Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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ALTAITE

1, t-halite

PbTe


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

29 .4 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Wyckoff R.W.J. (1964)

         * Crystal Structures, 1, 85-89

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   6.454    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   6.454    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   6.454    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   268.84

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    40.48

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

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

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Pb    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Te    = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
     7       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     8       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      8.27

MU (1/cm) =    2076.048    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    251.056

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

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

    1    Pb                  4.044        6
                                                 3.227        2
                                                 3.227        2
                                                 3.227        2
                                                 3.227        2
                                                 3.227        2
                                                 3.227        2
    2    Te                  5.064       12
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2
                                                 4.5637       2

  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   1 11.93   23.86    0.134   43.92    8       98.5     4720.0
    2   2   0   0 13.81   27.619   0.155   32.26    6      450.6    54370.8
    3   2   2   0 19.729  39.458   0.219   14.88   12      413.3    42199.5
    4   1   1   3 23.318  46.636   0.257   10.23   24       88.9     2685.9
    5   2   2   2 24.421  48.842   0.268    9.21    8      386.9    15261.3
    6   4   0   0 28.516  57.031   0.31     6.47    6      366.1     7203.4
    7   3   3   1 31.348  62.696   0.338    5.24   24       81.5     1155.9
    8   4   2   0 32.259  64.518   0.346    4.92   24      348.8    19868.6
    9   2   2   4 35.781  71.562   0.38     3.97   24      333.8    14672.8
   10   1   1   5 38.328  76.655   0.403    3.49   24       75.7      664.9
   11   3   3   3 38.328  76.655   0.403    3.49    8       75.7      221.6
   12   4   4   0 42.465  84.93    0.438    3.0    12      309.0     4750.2
   13   5   3   1 44.917  89.834   0.458    2.83   48       71.2      954.9


  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   1  11.93   23.86   3.72622     4720.0      8.7      8.7     5.6
    2   2   0   0  13.81   27.619  3.227      54370.8    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  19.729  39.458  2.28183    42199.5     77.6     76.8     5.7
    4   1   1   3  23.318  46.636  1.94595     2685.9      4.9      4.9     5.7
    5   2   2   2  24.421  48.842  1.86311    15261.3     28.1     27.5     5.7
    6   4   0   0  28.516  57.031  1.6135      7203.4     13.2     12.8     5.8
    7   3   3   1  31.348  62.696  1.48065     1155.9      2.1      2.0     5.8
    8   4   2   0  32.259  64.518  1.44316    19868.6     36.5     35.0     5.9
    9   2   2   4  35.781  71.562  1.31742    14672.8     27.0     25.6     5.9
   10   1   1   5  38.328  76.655  1.24207      886.5      1.6      1.5     6.0
   11   4   4   0  42.465  84.93   1.14092     4750.2      8.7      8.0     6.1
   12   5   3   1  44.917  89.834  1.09093      954.9      1.8      1.6     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)