High-pressure optical spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies on synthetic cobalt aluminum silicate garnet

Michail N. Taran, Fabrizio Nestola, Haruo Ohashi, Monika Koch-Müller, Tonci Balic Zunic, Lars Arnskov Olsen

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Abstract

The pressure-induced behavior of spin-allowed dd-bands of VIIICo2+ in the absorption spectra of synthetic Co3Al2Si3O12 garnet was studied from 10-4 to 13 GPa. The plots of the peak energy vs. pressure for the three sharpest well resolved bands at ca. 5160, 17 680, and 18 740 cm-1 display small but discernible breaks in linear relations between 4 and 5 GPa. Datafromsingle-crystalX-raydiffractionData from single-crystal X-ray diffraction likewise show discontinuities in trends of CoO8 polyhedral volume and distortion, and Co-O and Si-O bond distances over this pressure range. These effects are related to a pressure-induced phase transition from the ß- to a-isostructural polymorph of Co3Al2Si3O12.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Mineralogist
Volume92
Pages (from-to)1616–1623
ISSN0003-004X
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • High-pressure optical spectroscopy
  • phase transitions
  • cobalt-bearing garnet
  • high-pressure X-ray diffraction

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