title: Crystal Structure Refinement of Reedmergnerite, the Boron Analog of Albite.
abstract: Ordering of boron in a feldspar crystallographic site T1(0) has been found in reedmergnerite, which has silicon-oxygen and sodium-oxygen distances comparable to those in isostructural low albite. If a simple ionic model is assumed, calculated bond strengths yield a considerable charge imbalance in reedmergnerite, an indication of the inadequacy of the model with respect to these complex structures and of the speculative nature of conclusions based on such a model.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Appleman