Is cerussite an aragonite? Longitudinal optical–transverse optical splitting in the single-crystal Raman spectra

1 January 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 13,p. 916-917
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39850000916

Abstract

Single-crystal Raman studies on cerussite, PbCO₃, show longitudinal optical-transverse optical splitting effects and are incompatible with this material having the aragonite lattice; a Pna2₁, C_2v ⁹ structure is indicated.

Keywords

ARAGONITE
CERUSSITE
STRUCTURE
TRANSVERSE
OPTICAL
CRYSTAL RAMAN
SINGLE CRYSTAL
RAMAN SPECTRA
SHOW LONGITUDINAL

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