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AKERMANITE

10, t-melilite, at 3.79 GPa, g-melilite

Ca(2)MgSi(2)O(7)


Tetragonal  P 4(-)2(1)m  Z = 2

R =0.044          NR =589

14 .10 .1997

Ref.Str.:

         Yang H., Hazen R.M., Downs R.T., Finger L.W. (1997)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 24, 7, 510-519

Reserv:

         There are U(ij) in the article.  D.T.N.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.7494   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.7494   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.9428   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   296.83

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    89.4 

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

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

   1 0.334   0.166   0.505    1.04   Ca    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.76   Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.1406  0.3594  0.9354   0.53   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.5     0.0     0.1835   1.2    O     = 1.00
   5 0.1396  0.3604  0.2604   1.5    O     = 1.00
   6 0.0822  0.1839  0.7783   1.1    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.334      0.166      0.505 
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.1406     0.3594     0.9354
     4       4     0.5        0.0        0.1835
     5       5     0.1396     0.3604     0.2604
     6       6     0.0822     0.1839     0.7783
     7       1     0.166      0.666      0.495 
     8       1     0.666      0.834      0.505 
     9       1     0.834      0.334      0.495 
    10       3     0.3594     0.8594     0.0646
    11       3     0.8594     0.6406     0.9354
    12       3     0.6406     0.1406     0.0646
    13       4     0.0        0.5        0.8165
    14       5     0.3604     0.8604     0.7396
    15       5     0.8604     0.6396     0.2604
    16       5     0.6396     0.1396     0.7396
    17       6     0.1839     0.9178     0.2217
    18       6     0.9178     0.8161     0.7783
    19       6     0.8161     0.0822     0.2217
    20       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    21       6     0.4178     0.6839     0.2217
    22       6     0.3161     0.4178     0.7783
    23       6     0.5822     0.3161     0.2217
    24       6     0.6839     0.5822     0.7783


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.05

MU (1/cm) =     208.217    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     68.283

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

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

    1    Ca                  2.88         8
                                                 2.4156       4
                                                 2.4496       5
                                                 2.3773       6
                                                 2.6448       5
                                                 2.6448       5
                                                 2.6483       6
                                                 2.3773       6
                                                 2.6483       6
    2    Mg                  2.52         4
                                                 1.9072       6
                                                 1.9072       6
                                                 1.9072       6
                                                 1.9072       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6064       5
                                                 1.6302       6
                                                 1.6492       4
                                                 1.6302       6
    4    O                   3.264        8
                                                 3.1458       5
                                                 2.6748       5
                                                 3.1458       5
                                                 2.6748       5
                                                 2.5381       6
                                                 2.5381       6
                                                 2.5381       6
                                                 2.5381       6
    5    O                   3.264        7
                                                 2.9363       6
                                                 2.7833       6
                                                 3.1458       4
                                                 2.6748       4
                                                 3.0598       5
                                                 2.9363       6
                                                 2.7833       6
    6    O                   3.264        7
                                                 2.7833       5
                                                 2.9363       5
                                                 2.5381       4
                                                 3.1107       6
                                                 3.122        6
                                                 3.1107       6
                                                 2.5634       6

