral chains; Gaudefroyite; Jahn Teller distortion

Indexed keywords

JAHN-TELLER EFFECT; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; MANGANITES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

GAUDEFROYITE; INORGANIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DATABASE; OCTAHEDRAL CHAINS; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SPACE-GROUP SYMMETRY; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGIES; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAUDEFROYITE; JAHN-TELLER DISTORTION; OCTAHEDRAL CHAIN;

EID: 0030747731     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/1/0007     Document Type: Article

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