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

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BURTITE

1, g-wickmanite

CaSn(OH)(6)


Cubic  * Pn3m  Z = 4

*Pn3m

4 .8 .1999

Ref.Str.:

         Moore P.B., Smith J.V. (1967)

         * Ark. Mineral. Geol., 4, 395-399

Ref.Composition & Lattice:

         Sonnet P.M. (1981)

         * Canad. Miner., 19, 397-40

Reserv:

         The  coordinates of atoms are considered to equel

         to those of wickmanite.   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.128    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.128    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.128    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   536.97

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    80.86

  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    Sn    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Ca    = 1.00
   3 0.0577  0.0577  0.244    0.0    OH    = 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       3     0.0577     0.0577     0.244 
     4       3     0.9423     0.9423     0.756 
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
     7       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
     8       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   
     9       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    10       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    11       3     0.9423     0.5577     0.744 
    12       3     0.4423     0.4423     0.244 
    13       3     0.5577     0.9423     0.744 
    14       3     0.0577     0.4423     0.256 
    15       3     0.5577     0.5577     0.756 
    16       3     0.4423     0.0577     0.256 
    17       3     0.0577     0.244      0.0577
    18       3     0.244      0.0577     0.0577
    19       3     0.9423     0.756      0.9423
    20       3     0.756      0.9423     0.9423
    21       3     0.5577     0.744      0.9423
    22       3     0.744      0.9423     0.5577
    23       3     0.4423     0.244      0.4423
    24       3     0.244      0.4423     0.4423
    25       3     0.9423     0.744      0.5577
    26       3     0.744      0.5577     0.9423
    27       3     0.4423     0.256      0.0577
    28       3     0.256      0.0577     0.4423
    29       3     0.5577     0.756      0.5577
    30       3     0.756      0.5577     0.5577
    31       3     0.0577     0.256      0.4423
    32       3     0.256      0.4423     0.0577


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.23

MU (1/cm) =     470.526    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    145.895

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

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

    1    Sn                  2.904        6
                                                 2.0912       3
                                                 2.0912       3
                                                 2.0912       3
                                                 2.0912       3
                                                 2.0912       3
                                                 2.0912       3
    2    Ca                  2.928        6
                                                 2.1839       3
                                                 2.1839       3
                                                 2.1839       3
                                                 2.1839       3
                                                 2.1839       3
                                                 2.1839       3
    3    OH                  3.36         6
                                                 3.1275       3
                                                 3.1275       3
                                                 2.1415       3
                                                 2.1415       3
                                                 2.2794       3
                                                 2.2794       3