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

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

    1   1   1   0  8.081  16.162   0.091   98.27    4       22.9      233.2
    2   0   0   1  8.965  17.931   0.101   79.42    2       10.5       20.0
    3   1   0   1 10.652  21.304   0.12    55.63    8       18.4      171.7
    4   2   0   0 11.467  22.933   0.129   47.72    4       17.3       65.0
    5   1   1   1 12.115  24.23    0.136   42.53    8       27.0      281.5
    6   2   1   0 12.842  25.684   0.144   37.62    8       15.9       86.3
    7   2   0   1 14.631  29.263   0.164   28.53    8       45.5      537.0
    8   2   1   1 15.751  31.501   0.176   24.35   16       74.1     2427.9
    9   2   2   0 16.328  32.657   0.182   22.53    4       29.9       91.6
   10   0   0   2 18.16   36.321   0.202   17.87    2       31.2       39.5
   11   3   1   0 18.32   36.64    0.204   17.53    8       50.5      405.5
   12   2   2   1 18.75   37.501   0.209   16.65    8       31.1      146.7
   13   1   0   2 19.096  38.191   0.212   16.0     8       32.0      148.3
   14   3   0   1 19.661  39.323   0.218   14.99    8       34.7      164.2
   15   1   1   2 19.993  39.987   0.222   14.45    8       22.2       64.8
   16   3   1   1 20.539  41.077   0.228   13.61   16       12.8       40.6
   17   3   2   0 21.001  42.002   0.233   12.94    8        5.8        4.0
   18   2   0   2 21.696  43.392   0.24    12.03    8       14.1       21.6
   19   2   1   2 22.508  45.016   0.248   11.08   16       39.8      319.4
   20   3   2   1 23.004  46.009   0.254   10.54   16       19.2       70.8
   21   4   0   0 23.428  46.856   0.258   10.12    4       59.1      160.3
   22   4   1   0 24.194  48.388   0.266    9.41    8       43.1      158.4
   23   2   2   2 24.818  49.637   0.272    8.88    8       36.0      104.2
   24   3   3   0 24.943  49.886   0.274    8.78    4       79.6      252.4
   25   4   0   1 25.28   50.56    0.277    8.51    8       13.0       13.1
   26   3   0   2 25.553  51.107   0.28     8.31    8       14.7       16.3
   27   4   1   1 26.006  52.011   0.285    7.98   16       40.5      238.0
   28   3   1   2 26.273  52.547   0.287    7.8    16       60.7      521.0
   29   4   2   0 26.393  52.786   0.289    7.72    8       46.7      152.8
   30   3   3   1 26.717  53.434   0.292    7.5     8       35.1       84.1
   31   0   0   3 27.873  55.746   0.303    6.82    2       37.4       21.7
   32   4   2   1 28.102  56.205   0.306    6.69   16       12.1       17.7
   33   3   2   2 28.357  56.713   0.308    6.55   16       21.5       54.9
   34   1   0   3 28.553  57.105   0.31     6.45    8       17.6       18.2
   35   1   1   3 29.222  58.444   0.317    6.12    8       27.0       40.5
   36   4   3   0 29.801  59.603   0.323    5.86    8        2.3        0.3
   37   4   0   2 30.344  60.689   0.328    5.63    8       12.7        8.2
   38   5   1   0 30.453  60.907   0.329    5.58    8       10.8        5.9
   39   2   0   3 30.533  61.065   0.33     5.55    8       25.7       33.2
   40   4   1   2 30.99   61.979   0.334    5.37   16       14.5       20.4
   41   2   1   3 31.175  62.351   0.336    5.3    16       37.2      133.2
   42   4   3   1 31.389  62.779   0.338    5.22   16        3.8        1.4
   43   5   0   1 31.389  62.779   0.338    5.22    8       16.2       12.5
   44   3   3   2 31.627  63.254   0.34     5.14    8       28.9       38.9
   45   5   1   1 32.023  64.045   0.344    5.0    16       25.9       60.8
   46   5   2   0 32.363  64.726   0.347    4.89    8       19.6       17.0
   47   4   2   2 32.882  65.763   0.352    4.72   16       17.9       27.5
   48   2   2   3 33.061  66.123   0.354    4.67    8       53.8      122.8
   49   3   0   3 33.678  67.355   0.36     4.49    8       42.2       72.6
