Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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BRIARTITE

1, f-chalcopyrite, sf-briartite

Cu(2)FeGeS(4)


Tetragonal  I 4(-)2m  Z = 2

R =0.08          NR =557

6 .6 .1988

Ref.Str.:

         Wintenberger M. (1979)

         * Mater. Res. Bull., 14, 1195-1202

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.325    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.325    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  10.51     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   298.02

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    89.75

  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    Fe    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.5      0.0    Ge    = 1.00
   3 0.0     0.5     0.25     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   4 0.259   0.259   0.145    0.0    S     = 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     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     3       3     0.0        0.5        0.25  
     4       4     0.259      0.259      0.145 
     5       3     0.5        0.0        0.75  
     6       4     0.259      0.741      0.855 
     7       4     0.741      0.741      0.145 
     8       4     0.741      0.259      0.855 
     9       3     0.0        0.5        0.75  
    10       3     0.5        0.0        0.25  
    11       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    12       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    13       4     0.241      0.241      0.645 
    14       4     0.241      0.759      0.355 
    15       4     0.759      0.759      0.645 
    16       4     0.759      0.241      0.355 


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.28

MU (1/cm) =     342.676    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     80.153

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

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

    1    Fe                  3.144        4
                                                 2.4752       4
                                                 2.4752       4
                                                 2.4752       4
                                                 2.4752       4
    2    Ge                  2.964        4
                                                 2.3699       4
                                                 2.3699       4
                                                 2.3699       4
                                                 2.3699       4
    3    Cu                  3.36         4
                                                 2.1833       4
                                                 2.1833       4
                                                 2.1833       4
                                                 2.1833       4
    4    S                   4.368       12
                                                 3.9846       4
                                                 4.1107       4
                                                 3.6298       4
                                                 3.7678       4
                                                 3.7678       4
                                                 3.9009       4
                                                 3.9846       4
                                                 4.1107       4
                                                 3.4597       4
                                                 3.4597       4
                                                 3.4597       4
                                                 3.4597       4

  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   0   0   2  9.8    19.6     0.095   66.11    2       32.3      154.9
    2   1   0   1 10.854  21.708   0.105   53.5     8       15.6      117.2
    3   1   1   0 13.742  27.484   0.133   32.6     4        5.9        5.1
    4   1   1   2 16.992  33.984   0.163   20.66    8      222.1     9177.9
    5   1   0   3 17.795  35.591   0.171   18.68    8        6.2        6.5
    6   2   0   0 19.63   39.26    0.188   15.05    4      104.4      739.1
    7   0   0   4 19.903  39.805   0.19    14.59    2      115.1      435.1
    8   2   0   2 22.124  44.247   0.211   11.52    8       10.7       12.0
    9   2   1   1 22.651  45.303   0.215   10.92   16       11.1       24.0
   10   1   1   4 24.526  49.053   0.232    9.12    8       41.4      140.6
   11   2   1   3 27.011  54.022   0.254    7.32   16       15.3       31.0
   12   1   0   5 27.225  54.449   0.256    7.19    8       10.2        6.7
   13   2   2   0 28.366  56.732   0.266    6.55    4      253.4     1894.5
   14   2   0   4 28.573  57.146   0.267    6.44    8      243.8     3449.9
   15   2   2   2 30.31   60.619   0.282    5.64    8       31.8       51.3
   16   0   0   6 30.706  61.412   0.285    5.48    2       37.2       17.1
   17   3   0   1 30.734  61.469   0.286    5.47    8        3.2        0.5
   18   3   1   0 32.085  64.17    0.297    4.98    8       14.5        9.5
   19   3   1   2 33.903  67.805   0.312    4.43   16      180.2     2587.8
   20   1   1   6 34.276  68.553   0.315    4.33    8      174.0     1180.1
   21   3   0   3 34.396  68.792   0.316    4.29    8       21.7       18.2
   22   2   1   5 34.582  69.164   0.317    4.25   16       13.8       14.6
   23   2   2   4 35.766  71.532   0.327    3.97    8      103.5      383.0
   24   2   0   6 37.679  75.358   0.342    3.6     8       60.9      120.2
   25   3   2   1 37.704  75.409   0.342    3.59   16       18.7       22.5
   26   1   0   7 38.241  76.482   0.346    3.5     8       14.5        6.6
   27   3   1   4 39.117  78.234   0.353    3.37   16       34.8       73.4
   28   3   2   3 41.091  82.182   0.367    3.13   16        2.9        0.5
   29   3   0   5 41.266  82.532   0.369    3.11    8       12.3        4.3
   30   4   0   0 42.213  84.427   0.376    3.02    4      215.4      631.0
   31   0   0   8 42.91   85.819   0.381    2.96    2      185.7      229.9
   32   4   0   2 43.878  87.755   0.387    2.89    8       30.8       24.6
   33   2   2   6 44.225  88.449   0.39     2.87    8       27.7       19.8
   34   4   1   1 44.249  88.499   0.39     2.87   16       16.9       14.8
   35   2   1   7 44.77   89.539   0.394    2.84   16        6.9        2.5


  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   0   0   2   9.8    19.6    5.255        154.9      1.7      1.7     5.6
    2   1   0   1  10.854  21.708  4.7501       117.2      1.3      1.3     5.6
    3   1   1   2  16.992  33.984  3.06074     9177.9    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   2   0   0  19.63   39.26   2.6625       739.1      8.1      8.0     5.7
    5   0   0   4  19.903  39.805  2.6275       435.1      4.7      4.7     5.7
    6   1   1   4  24.526  49.053  2.15474      140.6      1.5      1.5     5.7
    7   2   2   0  28.366  56.732  1.88267     1894.5     20.6     20.1     5.8
    8   2   0   4  28.573  57.146  1.87017     3449.9     37.6     36.6     5.8
    9   3   1   2  33.903  67.805  1.60359     2587.8     28.2     27.0     5.9
   10   1   1   6  34.276  68.553  1.58822     1180.1     12.9     12.3     5.9
   11   2   2   4  35.766  71.532  1.53037      383.0      4.2      4.0     5.9
   12   2   0   6  37.679  75.358  1.46337      142.7      1.6      1.5     6.0
   13   4   0   0  42.213  84.427  1.33125      631.0      6.9      6.4     6.1
   14   0   0   8  42.91   85.819  1.31375      229.9      2.5      2.3     6.1

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)