Electronic absorption spectra of Cr3+ ions in natural clinopyroxenes |
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| Authors: | V M Khomenko A N Platonov |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Geochemistry and Physics of Minerals, Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR, prosp. Palladina, 34, 252680, Kiev-180, USSR
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| Abstract: | The polarized (E‖a′, E‖b and E‖c) electronic absorption spectra of five natural chromium-containing clinopyroxenes with compositions close to chromdiopside, omphacite, ureyite-jadeite (12.8% Cr2O3), jadeite, and spodumene (hiddenite) were studied. The polarization dependence of the intensities of the Cr3+ bands in the clinopyroxene spectra cannot be explained by the selection rules for the point groups C 2 or C 2v but can be accounted for satisfactorily with the help of the higher order pseudosymmetry model, i.e. with selection rules for the point symmetry group C 3v. The trigonal axis of the pseudosymmetry crystal field forms an angle of 20.5° with the crystallographic direction c in the (010) plane. D q increases from diopside (1542 cm?1) through omphacite (1552 cm?1), jadeite (1574 cm?1) to spodumene (1592 cm?1). The parameter B which is a measure of covalency for Cr3+-O bonds at M1 sites in clinopyroxene depends on the Cr3+ concentration and the cations at M2 sites. |
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