silicates (several polymorphs)
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Silicates (several polymorphs). SiO 2. Presented by Paul Sandlin. 3 principal crystalline forms - Quartz, tridymite, and cristobalite Sluggish transformation, so high temp forms (cristobalite and tridymite) can exist metastably below their inversion temps - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Silicates (several polymorphs)
SiO2
Presented by Paul Sandlin
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• 3 principal crystalline forms
- Quartz, tridymite, and cristobalite
• Sluggish transformation, so high temp forms (cristobalite and tridymite) can exist metastably below their inversion temps
• Each has low and high temp modification designated α and β respectively
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Alpha-Quartz
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Beta-Quartz
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Quartz
• Quartz is most to a pure compound
• Bachheimer (1980) found evidence for 1st-order transition from α-quartz to intermediate phase at 573°C and 2nd-order transition to β-quartz at 574°C
- micro twinning upon cooling high quartz
• Only minor atomic adjustments without breaking of Si-O bonds
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Quartz Occurrences
• Common and abundant
• Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, pegmatite veins, deposited on sea floor
• Mechanically and chemically stable
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Orthorhombic-Tridymite
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Hexagonal Tridymite
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Tridymite monoclinic
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Tridymite
• When pure quartz is heated, it bypasses tridymite and transforms directly to cristobalite at ~ 1050°C (Mosesman and Pitzer, (1941)
- “Mineralizing agent” needed for tridymite formation
• Several low-temp polymorphs
• Ideally SiO2, but small amounts of Na and Al may be in solid solution
• Stable from 870°C to 1470°C
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Tridymite occurrences
• Typical occurrence is in acid volcanic rocks such as rhyolite, obsidian, trachyte, andesite and dacite.
- Often found in cavities of such rocks
• ? If it occurs magmatically (“metamorphic”)
- pneumatolytic metamorphism
• 6 months after Mt. Pelée eruptions
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Alpha- Cristobalite
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Beta-Cristobalite
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Cristobalite
• Contains some Na and Al
• Low cristobalite structure is tetragonal, whereas high cristobalite is isometric.
• Stable from 1470°C to 1728°C (melting point)
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Cristobalite occurrences
• Typically a mineral of volcanic rocks
- may occur in cavities, often in association (metastable) with tridymite
• Found in obsidian, rhyolite, trachyte, andesite, dacite, and olivine basalt.
• Often a late product of crystallization
• Due to the ability to occur as an unstable form outside equilibrium field, time of crystallization is difficult to pinpoint
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Coesite
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Coesite
• Composed of four-membered rings of Si tetrahedra linked at corners to form chains parallel to c.
• One Si-O-Si angle constrained to be 180° because this O1 site is located on a center of symmetry
• Slight distortion occurs with pressure, and Si2-O2-Si2 angle decreasing from 142.7° to 136.4° at 5.19 GPa (Levien and Prewitt, 1981)
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Coesite occurrences
• Recently discovered in sheared porous sandstones at Meteor Crater, Arizona
• Granite and pumaceous tuff near the rim of the Rieskessel crater, Bavaria
- developed by the shock wave generated by meteoritic impact
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Stishovite
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Stishovite
• Prototype phase having octahedrally coordinated silicon
• Structural properties at high pressure are highly sensitive to stress (Ross et al., 1990)
• More compressible in the a direction than the c direction due to significant Si-Si repulsion across the shared edges of octahedra that form chains in the c direction (Ross et al., 1990)
• At ambient conditions, O-O distance of 2.29Å is one of the shortest found in any oxide not containing hydrogen
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Stishovite occurrences
• High pressure environments
- meteoritic impacts
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