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Comment on the following observations.(a)   the pyroxenes CaMgSi2O6 and CaFeSi2O6 are isom...

Comment on the following observations.

(a)   the pyroxenes CaMgSi2O6 and CaFeSi2O6 are isomorphous;


(b)   the feldspar NaAlSi3Os may contain up to 10% of CaAl2Si2O8;


(c)   the mineral spoclumene, LiAlSi2O6, is iso- structural with diops ide, CaMgSi2O6, but when it is heated it is transformed into a polymorph having the quartz structure with the Li1 ions in the interstices.

Compound

vj(symmetric)/cm-1

v3(asymmetric)/cm-1

I

2330

2158

II

658

1535

III

1333

2349

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