Abstract
X-ray crystal structure refinements and microprobe analyses of clinopyroxenes from two suites of spinel-peridotite nodules are compared for an understanding of the structural response to a decrease in Ca content. The kinking of the tetrahedral chain (O3-O3-O3 angle) of the C2/c structure associated with decreased Ca content shows behavior similar to that observed for the A-tetrahedral chain of the P21/c structure. Contemporaneously the occupancy of the M2′ split site increases. In addition, as a consequence of the low Ca content, the M2 polyhedron dominates the structural rearrangement of the clinopyroxenes considered here.
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