Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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           142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow district
             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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CHROMITE

10, t-spinel, analogue

CdCr(2)Se(4)


Cubic  F d3m  Z = 8

Fd3m

28 .5 .18

Ref.Str.:

         Raccah P.M., Bouchard R.J., Wold A. (1966)

         * J. Appl. Physics, 37, 543-555

         R: N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =  10.74     alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.74     beta  =   90.0 
             c =  10.74     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =  1238.83

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    93.27

  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    Cd    = 1.00
   2 0.625   0.625   0.625    0.0    Cr    = 1.00
   3 0.3894  0.3894  0.3894   0.0    Se    = 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     0.625      0.625      0.625 
     3       3     0.3894     0.3894     0.3894
     4       1     0.75       0.75       0.25  
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       1     0.25       0.75       0.75  
     7       2     0.125      0.375      0.875 
     8       2     0.375      0.875      0.125 
     9       2     0.875      0.125      0.375 
    10       3     0.3606     0.1394     0.6394
    11       3     0.6106     0.1106     0.8894
    12       3     0.6394     0.3606     0.1394
    13       1     0.75       0.25       0.75  
    14       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
    15       2     0.125      0.875      0.375 
    16       2     0.875      0.375      0.125 
    17       2     0.375      0.125      0.875 
    18       3     0.3606     0.6394     0.1394
    19       3     0.1106     0.6106     0.8894
    20       3     0.1394     0.3606     0.6394
    21       1     0.25       0.25       0.25  
    22       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    23       2     0.375      0.375      0.625 
    24       2     0.375      0.625      0.375 
    25       2     0.125      0.625      0.125 
    26       2     0.875      0.625      0.875 
    27       2     0.125      0.125      0.625 
    28       2     0.625      0.375      0.375 
    29       2     0.625      0.125      0.125 
    30       2     0.625      0.875      0.875 
    31       2     0.875      0.875      0.625 
    32       3     0.6106     0.6106     0.3894
    33       3     0.1394     0.8606     0.1394
    34       3     0.8894     0.3894     0.8894
    35       3     0.6394     0.8606     0.6394
    36       3     0.8894     0.8894     0.3894
    37       3     0.8606     0.1394     0.1394
    38       3     0.3894     0.8894     0.8894
    39       3     0.8606     0.6394     0.6394
    40       3     0.1106     0.1106     0.3894
    41       3     0.3894     0.6106     0.6106
    42       3     0.6106     0.3894     0.6106
    43       3     0.1394     0.6394     0.3606
    44       3     0.8606     0.3606     0.3606
    45       3     0.1106     0.3894     0.1106
    46       3     0.8894     0.6106     0.1106
    47       3     0.3606     0.3606     0.8606
    48       3     0.6394     0.6394     0.8606
    49       3     0.6106     0.8894     0.1106
    50       3     0.3894     0.1106     0.1106
    51       3     0.3606     0.8606     0.3606
    52       3     0.6394     0.1394     0.3606
    53       3     0.8606     0.8606     0.8606
    54       3     0.1394     0.1394     0.8606
    55       3     0.8894     0.1106     0.6106
    56       3     0.1106     0.8894     0.6106


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      5.71

MU (1/cm) =    1305.986    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    228.903

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

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

    1    Cd                  3.504        4
                                                 2.5932       3
                                                 2.5932       3
                                                 2.5932       3
                                                 2.5932       3
    2    Cr                  3.312        6
                                                 2.5398       3
                                                 2.5398       3
                                                 2.5398       3
                                                 2.5398       3
                                                 2.5398       3
                                                 2.5398       3
    3    Se                  4.632       12
                                                 3.8097       3
                                                 3.8097       3
                                                 3.8097       3
                                                 3.8097       3
                                                 3.3597       3
                                                 4.2346       3
                                                 3.3597       3
                                                 3.3597       3
                                                 3.8097       3
                                                 4.2346       3
                                                 4.2346       3
                                                 3.8097       3

