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

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DIGENITE

2, s-chalcocite

Cu(9)S(5)


Rhombohedral  * R3(-)m  Z = 2

*R3(-)m

26 .3 .20

Ref.Str.:

         Donnay G., Donnay J.D.H., Kullerud G. (1958)

         Amer. Mineral., 228-242

         L: $Cu17 S9$

         R: N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =  16.16     alpha =   13.93
             b =  16.16     beta  =   13.93
             c =  16.16     gamma =   13.93

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   212.85

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    64.1 

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

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

   1 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   2 0.06    0.06    0.06     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   3 0.94    0.94    0.94     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   4 0.133   0.133   0.133    0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   5 0.867   0.867   0.867    0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   6 0.25    0.25    0.25     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   7 0.75    0.75    0.75     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   8 0.35    0.35    0.35     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
   9 0.65    0.65    0.65     0.0    Cu    = 1.00
  10 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    S     = 1.00
  11 0.2     0.2     0.2      0.0    S     = 1.00
  12 0.8     0.8     0.8      0.0    S     = 1.00
  13 0.4     0.4     0.4      0.0    S     = 1.00
  14 0.6     0.6     0.6      0.0    S     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     2       2     0.06       0.06       0.06  
     3       3     0.94       0.94       0.94  
     4       4     0.133      0.133      0.133 
     5       5     0.867      0.867      0.867 
     6       6     0.25       0.25       0.25  
     7       7     0.75       0.75       0.75  
     8       8     0.35       0.35       0.35  
     9       9     0.65       0.65       0.65  
    10      10     0.0        0.0        0.0   
    11      11     0.2        0.2        0.2   
    12      12     0.8        0.8        0.8   
    13      13     0.4        0.4        0.4   
    14      14     0.6        0.6        0.6   
    15       2     0.94       0.94       0.94  
    16       3     0.06       0.06       0.06  
    17       4     0.867      0.867      0.867 
    18       5     0.133      0.133      0.133 
    19       6     0.75       0.75       0.75  
    20       7     0.25       0.25       0.25  
    21       8     0.65       0.65       0.65  
    22       9     0.35       0.35       0.35  
    23      11     0.8        0.8        0.8   
    24      12     0.2        0.2        0.2   
    25      13     0.6        0.6        0.6   
    26      14     0.4        0.4        0.4   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =     10.68

MU (1/cm) =     646.197    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     60.531

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

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

    1    Cu                  3.36        12
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      12
                                                 2.7713      12
                                                 2.7713      12
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      11
                                                 2.7713      12
                                                 2.7713      12
                                                 2.7713      12
    2    Cu                  3.36         7
                                                 2.8801      10
                                                 2.2853      13
                                                 2.2853      13
                                                 2.2853      13
                                                 2.2853      14
                                                 2.2853      14
                                                 2.2853      14
    3    Cu                  3.36         7
                                                 2.8801      10
                                                 2.2853      14
                                                 2.2853      14
                                                 2.2853      14
                                                 2.2853      13
                                                 2.2853      13
                                                 2.2853      13
    4    Cu                  3.36         8
                                                 3.2162      11
                                                 2.2628      12
                                                 2.2628      12
                                                 2.2628      12
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 3.2162      12
    5    Cu                  3.36         8
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 2.2628      11
                                                 3.2162      12
                                                 3.2162      11
                                                 2.2628      12
                                                 2.2628      12
                                                 2.2628      12
    6    Cu                  3.36         8
                                                 2.4001      11
                                                 2.4         14
                                                 2.4         14
                                                 2.4         14
                                                 2.4001      12
                                                 2.4         13
                                                 2.4         13
                                                 2.4         13
    7    Cu                  3.36         8
                                                 2.4001      12
                                                 2.4         13
                                                 2.4         13
                                                 2.4         13
                                                 2.4001      11
                                                 2.4         14
                                                 2.4         14
                                                 2.4         14
    8    Cu                  3.36         5
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4001      13
                                                 2.4001      14
    9    Cu                  3.36         5
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4         10
                                                 2.4001      14
                                                 2.4001      13
   10    S                   4.368       18
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9192      10
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
   11    S                   4.368       24
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
   12    S                   4.368       24
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9192      12
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9193      13
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9192      11
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
                                                 3.9193      14
   13    S                   4.368       21
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
   14    S                   4.368       21
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      10
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9193      11
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9192      14
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9193      12
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13
                                                 3.9192      13

