Datolite structure

Datolite is caldiun borosilicate with a monoclinic structure (2/m) and space group P2i/c. It consists of superimposed complex sheets of linked oxygen and O, OH tetrahedra around silicon and boron atoms respectively the Si04 and B(0,0H)4 tetrahedra alternate, forming rings of four and eight tetrahedra. The natural datolite in our study consisted of seven samples from a variety of geologic environments. Concentrations of potential luminescence impurities in one sample are presented in Table 4.8. 

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