   50   5   2   1 33.883  67.766   0.362    4.43   16       55.3      245.9
   51   4   4   0 34.214  68.428   0.365    4.34    4       63.4       79.3
   52   3   1   3 34.288  68.577   0.366    4.32   16       12.6       12.4
   53   5   3   0 35.422  70.843   0.376    4.05    8       22.8       19.1
   54   4   4   1 35.696  71.391   0.379    3.99    8       33.4       40.3
   55   4   3   2 35.919  71.838   0.381    3.94   16       23.0       37.9
   56   5   0   2 35.919  71.838   0.381    3.94    8        7.9        2.2
   57   3   2   3 36.092  72.183   0.382    3.9    16       11.6        9.6
   58   5   1   2 36.513  73.025   0.386    3.81   16       14.0       13.6
   59   6   0   0 36.612  73.224   0.387    3.79    4       70.8       86.3
   60   5   3   1 36.882  73.765   0.39     3.74   16       14.2       13.7
   61   6   1   0 37.201  74.403   0.392    3.68    8       26.4       23.2
   62   4   0   3 37.859  75.718   0.398    3.57    8       16.4        8.7
   63   6   0   1 38.055  76.11    0.4      3.53    8        7.4        1.8
   64   5   2   2 38.273  76.546   0.402    3.5    16       25.1       40.1
   65   4   1   3 38.442  76.883   0.404    3.47   16       41.4      107.9
   66   0   0   4 38.562  77.123   0.405    3.45    2       67.0       35.2
   67   6   1   1 38.637  77.273   0.405    3.44   16       22.9       32.7
   68   6   2   0 38.951  77.902   0.408    3.4     8        6.5        1.3
   69   3   3   3 39.022  78.043   0.409    3.39    8       42.5       55.6
   70   1   0   4 39.141  78.282   0.41     3.37    8        9.8        2.9
   71   5   4   0 39.528  79.057   0.413    3.32    8       10.8        3.5
   72   1   1   4 39.718  79.436   0.415    3.29    8        7.8        1.8
   73   4   4   2 40.008  80.015   0.417    3.25    8       24.5       17.7
   74   4   2   3 40.174  80.349   0.419    3.23   16       16.5       15.9
   75   6   2   1 40.367  80.734   0.42     3.21   16       28.5       47.3
   76   2   0   4 40.866  81.731   0.425    3.15    8        7.9        1.8
   77   5   4   1 40.94   81.879   0.425    3.14   16       34.1       66.2
   78   5   3   2 41.153  82.307   0.427    3.12   16       22.5       28.6
   79   2   1   4 41.437  82.874   0.43     3.09   16       15.9       14.1
   80   6   3   0 41.82   83.639   0.433    3.06    8       19.3       10.3
   81   6   0   2 42.293  84.586   0.437    3.01    8       45.5       56.6
   82   6   1   2 42.861  85.722   0.442    2.96   16       14.8       11.7
   83   4   3   3 43.026  86.052   0.443    2.95   16       27.1       39.3
   84   5   0   3 43.026  86.052   0.443    2.95    8        0.8        0.0
   85   2   2   4 43.143  86.286   0.444    2.94    8       29.5       23.3
   86   6   3   1 43.216  86.433   0.444    2.94   16       10.8        6.2
   87   5   1   3 43.593  87.186   0.448    2.91   16       34.6       63.3
   88   3   0   4 43.71   87.42    0.449    2.9     8       33.8       30.1
   89   3   1   4 44.276  88.553   0.453    2.87   16       23.7       29.4
   90   6   2   2 44.561  89.123   0.455    2.85   16       24.3       30.7
   91   5   5   0 44.656  89.313   0.456    2.85    4       16.6        3.6
   92   7   1   0 44.656  89.313   0.456    2.85    8       27.5       19.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (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   1   0   8.081  16.162  5.47965      233.2      9.6      9.7     5.6
    2   1   0   1  10.652  21.304  4.16728      171.7      7.1      7.1     5.6
    3   2   0   0  11.467  22.933  3.8747        65.0      2.7      2.7     5.6
    4   1   1   1  12.115  24.23   3.67025      281.5     11.6     11.7     5.6
    5   2   1   0  12.842  25.684  3.46564       86.3      3.6      3.6     5.6
    6   2   0   1  14.631  29.263  3.04942      537.0     22.1     22.2     5.6
