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Investigation of cation order in MgSiO3-rich garnet using 29Si and 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopy

  • B. L. Phillips
  • , D. A. Howell
  • , R. J. Kirkpatrick
  • , T. Gasparik
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Abstract

Cation order among the octahedral sites of three polycrystalline 29Si-enriched garnets on the enstatite-pyrope join has been examined using 29Si and 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopy. All three samples yielded 29Si NMR peaks in the chemical shift range of -68 to -90 ppm, caused by [4]Si, and a peak between -195.6 and -197.5 ppm, caused by [6]Si. The [4]Si/[6]Si ratios are consistent with the compositions. The changes in the 29Si chemical shifts for [4]Si with substitution of Mg for Si on the NNN octahedral sites are pairwise rather than directly additive. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)704-712
Number of pages9
JournalAmerican Mineralogist
Volume77
Issue number7-8
StatePublished - 1992

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