Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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AKERMANITE

14, td-melilite, Co, syn, at 130'K, g-melilite

Ca(2)CoSi(2)O(7)


Tetragonal  P 4(-)  Z = 2

R =0.068          NR =106

9 .10 .1900

Ref.Str.:

         M. Riester, H. Boehm, V. Petricek (2000)

         * Z. Kristallogr., 215, 102-109

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.82     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.82     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.014    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   306.62

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    92.34

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

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

   1 0.331   0.1693  0.5065   0.0    Ca    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Co    = 1.00
   3 0.5     0.5     0.0      0.0    Co    = 1.00
   4 0.1388  0.3609  0.9399   0.0    Si    = 1.00
   5 0.0     0.5     0.8247   0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.1401  0.3583  0.2484   0.0    O     = 1.00
   7 0.0779  0.1893  0.785    0.0    O     = 1.00
   8 0.3106  0.419   0.7782   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.331      0.1693     0.5065
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.5        0.5        0.0   
     4       4     0.1388     0.3609     0.9399
     5       5     0.0        0.5        0.8247
     6       6     0.1401     0.3583     0.2484
     7       7     0.0779     0.1893     0.785 
     8       8     0.3106     0.419      0.7782
     9       1     0.1693     0.669      0.4935
    10       1     0.669      0.8307     0.5065
    11       1     0.8307     0.331      0.4935
    12       4     0.3609     0.8612     0.0601
    13       4     0.8612     0.6391     0.9399
    14       4     0.6391     0.1388     0.0601
    15       5     0.5        0.0        0.1753
    16       6     0.3583     0.8599     0.7516
    17       6     0.8599     0.6417     0.2484
    18       6     0.6417     0.1401     0.7516
    19       7     0.1893     0.9221     0.215 
    20       7     0.9221     0.8107     0.785 
    21       7     0.8107     0.0779     0.215 
    22       8     0.419      0.6894     0.2218
    23       8     0.6894     0.581      0.7782
    24       8     0.581      0.3106     0.2218


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.33

MU (1/cm) =     391.142    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    117.569

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

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

    1    Ca                  2.88         8
                                                 2.4673       6
                                                 2.4273       7
                                                 2.3862       8
                                                 2.5014       5
                                                 2.7221       6
                                                 2.7323       6
                                                 2.6648       7
                                                 2.661        8
    2    Co                  2.568        4
                                                 1.9299       7
                                                 1.9299       7
                                                 1.9299       7
                                                 1.9299       7
    3    Co                  2.568        4
                                                 1.9575       8
                                                 1.9575       8
                                                 1.9575       8
                                                 1.9575       8
    4    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6416       5
                                                 1.547        6
                                                 1.622        7
                                                 1.6336       8
    5    O                   3.264        6
                                                 2.6347       6
                                                 2.5128       7
                                                 2.5209       8
                                                 2.6347       6
                                                 2.5128       7
                                                 2.5209       8
    6    O                   3.264        6
                                                 2.6347       5
                                                 3.0368       7
                                                 2.7169       7
                                                 3.0099       8
                                                 2.7498       8
                                                 3.1165       6
    7    O                   3.264        7
                                                 2.5128       5
                                                 2.7169       6
                                                 3.0368       6
                                                 2.5572       8
                                                 3.1262       7
                                                 3.2015       7
                                                 3.1262       7
    8    O                   3.264        7
                                                 2.5209       5
                                                 2.7498       6
                                                 3.0099       6
                                                 2.5572       7
                                                 3.1839       8
                                                 3.2217       8
                                                 3.1839       8

