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NIASITE

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Ni’’(4.10)[AsO(4)](3)


Tetragonal  I 4(-)2d  Z = 4

R =0.0226          NR =471

3 .5 .24

Ref.Str.:

         A.R. Kampf, B.P. Nash, J. Plasil, J.B. Smith, M.N. Feinglo (2020)

         * Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 373–385, doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-373-2020

         L: $ Ni2+3.69 Co2+0.66 Fe2+0.03 Al0.02 Na0.02 Cu2+0.01 As3.03 O12$

         R: Locality - Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany. IMA2019-105.

         The coordinate Z of Ni(pos.2) has been corrected (from 0.2291

         to 0.02291). N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   6.8046   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   6.8046   beta  =   90.0 
             c =  18.619    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   862.11

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =   129.82

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.0     0.5     0.75     0.0    Ni    = 0.2 , Ni    = 0.0 
   2 0.0     0.5     0.0229   0.0    Ni    = 0.97, Ni    = 0.0 
   3 0.7522  0.25    0.125    0.0    Ni    = 0.98, Ni    = 0.0 
   4 0.0     0.5     0.25     0.0    As    = 1.00
   5 0.3453  0.25    0.125    0.0    As    = 1.00
   6 0.5094  0.2856  0.1937   0.0    O     = 1.00
   7 0.2225  0.0449  0.1471   0.0    O     = 1.00
   8 0.9445  0.2905  0.2059   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.5        0.75  
     2       2     0.0        0.5        0.0229
     3       3     0.7522     0.25       0.125 
     4       4     0.0        0.5        0.25  
     5       5     0.3453     0.25       0.125 
     6       6     0.5094     0.2856     0.1937
     7       7     0.2225     0.0449     0.1471
     8       8     0.9445     0.2905     0.2059
     9       1     0.5        0.0        0.25  
    10       2     0.5        0.0        0.9771
    11       3     0.25       0.2478     0.875 
    12       3     0.2478     0.75       0.125 
    13       3     0.75       0.7522     0.875 
    14       4     0.5        0.0        0.75  
    15       5     0.25       0.6547     0.875 
    16       5     0.6547     0.75       0.125 
    17       5     0.75       0.3453     0.875 
    18       6     0.2856     0.4906     0.8063
    19       6     0.4906     0.7144     0.1937
    20       6     0.7144     0.5094     0.8063
    21       7     0.0449     0.7775     0.8529
    22       7     0.7775     0.9551     0.1471
    23       7     0.9551     0.2225     0.8529
    24       8     0.2905     0.0555     0.7941
    25       8     0.0555     0.7095     0.2059
    26       8     0.7095     0.9445     0.7941
    27       2     0.5        0.0        0.5229
    28       3     0.7478     0.25       0.625 
    29       5     0.1547     0.25       0.625 
    30       6     0.9906     0.2144     0.6937
    31       7     0.2775     0.4551     0.6471
    32       8     0.5555     0.2095     0.7059
    33       2     0.0        0.5        0.4771
    34       3     0.25       0.2522     0.375 
    35       3     0.2522     0.75       0.625 
    36       3     0.75       0.7478     0.375 
    37       5     0.25       0.8453     0.375 
    38       5     0.8453     0.75       0.625 
    39       5     0.75       0.1547     0.375 
    40       6     0.2144     0.0094     0.3063
    41       6     0.0094     0.7856     0.6937
    42       6     0.7856     0.9906     0.3063
    43       7     0.4551     0.7225     0.3529
    44       7     0.7225     0.5449     0.6471
    45       7     0.5449     0.2775     0.3529
    46       8     0.2095     0.4445     0.2941
    47       8     0.4445     0.7905     0.7059
    48       8     0.7905     0.5555     0.2941
    49       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    50       2     0.5        0.5        0.2729
    51       4     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    52       6     0.2856     0.0094     0.4437
    53       7     0.0449     0.7225     0.3971
    54       8     0.2905     0.4445     0.4559
    55       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    56       2     0.0        0.0        0.2271
    57       4     0.0        0.0        0.0   
    58       6     0.4906     0.7856     0.0563
    59       6     0.7144     0.9906     0.4437
    60       6     0.5094     0.2144     0.0563
    61       7     0.7775     0.5449     0.1029
    62       7     0.9551     0.2775     0.3971
    63       7     0.2225     0.4551     0.1029
    64       8     0.0555     0.7905     0.0441
    65       8     0.7095     0.5555     0.4559
    66       8     0.9445     0.2095     0.0441
    67       2     0.0        0.0        0.7729
    68       6     0.2144     0.4906     0.9437
    69       7     0.4551     0.7775     0.8971
    70       8     0.2095     0.0555     0.9559
    71       2     0.5        0.5        0.7271
    72       6     0.0094     0.7144     0.5563
    73       6     0.7856     0.5094     0.9437
    74       6     0.9906     0.2856     0.5563
    75       7     0.7225     0.9551     0.6029
    76       7     0.5449     0.2225     0.8971
    77       7     0.2775     0.0449     0.6029
    78       8     0.4445     0.7095     0.5441
    79       8     0.7905     0.9445     0.9559
    80       8     0.5555     0.2905     0.5441


