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<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1988.052.365.12</article-id>
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<subject>Crystallograhy</subject>
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<article-title>The Structure of Reyerite, (Na,K)<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>14</sub>Si<sub>22</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>58</sub>(OH)<sub>8</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Merlino</surname>
<given-names>Stefano</given-names>
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<aff>Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit&#x00E0; di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56100 Pisa, Italy</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>4</month>
<year>1988</year>
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<volume>52</volume>
<issue>365</issue>
<fpage>247</fpage>
<lpage>256</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>5</day>
<month>1</month>
<year>1987</year>
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<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>31</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>1987</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1988, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1988</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The crystal structure of reyerite, (Na,K)<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>14</sub>Si<sub>22</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>58</sub>(OH)<sub>8</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O, Z = 1, was refined in the space group <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P</mml:mi><mml:mover><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, <italic>a</italic> = 9.765, <italic>c</italic> = 19.067&#x00C5;, to <italic>R</italic> = 0.064 for 1540 reflections. The structure is composed of the following structural units: (<italic>a</italic>) tetrahedral sheets <italic>S</italic><sub>1</sub>, with composition (Si<sub>8</sub>O<sub>20</sub>)<sup>8&#x2212;</sup>, characterized by six-membered rings of tetrahedra; (<italic>b</italic>) tetrahedral sheets <italic>S</italic><sub>2</sub>, characterized by six-membered rings of tetrahedra, with six tetrahedra pointing in one direction and two pointing in the other direction&#x2014;the apical oxygens of these two tetrahedra connect two inversion-related <italic>S</italic><sub>2</sub> sheets to build <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula> double sheets, with composition (Si<sub>14</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>38</sub>)<sup>14&#x2212;</sup> and ordered distribution of aluminum cations; (<italic>c</italic>) sheets <italic>O</italic> of edge-sharing calcium octahedra. The various structural units are connected through corner sharing according to the schematic sequence &#x2026;<inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mover><mml:mi>O</mml:mi><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:msub><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi>O</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>O</mml:mi><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>&#x2026;; the corresponding composition is [Ca<sub>14</sub>Si<sub>22</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>58</sub>(OH)<sub>8</sub>]<sup>2&#x2212;</sup>. The charge balance is restored by alkali cations which are placed, together with water molecules, in the cavities of the structure at the level of the double tetrahedral sheet.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>reyerite</kwd>
<kwd>crystal structure</kwd>
<kwd>calcium silicates</kwd>
<kwd>Niakornak</kwd>
<kwd>Greenland</kwd>
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