  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   0   0  5.653  11.306   0.064  203.16    4        0.2        0.1
    2   1   1   0  8.007  16.015   0.09   100.12    4        0.1        0.0
    3   0   0   1  8.837  17.674   0.1     81.81    2       38.5      257.4
    4   1   0   1 10.515  21.03    0.118   57.15    8       18.6      168.0
    5   2   0   0 11.362  22.723   0.128   48.64    4        2.5        1.3
    6   1   1   1 11.969  23.938   0.135   43.63    8       42.2      662.4
    7   1   2   0 12.724  25.448   0.143   38.36    4       17.4       49.2
    8   2   1   0 12.724  25.448   0.143   38.36    4       17.5       50.1
    9   2   0   1 14.467  28.934   0.162   29.22    8       71.1     1257.0
   10   1   2   1 15.577  31.155   0.174   24.94    8       77.3     1269.5
   11   2   1   1 15.577  31.155   0.174   24.94    8       78.1     1295.1
   12   2   2   0 16.177  32.354   0.181   22.99    4       51.1      255.2
   13   3   0   0 17.188  34.376   0.192   20.15    4        0.9        0.1
   14   0   0   2 17.894  35.787   0.199   18.46    2       53.8      113.4
   15   1   3   0 18.149  36.298   0.202   17.89    4       72.1      395.4
   16   3   1   0 18.149  36.298   0.202   17.89    4       71.4      387.5
   17   2   2   1 18.551  37.102   0.207   17.05    8       38.9      219.6
   18   1   0   2 18.824  37.647   0.209   16.51    8       32.4      147.7
   19   3   0   1 19.454  38.908   0.216   15.35    8       39.5      204.3
   20   1   1   2 19.716  39.432   0.219   14.9     8       23.2       68.1
   21   1   3   1 20.323  40.646   0.225   13.93    8       24.5       71.1
   22   3   1   1 20.323  40.646   0.225   13.93    8       23.4       64.8
   23   2   3   0 20.803  41.605   0.231   13.22    4        9.4        4.9
   24   3   2   0 20.803  41.605   0.231   13.22    4        8.1        3.7
   25   2   0   2 21.407  42.813   0.237   12.4     8        3.1        1.0
   26   1   2   2 22.212  44.425   0.245   11.41    8       43.0      179.3
   27   2   1   2 22.212  44.425   0.245   11.41    8       42.8      178.1
   28   2   3   1 22.765  45.53    0.251   10.8     8       18.3       30.8
   29   3   2   1 22.765  45.53    0.251   10.8     8       17.6       28.5
   30   4   0   0 23.204  46.408   0.256   10.34    4       38.9       66.4
   31   1   4   0 23.962  47.924   0.264    9.61    4       50.5      104.2
   32   4   1   0 23.962  47.924   0.264    9.61    4       50.1      102.7
   33   2   2   2 24.504  49.008   0.269    9.14    8       56.1      244.9
   34   3   3   0 24.702  49.405   0.271    8.97    4       70.7      191.0
   35   4   0   1 25.018  50.035   0.275    8.72    8       26.9       53.8
   36   3   0   2 25.233  50.465   0.277    8.55    8       10.7        8.3
   37   1   4   1 25.735  51.471   0.282    8.17    8       45.3      142.9
   38   4   1   1 25.735  51.471   0.282    8.17    8       45.6      144.5
   39   1   3   2 25.946  51.892   0.284    8.02    8       79.6      432.5
   40   3   1   2 25.946  51.892   0.284    8.02    8       78.6      421.7
   41   2   4   0 26.136  52.273   0.286    7.89    4       65.9      145.7
   42   4   2   0 26.136  52.273   0.286    7.89    4       67.0      150.6
   43   3   3   1 26.439  52.878   0.289    7.69    8       54.2      192.0
   44   0   0   3 27.444  54.887   0.299    7.06    2       30.2       13.7
   45   2   4   1 27.809  55.619   0.303    6.85    8       30.1       52.7
   46   4   2   1 27.809  55.619   0.303    6.85    8       28.9       48.7
   47   2   3   2 28.009  56.018   0.305    6.74    8       26.5       40.4
   48   3   2   2 28.009  56.018   0.305    6.74    8       26.7       40.9
   49   1   0   3 28.118  56.236   0.306    6.68    8       19.0       20.5