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      5.07

MU (1/cm) =     378.847    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     74.766

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1   Ni   ,Ni             2.52         4
                                                 2.209        6
                                                 2.209        6
                                                 2.209        6
                                                 2.209        6
    2   Ni   ,Ni             2.52         6
                                                 2.1456       7
                                                 2.1456       7
                                                 2.0508       8
                                                 2.0508       8
                                                 2.0755       6
                                                 2.0755       6
    3   Ni   ,Ni             2.52         6
                                                 2.1034       6
                                                 2.0142       8
                                                 2.0557       7
                                                 2.1034       6
                                                 2.0557       7
                                                 2.0142       8
    4    As                  2.46         4
                                                 1.6879       8
                                                 1.6879       8
                                                 1.6879       8
                                                 1.6879       8
    5    As                  2.46         4
                                                 1.7151       6
                                                 1.678        7
                                                 1.7151       6
                                                 1.678        7
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.692        7
                                                 2.9696       8
                                                 2.9206       6
                                                 3.023        7
                                                 2.9745       7
                                                 2.9712       8
                                                 3.2444       8
                                                 2.6037       6
                                                 3.0495       7
                                                 2.8284       7
    7    O                   3.264       11
                                                 2.692        6
                                                 2.7514       8
                                                 3.023        6
                                                 3.0891       7
                                                 2.7746       8
                                                 2.9745       6
                                                 3.0495       6
                                                 2.8284       6
                                                 2.91         7
                                                 2.8224       8
                                                 2.9173       8
    8    O                   3.264       11
                                                 2.9696       6
                                                 2.7514       7
                                                 2.7746       7
                                                 2.9495       8
                                                 3.2444       6
                                                 2.9712       6
                                                 2.6545       8
                                                 2.6545       8
                                                 2.8224       7
                                                 2.9173       7
                                                 3.0626       8

