The distribution of cations over the positions in the structures of labuntsovite-group minerals was studied by X-ray diffraction
analysis and IR spectroscopy. Several types of cation order over the five key positions are established depending on cation
composition and their force characteristics.
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Translated from Kristallografiya, Vol. 47, No. 6, 2002, pp. 1009–1015.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Rastsvetaeva, Chukanov.
This study was presented at the Symposium “Phase Transitions in Solid Solutions and Alloys,” Sochi, Russia, 2001.