   50   1   1   3 28.781  57.563   0.313    6.34    8       42.4       97.1
   51   3   4   0 29.505  59.011   0.32     5.99    4        1.4        0.1
   52   4   3   0 29.505  59.011   0.32     5.99    4        0.2        0.0
   53   5   0   0 29.505  59.011   0.32     5.99    4        0.1        0.0
   54   4   0   2 29.976  59.953   0.324    5.78    8        1.0        0.0
   55   2   0   3 30.081  60.161   0.325    5.74    8       44.9       98.4
   56   1   5   0 30.15   60.299   0.326    5.71    4       27.3       18.1
   57   5   1   0 30.15   60.299   0.326    5.71    4       26.4       16.9
   58   1   4   2 30.615  61.229   0.331    5.52    8       16.9       13.4
   59   4   1   2 30.615  61.229   0.331    5.52    8       17.1       13.7
   60   1   2   3 30.717  61.435   0.332    5.48    8       40.4       76.0
   61   2   1   3 30.717  61.435   0.332    5.48    8       40.1       75.0
   62   3   4   1 31.058  62.117   0.335    5.35    8        2.5        0.3
   63   4   3   1 31.058  62.117   0.335    5.35    8        2.5        0.3
   64   5   0   1 31.058  62.117   0.335    5.35    8       19.7       17.6
   65   3   3   2 31.245  62.49    0.337    5.27    8       16.4       12.1
   66   1   5   1 31.684  63.367   0.341    5.12    8       46.2       93.0
   67   5   1   1 31.684  63.367   0.341    5.12    8       45.3       89.4
   68   2   5   0 32.036  64.071   0.344    4.99    4       22.1       10.4
   69   5   2   0 32.036  64.071   0.344    4.99    4       22.1       10.3
   70   2   4   2 32.485  64.97    0.349    4.85    8       31.4       40.5
   71   4   2   2 32.485  64.97    0.349    4.85    8       30.5       38.4
   72   2   2   3 32.584  65.169   0.35     4.81    8       61.0      152.4
   73   3   0   3 33.194  66.388   0.355    4.63    8       44.3       77.1
   74   2   5   1 33.521  67.042   0.358    4.53    8       60.3      140.4
   75   5   2   1 33.521  67.042   0.358    4.53    8       59.5      136.3
   76   1   3   3 33.798  67.596   0.361    4.45    8       26.3       26.2
   77   3   1   3 33.798  67.596   0.361    4.45    8       27.9       29.4
   78   4   4   0 33.863  67.726   0.362    4.44    4       81.0      123.9
   79   3   5   0 35.055  70.109   0.373    4.13    4       41.8       30.7
   80   5   3   0 35.055  70.109   0.373    4.13    4       41.4       30.1
   81   4   4   1 35.31   70.62    0.375    4.07    8       52.0       93.8
   82   3   4   2 35.485  70.97    0.377    4.03    8       24.6       20.8
   83   4   3   2 35.485  70.97    0.377    4.03    8       24.1       19.9
   84   5   0   2 35.485  70.97    0.377    4.03    8        8.7        2.6
   85   2   3   3 35.58   71.16    0.378    4.01    8       11.6        4.6
   86   3   2   3 35.58   71.16    0.378    4.01    8       13.0        5.8
   87   1   5   2 36.071  72.142   0.382    3.9     8       17.8       10.5
   88   5   1   2 36.071  72.142   0.382    3.9     8       17.8       10.6
   89   6   0   0 36.229  72.457   0.384    3.87    4       91.5      138.0
   90   3   5   1 36.48   72.961   0.386    3.82    8       10.0        3.3
   91   5   3   1 36.48   72.961   0.386    3.82    8        9.3        2.8
   92   1   6   0 36.81   73.619   0.389    3.76    4       33.9       18.4
   93   6   1   0 36.81   73.619   0.389    3.76    4       34.7       19.3
   94   4   0   3 37.325  74.651   0.394    3.66    8       27.8       24.1
   95   6   0   1 37.636  75.273   0.396    3.61    8        0.9        0.0
   96   2   5   2 37.807  75.614   0.398    3.58    8       27.8       23.5
   97   5   2   2 37.807  75.614   0.398    3.58    8       28.1       24.0
   98   1   4   3 37.9    75.801   0.399    3.56    8       50.5       77.3