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   0   1  8.045  16.09    0.078   99.16    8       35.4      133.6
    2   1   1   0 10.713  21.427   0.104   54.97    4        0.0        0.0
    3   0   0   4 11.079  22.158   0.107   51.27    2      163.1      366.9
    4   1   0   3 11.248  22.497   0.109   49.67    8       87.1      405.1
    5   1   1   2 12.079  24.158   0.117   42.8     8       50.1      115.4
    6   2   0   0 15.242  30.484   0.147   26.13    4       30.3       12.9
    7   1   0   5 15.891  31.783   0.153   23.89    8      234.2     1410.0
    8   2   0   2 16.255  32.509   0.156   22.75    8       90.5      200.4
    9   2   1   1 17.327  34.655   0.166   19.8    16      206.2     1813.0
   10   2   0   4 19.004  38.009   0.182   16.17    8      602.9     6325.0
   11   2   1   3 19.109  38.217   0.183   15.97   16      120.9      502.6
   12   1   1   6 20.059  40.118   0.192   14.34    8       59.5       54.7
   13   1   0   7 21.165  42.331   0.202   12.72    8       49.8       33.9
   14   2   2   0 21.826  43.653   0.208   11.87    4      331.1      700.6
   15   2   1   5 22.308  44.617   0.212   11.3    16       64.5      101.3
   16   0   0   8 22.602  45.203   0.215   10.97    2      468.0      646.9
   17   2   0   6 22.962  45.925   0.218   10.59    8      124.3      176.2
   18   3   0   1 23.407  46.814   0.222   10.14    8      103.3      116.3
   19   3   1   0 24.562  49.124   0.232    9.09    8       12.1        1.4
   20   2   2   4 24.741  49.482   0.234    8.94    8       43.7       18.4
   21   3   0   3 24.826  49.651   0.235    8.87    8      117.9      132.7
   22   3   1   2 25.254  50.509   0.238    8.53   16      114.6      241.2
   23   2   1   7 26.528  53.056   0.25     7.63   16       88.7      129.3
   24   1   0   9 26.866  53.732   0.253    7.41    8       86.1       59.1
   25   3   1   4 27.255  54.509   0.256    7.17   16       89.9      124.7
   26   3   0   5 27.5    54.999   0.258    7.03    8       98.2       72.9
   27   2   0   8 27.752  55.503   0.26     6.88    8      115.7       99.1
   28   3   2   1 28.449  56.898   0.266    6.51   16      122.7      211.0
   29   3   2   3 29.695  59.389   0.277    5.91   16      114.0      165.4
   30   3   1   6 30.387  60.774   0.283    5.61   16      131.1      207.7
   31   1   1  10 31.005  62.01    0.288    5.37    8       76.2       33.5
   32   3   0   7 31.216  62.431   0.29     5.29    8       72.5       29.9
   33   2   1   9 31.521  63.042   0.292    5.17   16      219.4      536.0
   34   4   0   0 31.722  63.444   0.294    5.1     4      543.4      810.7
   35   3   2   5 32.096  64.192   0.297    4.97   16      250.7      672.7
   36   4   0   2 32.31   64.621   0.299    4.9     8      146.0      112.4
   37   2   2   8 32.325  64.651   0.299    4.9     8      438.3     1012.8
   38   4   1   1 32.963  65.927   0.304    4.7    16       41.7       17.6
   39   1   0  11 32.994  65.987   0.304    4.69    8       64.3       20.8
   40   2   0  10 33.205  66.41    0.306    4.62    8       42.6        9.0
   41   3   3   0 33.896  67.793   0.312    4.43    4        0.0        0.0
   42   4   0   4 34.043  68.085   0.313    4.39    8       41.3        8.1
   43   4   1   3 34.112  68.224   0.313    4.37   16       85.1       68.2
   44   3   3   2 34.465  68.931   0.316    4.28    8      196.0      176.9
   45   3   1   8 34.48   68.96    0.316    4.27   16      106.6      104.5
   46   0   0  12 35.203  70.407   0.322    4.1     2      318.4      111.8
   47   3   2   7 35.53   71.06    0.325    4.02   16      181.7      286.0
   48   3   0   9 35.816  71.633   0.327    3.96    8      257.7      283.1
   49   4   2   0 36.005  72.01    0.329    3.92    8      139.6       82.2
   50   4   1   5 36.358  72.715   0.331    3.85   16      193.6      310.2
   51   4   2   2 36.56   73.119   0.333    3.8    16       89.6       65.7
   52   4   0   6 36.843  73.686   0.335    3.75    8      142.0       81.4
   53   2   1  11 37.206  74.413   0.338    3.68   16      122.5      118.9
   54   4   2   4 38.204  76.409   0.346    3.51   16      311.0      731.2
   55   3   3   6 38.886  77.773   0.351    3.41    8      238.1      207.9
   56   2   0  12 39.316  78.632   0.354    3.34    8      327.1      385.2
   57   3   1  10 39.44   78.881   0.355    3.33   16      123.2      108.8
   58   4   1   7 39.63   79.26    0.357    3.3    16       74.3       39.3
   59   1   0  13 39.658  79.316   0.357    3.3     8      210.0      156.6
   60   3   2   9 39.906  79.812   0.359    3.27   16       99.8       70.1
   61   4   0   8 40.638  81.276   0.364    3.18    8      264.2      238.8
   62   4   2   6 40.899  81.797   0.366    3.15   16      159.1      171.6
   63   4   3   1 41.224  82.447   0.368    3.11   16      137.2      126.1
   64   5   0   1 41.224  82.447   0.368    3.11    8       69.1       16.0
   65   3   0  11 41.251  82.503   0.369    3.11    8      117.5       46.2
   66   5   1   0 42.087  84.175   0.375    3.03    8      197.7      127.5
   67   4   3   3 42.288  84.577   0.376    3.01   16       89.7       52.2
   68   5   0   3 42.288  84.577   0.376    3.01    8       52.9        9.1
   69   5   1   2 42.619  85.237   0.379    2.98   16      136.0      118.8
   70   2   2  12 43.312  86.625   0.383    2.93    8       61.7       12.0
   71   2   1  13 43.649  87.297   0.386    2.91   16      103.2       66.6
   72   4   1   9 43.893  87.785   0.388    2.89   16      113.6       80.3
   73   5   1   4 44.208  88.416   0.39     2.87   16      152.0      142.9
   74   1   1  14 44.249  88.498   0.39     2.87    8      142.5       62.7
   75   4   3   5 44.408  88.816   0.391    2.86   16      116.7       83.9
   76   5   0   5 44.408  88.816   0.391    2.86    8       52.0        8.3
   77   4   2   8 44.615  89.23    0.393    2.85   16       52.8       17.1


