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

                            ***

          ***      W W W - X R A Y P O L       ***
                  ***********************
DIASPORE

1, t-diaspore, f-diaspore, g-diaspore

AlOOH


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.035          NR =791

24 .4 .1989

Ref.Str.:

         W.R.Busing, H.A.Levy (1958)

         * Acta Cryst., 11, 798-803

Ref.Composition & Lattice:

         R.J.Hill (1979)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 5, 179-200

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.4007   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.4253   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   2.8452   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   118.01

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    17.77

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

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

   1 0.0451  0.8554  0.25     0.0    Al    = 1.00
   2 0.712   0.1989  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   3 0.197   0.0532  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.4095  0.0876  0.25     0.0    H     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0451     0.8554     0.25  
     2       2     0.712      0.1989     0.25  
     3       3     0.197      0.0532     0.25  
     4       4     0.4095     0.0876     0.25  
     5       1     0.9549     0.1446     0.75  
     6       2     0.288      0.8011     0.75  
     7       3     0.803      0.9468     0.75  
     8       4     0.5905     0.9124     0.75  
     9       1     0.4549     0.3554     0.25  
    10       2     0.788      0.6989     0.25  
    11       3     0.303      0.5532     0.25  
    12       4     0.0905     0.5876     0.25  
    13       1     0.5451     0.6446     0.75  
    14       2     0.212      0.3011     0.75  
    15       3     0.697      0.4468     0.75  
    16       4     0.9095     0.4124     0.75  


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.38

MU (1/cm) =      94.508    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     28.001

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

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

    1    Al                  2.316        6
                                                 1.9805       3
                                                 1.8516       2
                                                 1.8516       2
                                                 1.9751       3
                                                 1.9751       3
                                                 1.859        2
    2    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8452       2
                                                 2.8452       2
                                                 2.538        3
                                                 2.65         3
                                                 2.7982       3
                                                 2.7982       3
                                                 2.7916       2
                                                 2.7916       2
                                                 2.7916       2
                                                 2.7916       2
                                                 2.7363       3
                                                 2.7363       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.65         2
                                                 2.538        2
                                                 2.8452       3
                                                 2.8452       3
                                                 2.7982       2
                                                 2.7982       2
                                                 3.1846       3
                                                 3.1846       3
                                                 2.4568       3
                                                 2.4568       3
                                                 2.7363       2
                                                 2.7363       2
    4    H                   1.632        1
                                                 0.9898       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   0   2   0  9.407  18.814   0.106   71.94    2       10.0      102.4
    2   1   1   0 11.138  22.276   0.125   50.7     4       29.8     1290.2
    3   1   2   0 13.856  27.712   0.155   32.03    4        9.6       84.4
    4   1   3   0 17.532  35.065   0.196   19.3     4       24.5      333.4
    5   0   2   1 18.436  36.872   0.205   17.29    4        6.9       23.5
    6   1   0   1 18.807  37.614   0.209   16.54    4       10.9       56.6
    7   0   4   0 19.081  38.161   0.212   16.02    2       22.4      115.8
    8   1   1   1 19.426  38.851   0.216   15.4     8       31.2      858.5
    9   2   0   0 20.492  40.983   0.227   13.68    2        3.8        2.8
   10   2   1   0 21.069  42.137   0.233   12.85    4        2.9        3.1
   11   1   2   1 21.189  42.379   0.235   12.69    8       29.0      614.9
   12   1   4   0 21.766  43.531   0.241   11.95    4       42.5      620.2
   13   2   2   0 22.728  45.455   0.251   10.84    4        5.0        7.7
   14   1   3   1 23.892  47.785   0.263    9.68    8        6.9       26.8
   15   0   4   1 25.116  50.232   0.276    8.64    4       17.3       74.4
   16   2   3   0 25.302  50.604   0.277    8.49    4        4.0        3.9
   17   1   5   0 26.394  52.787   0.289    7.72    4        8.9       17.4
   18   2   1   1 26.745  53.491   0.292    7.49    8       22.1      210.2
   19   1   4   1 27.331  54.661   0.298    7.13    8        9.3       35.8
   20   2   2   1 28.149  56.298   0.306    6.66    8       42.3      685.4
   21   2   4   0 28.618  57.236   0.311    6.42    4       30.9      176.3
   22   0   6   0 29.363  58.727   0.318    6.06    2       18.9       31.1
   23   2   3   1 30.392  60.785   0.328    5.61    8       15.9       81.0
   24   1   5   1 31.365  62.73    0.338    5.23    8       33.6      338.6
   25   1   6   0 31.376  62.752   0.338    5.23    4        5.5        4.5
   26   3   1   0 32.102  64.204   0.345    4.97    4        4.0        2.3
   27   2   5   0 32.553  65.105   0.349    4.82    4       24.1       80.5
   28   0   0   2 32.783  65.566   0.351    4.75    2       59.2      239.4
   29   3   2   0 33.364  66.728   0.357    4.58    4       19.3       48.8
   30   2   4   1 33.38   66.76    0.357    4.57    8       13.4       47.3
   31   0   6   1 34.064  68.128   0.364    4.38    4       46.7      275.0
   32   0   2   2 34.443  68.887   0.367    4.28    4        7.0        6.0
   33   1   1   2 35.092  70.183   0.373    4.12    8       19.7       91.5
   34   3   3   0 35.417  70.834   0.376    4.05    4       30.5      108.0
   35   1   6   1 35.933  71.865   0.381    3.93    8        4.5        4.6
   36   3   0   1 36.213  72.426   0.383    3.87    4       25.1       69.9
   37   1   2   2 36.303  72.606   0.384    3.86    8        7.3       11.9
   38   3   1   1 36.614  73.227   0.387    3.79    8       10.4       23.4
   39   1   7   0 36.745  73.49    0.388    3.77    4       27.2       80.0
   40   2   5   1 37.038  74.076   0.391    3.71    8        3.1        2.0
   41   2   6   0 37.048  74.097   0.391    3.71    4       16.0       27.4
   42   3   2   1 37.806  75.611   0.398    3.58    8       17.5       62.6
   43   3   4   0 38.21   76.42    0.402    3.51    4        4.7        2.3
   44   1   3   2 38.288  76.576   0.402    3.5     8       19.9       79.5
   45   0   4   2 39.234  78.468   0.411    3.36    4       18.5       33.0
   46   3   3   1 39.765  79.53    0.415    3.28    8       19.9       74.7
   47   2   0   2 40.148  80.297   0.419    3.24    4        3.7        1.3
   48   2   1   2 40.536  81.072   0.422    3.19    8        4.4        3.5
   49   0   8   0 40.829  81.657   0.424    3.16    2        5.2        1.2
   50   1   4   2 41.015  82.031   0.426    3.14    8       24.9      112.0
   51   1   7   1 41.045  82.091   0.426    3.13    8        0.6        0.1
   52   2   6   1 41.34   82.679   0.429    3.1     8        0.9        0.1
   53   2   2   2 41.695  83.39    0.432    3.07    8        4.3        3.2
   54   3   5   0 41.71   83.421   0.432    3.07    4        5.3        2.5
   55   2   7   0 42.12   84.24    0.435    3.03    4        7.4        4.8
   56   3   4   1 42.47   84.939   0.438    3.0     8       16.8       48.4
   57   1   8   0 42.596  85.192   0.439    2.99    4        4.1        1.4
   58   2   3   2 43.615  87.23    0.448    2.91    8        3.3        1.9
   59   4   0   0 44.438  88.877   0.454    2.86    2       19.1       15.0
   60   1   5   2 44.472  88.944   0.455    2.86    8        6.6        7.1
   61   4   1   0 44.821  89.642   0.458    2.84    4       29.9       72.9


