A. Utzolino et K. Bluhm, SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF COBALT CONTAINING BORATE OXIDES - CO1.5TI0.5(BO3)O AND CO1.5ZR0.5(BO3)O, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 50(11), 1995, pp. 1653-1657
Single crystals of Co1.5Ti0.5(BO3)O (I) and Co1.5Zr0.5(BO3)O (II) were
obtained by a B2O3 flux technique. Both compounds crystallize with or
thorhombic symmetry, space group D-2h(16)-Pnma (Nr. 62), I a = 928.1;
b = 311.1; c = 940.1 pm, Z = 4 and II a = 949.5: b = 323.42; c = 934.7
pm; Z = 4. The compounds are isotypic to the mineral warwickite. All
metal ions are octahedrally coordinated by oxygen ions. The structure
contains isolated. trigonal planar BO3 units and oxygen that is not co
ordinated to boron.