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   1   0   1   8.045  16.09   6.39116      133.6      2.1      2.1     5.6
    2   0   0   4  11.079  22.158  4.65475      366.9      5.8      5.9     5.6
    3   1   0   3  11.248  22.497  4.58549      405.1      6.4      6.5     5.6
    4   1   1   2  12.079  24.158  4.27442      115.4      1.8      1.8     5.6
    5   1   0   5  15.891  31.783  3.26664     1410.0     22.3     22.4     5.6
    6   2   0   2  16.255  32.509  3.19558      200.4      3.2      3.2     5.6
    7   2   1   1  17.327  34.655  3.00326     1813.0     28.7     28.8     5.7
    8   2   0   4  19.004  38.009  2.74678     6325.0    100.0    100.0     5.7
    9   2   1   3  19.109  38.217  2.73233      502.6      7.9      7.9     5.7
   10   2   2   0  21.826  43.653  2.40579      700.6     11.1     11.0     5.7
   11   2   1   5  22.308  44.617  2.35636      101.3      1.6      1.6     5.7
   12   0   0   8  22.602  45.203  2.32738      646.9     10.2     10.2     5.7
   13   2   0   6  22.962  45.925  2.29274      176.2      2.8      2.8     5.7
   14   3   0   1  23.407  46.814  2.25155      116.3      1.8      1.8     5.7
   15   3   0   3  24.826  49.651  2.13039      132.7      2.1      2.1     5.7
   16   3   1   2  25.254  50.509  2.09653      241.2      3.8      3.8     5.8
   17   2   1   7  26.528  53.056  2.00268      129.3      2.0      2.0     5.8
   18   3   1   4  27.255  54.509  1.9532       124.7      2.0      1.9     5.8
   19   3   0   5  27.5    54.999  1.93714       72.9      1.2      1.1     5.8
   20   2   0   8  27.752  55.503  1.92093       99.1      1.6      1.5     5.8
   21   3   2   1  28.449  56.898  1.87764      211.0      3.3      3.3     5.8
   22   3   2   3  29.695  59.389  1.80562      165.4      2.6      2.5     5.8
   23   3   1   6  30.387  60.774  1.76827      207.7      3.3      3.2     5.8
   24   2   1   9  31.521  63.042  1.71087      536.0      8.5      8.2     5.9
   25   4   0   0  31.722  63.444  1.70115      810.7     12.8     12.4     5.9
   26   3   2   5  32.096  64.192  1.6834       672.7     10.6     10.3     5.9
   27   2   2   8  32.325  64.651  1.67274     1125.3     17.8     17.2     5.9
   28   4   1   3  34.112  68.224  1.59493       68.2      1.1      1.0     5.9
   29   3   3   2  34.465  68.931  1.58057      281.5      4.4      4.3     5.9
   30   0   0  12  35.203  70.407  1.55158      111.8      1.8      1.7     5.9
   31   3   2   7  35.53   71.06   1.53918      286.0      4.5      4.3     5.9
   32   3   0   9  35.816  71.633  1.5285       283.1      4.5      4.3     5.9
   33   4   2   0  36.005  72.01   1.52155       82.2      1.3      1.2     5.9
   34   4   1   5  36.358  72.715  1.50882      310.2      4.9      4.7     6.0
   35   4   2   2  36.56   73.119  1.50163       65.7      1.0      1.0     6.0
   36   4   0   6  36.843  73.686  1.49171       81.4      1.3      1.2     6.0
   37   2   1  11  37.206  74.413  1.47921      118.9      1.9      1.8     6.0
   38   4   2   4  38.204  76.409  1.44625      731.2     11.6     10.9     6.0
   39   3   3   6  38.886  77.773  1.42481      207.9      3.3      3.1     6.0
   40   2   0  12  39.316  78.632  1.41171      385.2      6.1      5.7     6.0
   41   3   1  10  39.44   78.881  1.40799      108.8      1.7      1.6     6.0
   42   1   0  13  39.658  79.316  1.40152      195.9      3.1      2.9     6.0
   43   3   2   9  39.906  79.812  1.39426       70.1      1.1      1.0     6.0
   44   4   0   8  40.638  81.276  1.37339      238.8      3.8      3.5     6.1
   45   4   2   6  40.899  81.797  1.36617      171.6      2.7      2.5     6.1
   46   4   3   1  41.224  82.447  1.3573       188.4      3.0      2.8     6.1
   47   5   1   0  42.087  84.175  1.33449      127.5      2.0      1.9     6.1
   48   5   1   2  42.619  85.237  1.32099      118.8      1.9      1.7     6.1
   49   2   1  13  43.649  87.297  1.29588       66.6      1.1      1.0     6.2
   50   4   1   9  43.893  87.785  1.29013       80.3      1.3      1.2     6.2
   51   5   1   4  44.208  88.416  1.28281      142.9      2.3      2.1     6.2
   52   4   3   5  44.408  88.816  1.27823       92.2      1.5      1.3     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)