  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   0   2   0   9.407  18.814  4.71265      102.4      7.9      8.0     5.6
    2   1   1   0  11.138  22.276  3.98748     1290.2    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   1   2   0  13.856  27.712  3.2164        84.4      6.5      6.5     5.6
    4   1   3   0  17.532  35.065  2.557        333.4     25.8     25.6     5.7
    5   0   2   1  18.436  36.872  2.43571       23.5      1.8      1.8     5.7
    6   1   0   1  18.807  37.614  2.38932       56.6      4.4      4.3     5.7
    7   0   4   0  19.081  38.161  2.35632      115.8      9.0      8.9     5.7
    8   1   1   1  19.426  38.851  2.31606      858.5     66.5     65.6     5.7
    9   1   2   1  21.189  42.379  2.13107      614.9     47.7     46.8     5.7
   10   1   4   0  21.766  43.531  2.07729      620.2     48.1     47.2     5.7
   11   1   3   1  23.892  47.785  1.90182       26.8      2.1      2.0     5.7
   12   0   4   1  25.116  50.232  1.81477       74.4      5.8      5.6     5.8
   13   1   5   0  26.394  52.787  1.73278       17.4      1.3      1.3     5.8
   14   2   1   1  26.745  53.491  1.71163      210.2     16.3     15.8     5.8
   15   1   4   1  27.331  54.661  1.67772       35.8      2.8      2.7     5.8
   16   2   2   1  28.149  56.298  1.63277      685.4     53.1     51.3     5.8
   17   2   4   0  28.618  57.236  1.6082       176.3     13.7     13.2     5.8
   18   0   6   0  29.363  58.727  1.57088       31.1      2.4      2.3     5.8
   19   2   3   1  30.392  60.785  1.52253       81.0      6.3      6.0     5.8
   20   1   5   1  31.365  62.73   1.47993      343.0     26.6     25.5     5.9
   21   2   5   0  32.553  65.105  1.43155       80.5      6.2      6.0     5.9
   22   0   0   2  32.783  65.566  1.4226       239.4     18.6     17.7     5.9
   23   3   2   0  33.364  66.728  1.40062       96.1      7.4      7.1     5.9
   24   0   6   1  34.064  68.128  1.3752       275.0     21.3     20.2     5.9
   25   1   1   2  35.092  70.183  1.33988       91.5      7.1      6.7     5.9
   26   3   3   0  35.417  70.834  1.32916      108.0      8.4      7.9     5.9
   27   3   0   1  36.213  72.426  1.30381       69.9      5.4      5.1     5.9
   28   3   1   1  36.614  73.227  1.29152       23.4      1.8      1.7     6.0
   29   1   7   0  36.745  73.49   1.28755       80.0      6.2      5.8     6.0
   30   2   6   0  37.048  74.097  1.2785        29.4      2.3      2.1     6.0
   31   3   2   1  37.806  75.611  1.25661       62.6      4.9      4.5     6.0
   32   1   3   2  38.288  76.576  1.24315       79.5      6.2      5.8     6.0
   33   0   4   2  39.234  78.468  1.21786       33.0      2.6      2.4     6.0
   34   3   3   1  39.765  79.53   1.20423       74.7      5.8      5.4     6.0
   35   1   4   2  41.015  82.031  1.17374      112.0      8.7      8.0     6.1
   36   3   4   1  42.47   84.939  1.14082       48.4      3.8      3.4     6.1
   37   4   0   0  44.438  88.877  1.10018       15.0      1.2      1.1     6.2
   38   4   1   0  44.821  89.642  1.09276       72.9      5.7      5.1     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)