Here we present results on synthesis of double K-Ca carbonates at atmospheric pressure in closed graphite capsules. The mixtures of K2CO3 and CaCO3 corresponding to stoichiometry of K2Ca(CO3)2 and K2Ca2(CO3)3 were used as starting materials. The low-temperature modification of K2Ca(CO3)2 was synthesized by a solid-state reaction at 500°C during 96 h. The high-temperature modification of K2Ca(CO3)2 as well as the K2Ca2(CO3)3 compound were synthesized both by a solid-state reaction at 600°C during 72 h and during cooling of the melt from 830 to 650°C for 30 min. The obtained carbonates were studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectrum of bütschliite is characterized by the presence of an intense band at 1093 cm-1 and several bands at 1402, 883, 826, 640, 694, 225, 167 and 68 сm-1. The Raman spectrum of fairchildite has characteristic intense bands at 1077 and 1063 cm-1, and several bands at 1760, 1739, 719, 704, 167, 100 сm-1. In the Raman spectrum of K2Ca2(СO3)3 intense bands at 1078 and 1076 cm-1 and several bands at 1765, 1763, 1487, 1470, 1455, 1435, 1402, 711, 705, 234, 221, 167, 125 and 101 сm-1 were found. The collected Raman spectra can be used to identify carbonate phases entrapped as microinclusions in phenocrysts and xenoliths from kimberlites and other alkaline rocks.
High temperature Raman spectra and micro-structure of Bi4Ge3O12 crystal and its melt