   99   4   1   3 37.9    75.801   0.399    3.56    8       50.4       77.1
  100   0   0   4 37.916  75.832   0.399    3.56    2       93.9       66.7
  101   1   6   1 38.21   76.419   0.402    3.51    8       21.2       13.4
  102   6   1   1 38.21   76.419   0.402    3.51    8       22.4       15.0
  103   3   3   3 38.472  76.945   0.404    3.47    8       64.3      121.9
  104   1   0   4 38.488  76.976   0.404    3.47    8       12.4        4.6
  105   2   6   0 38.534  77.068   0.404    3.46    4       19.6        5.7
  106   6   2   0 38.534  77.068   0.404    3.46    4       17.5        4.5
  107   1   1   4 39.057  78.114   0.409    3.38    8       17.5        8.8
  108   4   5   0 39.103  78.206   0.409    3.37    4       12.3        2.2
  109   5   4   0 39.103  78.206   0.409    3.37    4       11.0        1.7
  110   4   4   2 39.517  79.034   0.413    3.32    8       38.4       41.7
  111   2   4   3 39.609  79.217   0.414    3.31    8       21.3       12.8
  112   4   2   3 39.609  79.217   0.414    3.31    8       21.0       12.4
  113   2   6   1 39.914  79.828   0.416    3.27    8       47.6       62.9
  114   6   2   1 39.914  79.828   0.416    3.27    8       47.9       63.8
  115   2   0   4 40.189  80.378   0.419    3.23    8        2.6        0.2
  116   4   5   1 40.478  80.956   0.421    3.2     8       39.1       41.5
  117   5   4   1 40.478  80.956   0.421    3.2     8       39.7       42.8
  118   3   5   2 40.645  81.291   0.423    3.18    8       39.0       41.1
  119   5   3   2 40.645  81.291   0.423    3.18    8       38.7       40.5
  120   1   2   4 40.752  81.504   0.424    3.17    8       14.7        5.8
  121   2   1   4 40.752  81.504   0.424    3.17    8       15.6        6.5
  122   3   6   0 41.358  82.717   0.429    3.1     4       26.0        8.9
  123   6   3   0 41.358  82.717   0.429    3.1     4       25.6        8.6
  124   6   0   2 41.767  83.534   0.432    3.06    8       65.1      110.5
  125   1   6   2 42.326  84.652   0.437    3.01    8       17.6        7.9
  126   6   1   2 42.326  84.652   0.437    3.01    8       18.1        8.4
  127   3   4   3 42.417  84.833   0.438    3.0     8       31.0       24.6
  128   4   3   3 42.417  84.833   0.438    3.0     8       30.4       23.6
  129   5   0   3 42.417  84.833   0.438    3.0     8        0.7        0.0
  130   2   2   4 42.432  84.863   0.438    3.0     8       41.6       44.2
  131   3   6   1 42.718  85.436   0.44     2.98    8       13.2        4.4
  132   6   3   1 42.718  85.436   0.44     2.98    8       13.7        4.7
  133   1   5   3 42.974  85.948   0.442    2.96    8       50.0       62.9
  134   5   1   3 42.974  85.948   0.442    2.96    8       50.4       64.0
  135   3   0   4 42.989  85.979   0.443    2.95    8       43.8       48.2
  136   1   3   4 43.546  87.093   0.447    2.91    8       42.7       45.2
  137   3   1   4 43.546  87.093   0.447    2.91    8       44.0       47.9
  138   7   0   0 43.591  87.183   0.448    2.91    4        0.5        0.0
  139   2   6   2 43.997  87.995   0.451    2.88    8       22.9       12.9
  140   6   2   2 43.997  87.995   0.451    2.88    8       22.3       12.2
  141   1   7   0 44.148  88.295   0.452    2.88    4       22.7        6.3
  142   5   5   0 44.148  88.295   0.452    2.88    4       15.3        2.9
  143   7   1   0 44.148  88.295   0.452    2.88    4       23.1        6.5
  144   4   5   2 44.553  89.107   0.455    2.85    8       28.7       20.0
  145   5   4   2 44.553  89.107   0.455    2.85    8       30.5       22.5
  146   2   5   3 44.644  89.287   0.456    2.85    8       31.6       24.2
  147   5   2   3 44.644  89.287   0.456    2.85    8       32.7       25.9
  148   7   0   1 44.944  89.888   0.459    2.83    8        1.3        0.0


