Elbaite (space group R3m), a Li-bearing tounnaline with general fonnula of XY3Z"(B03hSi,,0,,W4, has 5 kinds of cations and 8 kinds 01'0 (including W). Of the structural studies of tourmaline, those of Gabrielle Donnay and hcr group were unique in focusing on the structural aspccts ofthc primary pyroelectricity (Donnay, 1977" etc). Donnay (1977) refined the structure of elbaite, and tound that t...