The crystal structure of sopcheite, Ag.sub.4./sub.Pd.sub.3./sub.Te.sub.4./sub., from the Lukkulaisvaara intrusion, Karelia, Russia

0479702 - FZÚ 2018 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Laufek, F. - Vymazalová, A. - Grokhovskaya, T.L. - Plášil, Jakub - Dušek, Michal - Orsoev, D.A. - Kozlov, V.V.
The crystal structure of sopcheite, Ag₄Pd₃Te₄, from the Lukkulaisvaara intrusion, Karelia, Russia.
European Journal of Mineralogy. Roč. 29, Jun (2017), s. 603-612. ISSN 0935-1221. E-ISSN 1617-4011
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : sopcheite * crystal structure * Ag4Pd3Te4 * platinum-group mineral * silver palladium telluride * X-ray diffraction data * Lukkulaisvaara intrusion
OECD category: Geology
Impact factor: 1.190, year: 2017

The crystal structure of sopcheite, Ag4Pd3Te4, has been solved using single-crystal diffraction data for a crystal from the Lukkulaisvaara intrusion, Karelia. Sopcheite crystallizes in a layered structure. The crystal structure is stabilised by a number of metal–metal interactions. The crystal structure of the synthetic phase Ag4Pd3Te4 was also determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). It corresponds to the structure of sopcheite from the Lukkulaisvaara intrusion. Electron backscatter diffraction data obtained on material from other reported sopcheite occurrences are entirely consis tent with this structure model, which is however incompatible with the sole powder XRD pattern reported so far for sopcheite.
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