  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   0   0   1   8.837  17.674  5.014        257.4     10.0     10.1     5.6
    2   1   0   1  10.515  21.03   4.22089      168.0      6.6      6.6     5.6
    3   1   1   1  11.969  23.938  3.71437      662.4     25.8     26.0     5.6
    4   2   1   0  12.724  25.448  3.49721       99.2      3.9      3.9     5.6
    5   2   0   1  14.467  28.934  3.08332     1257.0     49.0     49.1     5.6
    6   2   1   1  15.577  31.155  2.86841     2564.6    100.0    100.0     5.6
    7   2   2   0  16.177  32.354  2.76479      255.2     10.0      9.9     5.6
    8   0   0   2  17.894  35.787  2.507        113.4      4.4      4.4     5.7
    9   1   3   0  18.149  36.298  2.4729       782.9     30.5     30.4     5.7
   10   2   2   1  18.551  37.102  2.4211       219.6      8.6      8.5     5.7
   11   1   0   2  18.824  37.647  2.38732      147.7      5.8      5.7     5.7
   12   3   0   1  19.454  38.908  2.31279      204.3      8.0      7.9     5.7
   13   1   1   2  19.716  39.432  2.28329       68.1      2.7      2.6     5.7
   14   1   3   1  20.323  40.646  2.21783      135.9      5.3      5.3     5.7
   15   1   2   2  22.212  44.425  2.03755      357.4     13.9     13.8     5.7
   16   2   3   1  22.765  45.53   1.99062       59.3      2.3      2.3     5.7
   17   4   0   0  23.204  46.408  1.955         66.4      2.6      2.6     5.7
   18   1   4   0  23.962  47.924  1.89663      206.9      8.1      7.9     5.7
   19   2   2   2  24.504  49.008  1.85718      244.9      9.6      9.4     5.7
   20   3   3   0  24.702  49.405  1.84319      191.0      7.4      7.3     5.7
   21   4   0   1  25.018  50.035  1.82144       53.8      2.1      2.1     5.7
   22   4   1   1  25.735  51.471  1.77396      287.4     11.2     11.0     5.8
   23   1   3   2  25.946  51.892  1.76054      854.1     33.3     32.6     5.8
   24   4   2   0  26.136  52.273  1.74861      296.3     11.6     11.3     5.8
   25   3   3   1  26.439  52.878  1.73         192.0      7.5      7.3     5.8
   26   2   4   1  27.809  55.619  1.65108      101.4      4.0      3.9     5.8
   27   3   2   2  28.009  56.018  1.64025       81.3      3.2      3.1     5.8
   28   1   1   3  28.781  57.563  1.59985       97.1      3.8      3.7     5.8
   29   2   0   3  30.081  60.161  1.53682       98.4      3.8      3.7     5.8
   30   1   5   0  30.15   60.299  1.53363       34.9      1.4      1.3     5.8
   31   4   1   2  30.615  61.229  1.51255       27.1      1.1      1.0     5.8
   32   1   2   3  30.717  61.435  1.50798      151.0      5.9      5.7     5.8
   33   1   5   1  31.684  63.367  1.46656      182.4      7.1      6.8     5.9
   34   2   4   2  32.485  64.97   1.4342        78.9      3.1      3.0     5.9
   35   2   2   3  32.584  65.169  1.4303       152.4      5.9      5.7     5.9
   36   3   0   3  33.194  66.388  1.40696       77.1      3.0      2.9     5.9
   37   2   5   1  33.521  67.042  1.39482      276.7     10.8     10.3     5.9
   38   3   1   3  33.798  67.596  1.38473       55.6      2.2      2.1     5.9
   39   4   4   0  33.863  67.726  1.38239      123.9      4.8      4.6     5.9
   40   3   5   0  35.055  70.109  1.34112       60.8      2.4      2.3     5.9
   41   4   4   1  35.31   70.62   1.33267       93.8      3.7      3.5     5.9
   42   3   4   2  35.485  70.97   1.32695       43.3      1.7      1.6     5.9
   43   6   0   0  36.229  72.457  1.30333      138.0      5.4      5.1     5.9
   44   6   1   0  36.81   73.619  1.2856        37.7      1.5      1.4     6.0
   45   5   2   2  37.807  75.614  1.25656       47.5      1.9      1.7     6.0
   46   1   4   3  37.9    75.801  1.25394      221.1      8.6      8.1     6.0
   47   6   1   1  38.21   76.419  1.24532       28.4      1.1      1.0     6.0
   48   3   3   3  38.472  76.945  1.23812      126.5      4.9      4.6     6.0
   49   4   4   2  39.517  79.034  1.21055       41.7      1.6      1.5     6.0
   50   6   2   1  39.914  79.828  1.20049      126.7      4.9      4.6     6.0
   51   5   4   1  40.478  80.956  1.18659       84.3      3.3      3.1     6.1
   52   3   5   2  40.645  81.291  1.18255       81.5      3.2      3.0     6.1
   53   6   0   2  41.767  83.534  1.1564       110.5      4.3      4.0     6.1
   54   2   2   4  42.432  84.863  1.14164       92.4      3.6      3.3     6.1
   55   5   1   3  42.974  85.948  1.12999      175.1      6.8      6.3     6.1
   56   3   1   4  43.546  87.093  1.11806       93.1      3.6      3.3     6.1
   57   5   4   2  44.553  89.107  1.09793       42.5      1.7      1.5     6.2
   58   5   2   3  44.644  89.287  1.09618       50.1      2.0      1.8     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)