Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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BROMELLITE

3, t-wurtzite 2H

BeO


Hexagonal  P 6(3)mc  Z = 2

P6(3)mc

20 .4 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Wyckoff R.W.J. (1964)

         * Crystal Structures, 1, 112

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   2.698    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   2.698    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.38     gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    27.61

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =     8.32

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

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

   1 0.3333  0.6667  0.0      0.0    Be    = 1.00
   2 0.3333  0.6667  0.378    0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.3333     0.6667     0.0   
     2       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.378 
     3       1     0.6667     0.3333     0.5   
     4       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.878 


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.01

MU (1/cm) =      23.748    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =      7.897

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

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

    1    Be                  2.04         4
                                                 1.6556       2
                                                 1.6468       2
                                                 1.6468       2
                                                 1.6468       2
    2    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.698        2
                                                 2.6875       2
                                                 2.6875       2
                                                 2.6875       2
                                                 2.6875       2
                                                 2.6875       2
                                                 2.6875       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   0   0 19.249  38.497   0.214   15.72    6        7.4      681.1
    2   0   0   2 20.593  41.186   0.228   13.53    2       11.2      446.8
    3   1   0   1 21.94   43.881   0.243   11.73   12        6.7      824.9
    4   1   0   2 28.821  57.641   0.313    6.32   12        4.4      189.7
    5   1   1   0 34.82   69.64    0.371    4.19    6        9.8      316.5
    6   1   0   3 38.471  76.942   0.404    3.47   12        7.3      288.1
    7   2   0   0 41.249  82.498   0.428    3.11    6        4.3       45.6
    8   1   1   2 42.116  84.232   0.435    3.03   12        6.4      194.5
    9   2   0   1 43.03   86.061   0.443    2.95   12        3.4       53.5
   10   0   0   4 44.705  89.409   0.457    2.84    2        2.4        4.4


  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   0   0  19.249  38.497  2.33654      681.1     82.6     83.0     5.7
    2   0   0   2  20.593  41.186  2.19         446.8     54.2     54.3     5.7
    3   1   0   1  21.94   43.881  2.06155      824.9    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   1   0   2  28.821  57.641  1.59786      189.7     23.0     22.6     5.8
    5   1   1   0  34.82   69.64   1.349        316.5     38.4     37.0     5.9
    6   1   0   3  38.471  76.942  1.23816      288.1     34.9     33.2     6.0
    7   2   0   0  41.249  82.498  1.16827       45.6      5.5      5.2     6.1
    8   1   1   2  42.116  84.232  1.14858      194.5     23.6     22.1     6.1
    9   2   0   1  43.03   86.061  1.1288        53.5      6.5      6.0     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)