  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  7.702  15.404   0.087  108.39   12       49.8     1120.8
    2   1   1   1  9.448  18.895   0.107   71.3     8      119.1     2806.7
    3   2   0   0 10.926  21.852   0.123   52.77    6      274.9     8297.8
    4   1   1   2 13.423  26.846   0.151   34.27   24       21.1      126.9
    5   2   2   0 15.548  31.096   0.174   25.04   12      182.9     3486.0
    6   2   2   1 16.517  33.035   0.185   21.97   24        5.2        5.0
    7   3   1   0 17.439  34.877   0.195   19.53   24       39.0      247.8
    8   1   1   3 18.319  36.639   0.204   17.53   24       98.5     1415.9
    9   2   2   2 19.165  38.33    0.213   15.87    8      141.9      886.7
   10   3   2   1 20.768  41.537   0.23    13.27   48        3.5        2.8
   11   4   0   0 22.276  44.553   0.246   11.34    6      252.4     1503.7
   12   2   2   3 23.001  46.001   0.254   10.55   24        0.1        0.0
   13   1   1   4 23.708  47.415   0.261    9.85   24        7.9        5.1
   14   3   3   0 23.708  47.415   0.261    9.85   12       36.6       54.9
   15   3   3   1 24.399  48.798   0.268    9.23   24       90.6      630.1
   16   4   2   0 25.076  50.152   0.275    8.67   24      220.2     3500.2
   17   4   2   1 25.74   51.48    0.282    8.17   48        0.1        0.0
   18   3   3   2 26.392  52.783   0.289    7.72   24       72.1      334.1
   19   2   2   4 27.663  55.326   0.301    6.93   24      199.0     2286.2
   20   4   3   1 28.896  57.793   0.314    6.28   48       11.9       14.8
   21   5   1   0 28.896  57.793   0.314    6.28   24       52.7      145.4
   22   1   1   5 29.501  59.001   0.32     5.99   24       92.7      428.7
   23   3   3   3 29.501  59.001   0.32     5.99    8       85.8      122.6
   24   4   3   2 30.687  61.374   0.331    5.49   48        2.6        0.6
   25   5   2   1 31.27   62.54    0.337    5.27   48       19.0       31.6
   26   4   4   0 32.418  64.836   0.348    4.87   12      180.5      659.7
   27   2   2   5 32.984  65.968   0.353    4.69   24        1.6        0.1
   28   4   4   1 32.984  65.968   0.353    4.69   24        6.8        1.8
   29   3   3   4 33.545  67.09    0.359    4.52   24       15.5        9.1
   30   5   3   0 33.545  67.09    0.359    4.52   24       21.1       16.8
   31   5   3   1 34.101  68.203   0.364    4.37   48       86.1      539.4
   32   4   4   2 34.654  69.307   0.369    4.23   24      172.0     1041.5
   33   6   0   0 34.654  69.307   0.369    4.23    6      111.2      108.7
   34   1   1   6 35.746  71.492   0.379    3.97   24       13.6        6.2
   35   5   3   2 35.746  71.492   0.379    3.97   48       24.1       38.4
   36   6   2   0 36.825  73.65    0.389    3.75   24      147.7      681.4
   37   4   4   3 37.36   74.719   0.394    3.65   24        6.2        1.2
   38   6   2   1 37.36   74.719   0.394    3.65   48        5.4        1.8
   39   5   4   1 37.892  75.783   0.399    3.56   48       12.3        8.9
   40   3   3   5 38.421  76.843   0.403    3.48   24       80.7      188.4
   41   2   2   6 38.949  77.897   0.408    3.4    24      165.2      771.3
   42   5   4   2 39.474  78.948   0.413    3.32   48        3.1        0.5
   43   6   3   1 39.997  79.995   0.417    3.26   48       14.2       10.9
   44   4   4   4 41.039  82.079   0.426    3.13    8      154.7      208.1
   45   6   3   2 41.558  83.116   0.431    3.08   48        0.8        0.0
   46   5   4   3 42.076  84.152   0.435    3.03   48       18.7       17.6
   47   5   5   0 42.076  84.152   0.435    3.03   12       63.5       50.8
   48   7   1   0 42.076  84.152   0.435    3.03   24        9.5        2.3
   49   1   1   7 42.593  85.186   0.439    2.99   24       69.0      118.5
   50   5   5   1 42.593  85.186   0.439    2.99   24       73.5      134.4
   51   6   4   0 43.109  86.218   0.444    2.95   24      133.6      437.8
   52   6   4   1 43.624  87.249   0.448    2.91   48        2.7        0.3
   53   3   3   6 44.139  88.279   0.452    2.88   24        5.0        0.6
   54   5   5   2 44.139  88.279   0.452    2.88   24       10.4        2.6
   55   7   2   1 44.139  88.279   0.452    2.88   48        0.7        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   1   1   0   7.702  15.404  5.74736     1120.8     13.5     13.6     5.6
    2   1   1   1   9.448  18.895  4.6927      2806.7     33.8     33.9     5.6
    3   2   0   0  10.926  21.852  4.064       8297.8    100.0    100.0     5.6
    4   1   1   2  13.423  26.846  3.31824      126.9      1.5      1.5     5.6
    5   2   2   0  15.548  31.096  2.87368     3486.0     42.0     41.7     5.6
    6   3   1   0  17.439  34.877  2.5703       247.8      3.0      3.0     5.7
    7   1   1   3  18.319  36.639  2.45068     1415.9     17.1     16.9     5.7
    8   2   2   2  19.165  38.33   2.34635      886.7     10.7     10.5     5.7
    9   4   0   0  22.276  44.553  2.032       1503.7     18.1     17.8     5.7
   10   3   3   1  24.399  48.798  1.86469      630.1      7.6      7.4     5.7
   11   4   2   0  25.076  50.152  1.81748     3500.2     42.2     41.1     5.7
   12   3   3   2  26.392  52.783  1.7329       334.1      4.0      3.9     5.8
   13   2   2   4  27.663  55.326  1.65912     2286.2     27.6     26.7     5.8
   14   5   1   0  28.896  57.793  1.59403      160.2      1.9      1.9     5.8
   15   1   1   5  29.501  59.001  1.56423      551.3      6.6      6.4     5.8
   16   4   4   0  32.418  64.836  1.43684      659.7      8.0      7.6     5.9
   17   5   3   1  34.101  68.203  1.37388      539.4      6.5      6.2     5.9
   18   4   4   2  34.654  69.307  1.35467     1150.2     13.9     13.1     5.9
   19   6   2   0  36.825  73.65   1.28515      681.4      8.2      7.7     6.0
   20   3   3   5  38.421  76.843  1.23951      188.4      2.3      2.1     6.0
   21   2   2   6  38.949  77.897  1.22534      771.3      9.3      8.7     6.0
   22   4   4   4  41.039  82.079  1.17318      208.1      2.5      2.3     6.1
   23   5   5   1  42.593  85.186  1.13815      252.9      3.0      2.8     6.1
   24   6   4   0  43.109  86.218  1.12715      437.8      5.3      4.8     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)