Compressibility and crystal structure of sillimanite, Al2SiO5, at high pressure |
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| Authors: | H Yang R M Hazen L W Finger C T Prewitt R T Downs |
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| Institution: | Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015-1305,
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA, US
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| Abstract: | The unit-cell dimensions and crystal structure of sillimanite at various pressures up to 5.29 GPa have been refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. As pressure increases, a and b decrease linearly, whereas c decreases nonlinearly with a slightly positive curvature. The axial compression ratios at room pressure are βa:βb:βc=1.22:1.63:1.00. Sillimanite exhibits the least compressibility along c, but the least thermal expansivity along a (Skinner et al. 1961; Winter and Ghose 1979). The bulk modulus of sillimanite is 171(1) GPa with K′=4 (3), larger than that of andalusite (151 GPa), but smaller than that of kyanite (193 GPa). The bulk moduli of the Al1O6], Al2O4], and SiO4] polyhedra are 162(8), 269(33), and 367(89) GPa, respectively. Comparison of high-pressure data for Al2SiO5 polymorphs reveals that the SiO4] tetrahedra are the most rigid units in all these polymorphic structures, whereas the AlO6] octahedra are most compressible. Furthermore, AlO6] octahedral compressibilities decrease from kyanite to sillimanite, to andalusite, the same order as their bulk moduli, suggesting that AlO6] octahedra control the compression of the Al2SiO5 polymorphs. The compression of the Al1O6] octahedron in sillimanite is anisotropic with the longest Al1-OD bond shortening by ～1.9% between room pressure and 5.29 GPa and the shortest Al1-OB bond by only 0.3%. The compression anisotropy of sillimanite is primarily a consequence of its topological anisotropy, coupled with the compression anisotropy of the Al-O bonds within the Al1O6] octahedron. |
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