  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   1   1   1  8.294  16.588   0.081   93.17    8       59.7      172.9
    2   2   2   0 13.625  27.249   0.132   33.2    12      375.2     3653.6
    3   1   1   3 16.035  32.069   0.154   23.43   24      350.6     4504.8
    4   2   2   2 16.768  33.536   0.161   21.27    8      558.8     3462.0
    5   4   0   0 19.459  38.918   0.186   15.34    6      806.0     3896.5
    6   3   3   1 21.286  42.572   0.203   12.56   24      256.0     1287.2
    7   4   2   0 21.867  43.734   0.208   11.82   24        0.0        0.0
    8   2   2   4 24.079  48.159   0.228    9.51   24      273.2     1109.5
    9   1   1   5 25.642  51.285   0.242    8.24   24      583.4     4386.3
   10   3   3   3 25.642  51.285   0.242    8.24    8       31.0        4.1
   11   4   4   0 28.107  56.214   0.263    6.69   12     1226.4     7864.6
   12   5   3   1 29.519  59.038   0.275    5.99   48       25.5       12.2
   13   4   4   2 29.98   59.96    0.279    5.78   24       94.6       80.9
   14   6   2   0 31.785  63.569   0.294    5.08   24      198.5      313.0
   15   3   3   5 33.101  66.203   0.305    4.65   24      294.7      632.2
   16   2   2   6 33.534  67.069   0.309    4.53   24      375.1      996.4
   17   4   4   4 35.24   70.48    0.323    4.09    8      563.2      676.0
   18   1   1   7 36.496  72.991   0.332    3.82   24      226.0      304.8
   19   5   5   1 36.496  72.991   0.332    3.82   24      244.8      357.6
   20   6   4   0 36.91   73.82    0.336    3.74   24        0.0        0.0
   21   6   4   2 38.553  77.105   0.348    3.46   48      307.1     1019.4
   22   5   5   3 39.77   79.54    0.358    3.28   24      446.8     1025.3
   23   7   3   1 39.77   79.54    0.358    3.28   48       37.5       14.4
   24   8   0   0 41.779  83.559   0.372    3.06    6      950.0     1079.4
   25   3   3   7 42.977  85.953   0.381    2.96   24      400.7      742.0
   26   4   4   6 43.375  86.75    0.384    2.93   24       71.4       23.3
   27   8   2   0 43.375  86.75    0.384    2.93   24        0.0        0.0
   28   2   2   8 44.965  89.931   0.395    2.83   24      245.4      266.5
   29   6   6   0 44.965  89.931   0.395    2.83   12      404.2      361.6


  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   1   1   1   8.294  16.588  6.20074      172.9      2.2      2.3     5.6
    2   2   2   0  13.625  27.249  3.79716     3653.6     46.5     47.9     5.6
    3   1   1   3  16.035  32.069  3.23823     4504.8     57.3     58.8     5.6
    4   2   2   2  16.768  33.536  3.10037     3462.0     44.0     45.1     5.7
    5   4   0   0  19.459  38.918  2.685       3896.5     49.5     50.5     5.7
    6   3   3   1  21.286  42.572  2.46392     1287.2     16.4     16.6     5.7
    7   2   2   4  24.079  48.159  2.19229     1109.5     14.1     14.3     5.7
    8   1   1   5  25.642  51.285  2.06691     4390.5     55.8     56.2     5.8
    9   4   4   0  28.107  56.214  1.89858     7864.6    100.0    100.0     5.8
   10   4   4   2  29.98   59.96   1.79          80.9      1.0      1.0     5.8
   11   6   2   0  31.785  63.569  1.69814      313.0      4.0      3.9     5.9
   12   3   3   5  33.101  66.203  1.63783      632.2      8.0      7.9     5.9
   13   2   2   6  33.534  67.069  1.61912      996.4     12.7     12.5     5.9
   14   4   4   4  35.24   70.48   1.55019      676.0      8.6      8.4     5.9
   15   5   5   1  36.496  72.991  1.5039       662.4      8.4      8.2     6.0
   16   6   4   2  38.553  77.105  1.43519     1019.4     13.0     12.5     6.0
   17   5   5   3  39.77   79.54   1.39823     1039.7     13.2     12.7     6.0
   18   8   0   0  41.779  83.559  1.3425      1079.4     13.7     13.1     6.1
   19   3   3   7  42.977  85.953  1.3121       742.0      9.4      8.9     6.1
   20   6   6   0  44.965  89.931  1.26572      628.1      8.0      7.5     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)