    7   2   1   1  15.751  31.501  2.83763     2427.9    100.0    100.0     5.6
    8   2   2   0  16.328  32.657  2.73983       91.6      3.8      3.8     5.6
    9   0   0   2  18.16   36.321  2.4714        39.5      1.6      1.6     5.7
   10   3   1   0  18.32   36.64   2.45058      405.5     16.7     16.6     5.7
   11   2   2   1  18.75   37.501  2.39631      146.7      6.0      6.0     5.7
   12   1   0   2  19.096  38.191  2.35456      148.3      6.1      6.1     5.7
   13   3   0   1  19.661  39.323  2.28935      164.2      6.8      6.7     5.7
   14   1   1   2  19.993  39.987  2.25287       64.8      2.7      2.6     5.7
   15   3   1   1  20.539  41.077  2.19555       40.6      1.7      1.7     5.7
   16   2   1   2  22.508  45.016  2.01217      319.4     13.2     13.0     5.7
   17   3   2   1  23.004  46.009  1.97102       70.8      2.9      2.9     5.7
   18   4   0   0  23.428  46.856  1.93735      160.3      6.6      6.5     5.7
   19   4   1   0  24.194  48.388  1.87951      158.4      6.5      6.4     5.7
   20   2   2   2  24.818  49.637  1.83513      104.2      4.3      4.2     5.7
   21   3   3   0  24.943  49.886  1.82655      252.4     10.4     10.2     5.7
   22   4   1   1  26.006  52.011  1.75678      238.0      9.8      9.6     5.8
   23   3   1   2  26.273  52.547  1.74013      521.0     21.5     21.0     5.8
   24   4   2   0  26.393  52.786  1.73282      152.8      6.3      6.2     5.8
   25   3   3   1  26.717  53.434  1.71331       84.1      3.5      3.4     5.8
   26   3   2   2  28.357  56.713  1.62179       54.9      2.3      2.2     5.8
   27   1   1   3  29.222  58.444  1.57782       40.5      1.7      1.6     5.8
   28   2   0   3  30.533  61.065  1.51622       33.2      1.4      1.3     5.8
   29   2   1   3  31.175  62.351  1.488        133.2      5.5      5.3     5.8
   30   3   3   2  31.627  63.254  1.46891       38.9      1.6      1.5     5.9
   31   5   1   1  32.023  64.045  1.45267       60.8      2.5      2.4     5.9
   32   4   2   2  32.882  65.763  1.41881       27.5      1.1      1.1     5.9
   33   2   2   3  33.061  66.123  1.41196      122.8      5.1      4.8     5.9
   34   3   0   3  33.678  67.355  1.38909       72.6      3.0      2.9     5.9
   35   5   2   1  33.883  67.766  1.38166      245.9     10.1      9.7     5.9
   36   4   4   0  34.214  68.428  1.36991       79.3      3.3      3.1     5.9
   37   4   4   1  35.696  71.391  1.32015       40.3      1.7      1.6     5.9
   38   4   3   2  35.919  71.838  1.31304       40.1      1.7      1.6     5.9
   39   6   0   0  36.612  73.224  1.29157       86.3      3.6      3.4     6.0
   40   5   2   2  38.273  76.546  1.24358       40.1      1.7      1.6     6.0
   41   4   1   3  38.442  76.883  1.23895      107.9      4.4      4.2     6.0
   42   0   0   4  38.562  77.123  1.2357        35.2      1.5      1.4     6.0
   43   6   1   1  38.637  77.273  1.23367       32.7      1.3      1.3     6.0
   44   3   3   3  39.022  78.043  1.22342       55.6      2.3      2.1     6.0
   45   6   2   1  40.367  80.734  1.18929       47.3      1.9      1.8     6.1
   46   5   4   1  40.94   81.879  1.17553       66.2      2.7      2.5     6.1
   47   5   3   2  41.153  82.307  1.1705        28.6      1.2      1.1     6.1
   48   6   0   2  42.293  84.586  1.14468       56.6      2.3      2.2     6.1
   49   4   3   3  43.026  86.052  1.1289        39.3      1.6      1.5     6.1
   50   5   1   3  43.593  87.186  1.11711       63.3      2.6      2.4     6.2
   51   3   0   4  43.71   87.42   1.11472       30.1      1.2      1.1     6.2
   52   3   1   4  44.276  88.553  1.10336       29.4      1.2      1.1     6.2
   53   6   2   2  44.561  89.123  1.09777       30.7      1.3      1.2     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)