Ta a lot Stephan

I'll have a shot at that

Thanks

Matthew

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, 17:56 Stefan Seidlmayer, <ste...@seidlmayer.de> wrote:

> Dear Matthew,
>
> it seems that based on this article from the 70s the Millisite structure
> should definitely be a subgroup of the wardite structure.
> Thankfully the wardite has been quite unambigously determined recently by
> high-quality neutron single crystal xrd (ICSD#13007)
>
> Based on this and the similarity of the formula I would suggest to use a
> transition which splits the Na 4a site in two, the simplest step would be
> to use C2221 (#20) and then replace additional Na site with Ca and look for
> the exchange of one H2O position to OH.
>
> I hope this helps. If you have good XRD data a refinement of the
> substituted wardite structure model might prove my derivation.
>
> Best regards and a happy new year.
>
> Stefan Seidlmayer
>
>
> Am Di., 24. Dez. 2024 um 04:49 Uhr schrieb Matthew Rowles <
> rowle...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Does anyone know of a published crystal structure for millisite?
>>
>> It is nominally (Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O
>> Tetragonal, a=7, c=19.07 Å
>> See http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM45/AM45_547.pdf
>>
>>
>> or maybe anything possibly isostructural/morphous? It's pretty close to
>> wardite, but has an extra hydroxide and water.
>>
>> ICDD PDF4+ has nothing, Various searches on COD haven't revealed
>> anything. I don't have access to ICSD.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Matthew Rowles
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