Abstract
The valence force field, previously obtained to describe the vibrational normal modes of quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite forms of SiO2 (parts I and II), has been used to calculate the phonon dispersion curves and elastic constants of α‐quartz. The reasonably good fit to the experimental data suggested that the same valence force field may be valid in α‐berlinite, an isomorph of α‐quartz. The following results confirm the analogy between SiO2 and AlPO4.

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