Abstract
We study an angular dependence of EPR spectra of the own defects in topaz (Al2[SiO4][F,OH]2). The topaz crystal structure is built of silicon-oxygen tetrahedral (SiO4) and octahedral aluminum surrounded by four oxygen ions and fluorine ions or a hydroxyl group. There are two types of substitution defects in topaz, such as octahedral and tetrahedral, depending on the location of the impurity ion. The point defects with octahedral symmetry arise on local substitution of aluminum (Fe3+ → Al3+), while tetrahedral coordinated centers are formed by substitution of silicon (Fe3+→ Si4+) in the silicon-oxygen tetrahedral (SiO4). To determine the symmetry of the impurity centers, the angular dependence of the EPR spectrum is calculated. The excited energy states for defects are determined by the magnitude of the g-factor shift. These states equal 1.6 eV and 3.2 eV, respectively. A super-hyperthin structure (SHTS) of the EPR lines of iron has been observed. This SHTS is determined by the magnetic moments of the fluorine nuclei F19 located in the first coordination sphere of the paramagnetic iron center. The models of the three new paramagnetic centers in topazes are suggested, one of them being of orthorhombic symmetry for aluminum substitution and the two others being of tetragonal symmetry for silicon substitution with oxygen vacancies.
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