A method is described for determining electronic polarizabilities of ions in doubly refracting ionic crystals solely from crystal data. An expression for computing polarizabilities by a least-squares fit can be derived. Such a method is used to obtain values for the polarizability of cations for the sodium D line in A3: Na ÷ 1.7, K + 11.6, Rb + 19.1, TI + 48.7, Ca 2+ 5.2, Sr 2+ 11.1, Ba 2÷ 23.2, Pb 2÷ 38.3. Evidence is given of decreasing polarizability of the 02-ion in aragonite-type carbonates with decreasing cation sizes.
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