  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   1  2.759   5.519   0.031  859.96    2       18.4     1280.4
    2   2   2   2  5.525  11.05    0.062  212.76    2       45.2     1923.1
    3   3   3   3  8.304  16.608   0.094   92.94    2       46.0      869.3
    4   4   4   4 11.103  22.205   0.125   51.04    2       41.2      382.8
    5   1   0   0 13.15   26.301   0.148   35.79    6       61.8     1812.9
    6   1   1   0 13.25   26.5     0.149   35.22    6       55.2     1419.0
    7   2   1   1 13.641  27.283   0.153   33.11    6       59.3     1542.5
    8   1   2   2 13.928  27.857   0.156   31.68    6       10.6       46.9
    9   5   5   5 13.928  27.857   0.156   31.68    2      266.2     9914.6
   10   3   2   2 14.668  29.336   0.164   28.37    6      125.5     5916.0
   11   2   3   3 15.114  30.227   0.169   26.61    6      130.6     6015.6
   12   4   3   3 16.138  32.275   0.18    23.11    6      181.2    10052.6
   13   3   4   4 16.709  33.418   0.187   21.43    6      122.5     4262.3
   14   6   6   6 16.789  33.578   0.187   21.21    2      103.3      999.7
   15   5   4   4 17.954  35.908   0.2     18.32    6      118.3     3396.2
   16   4   5   5 18.623  37.245   0.207   16.91    6      103.8     2412.3
   17   7   7   7 19.694  39.387   0.219   14.94    2       69.0      314.1
   18   6   5   5 20.04   40.08    0.222   14.37    6      181.0     6237.9
   19   5   6   6 20.785  41.569   0.23    13.25    6      136.3     3259.8
   20   7   6   6 22.339  44.678   0.247   11.27    6      115.9     2003.1
   21   8   8   8 22.652  45.304   0.25    10.92    2       22.0       23.4
   22   1  -1   0 23.146  46.292   0.255   10.4     6      466.2    29936.4
   23   6   7   7 23.146  46.292   0.255   10.4     6      269.9    10032.7
   24   2   1   0 23.329  46.658   0.257   10.22   12       18.2       89.2
   25   3   2   1 23.872  47.744   0.263    9.7    12       34.6      307.9
   26   4   3   2 24.757  49.514   0.272    8.93   12       36.2      309.1
   27   8   7   7 24.815  49.63    0.272    8.88    6       60.9      436.8
   28   7   8   8 25.676  51.351   0.281    8.22    6       67.7      499.0
   29   9   9   9 25.676  51.351   0.281    8.22    2      246.9     2211.2
   30   5   4   3 25.958  51.916   0.284    8.01   12       37.1      292.6
   31   1  -1   1 27.011  54.023   0.295    7.32    6       54.8      291.0
   32   2   0   0 27.066  54.132   0.295    7.29    6       45.7      201.5
   33   2   2   0 27.284  54.568   0.298    7.15    6       49.4      231.2
   34   3   1   1 27.446  54.893   0.299    7.06    6        4.9        2.3
   35   6   5   4 27.447  54.893   0.299    7.06   12      215.2     8658.5
   36   9   8   8 27.447  54.893   0.299    7.06    6       58.2      316.8
   37   1   3   3 27.877  55.754   0.304    6.81    6      106.9     1030.4
   38   4   2   2 28.144  56.288   0.306    6.67    6      114.3     1153.1
   39   8   9   9 28.356  56.713   0.308    6.55    6      161.4     2262.3
   40   2   4   4 28.778  57.556   0.312    6.34    6      167.9     2365.7
   41  10  10  10 28.778  57.556   0.312    6.34    2       46.3       60.0
   42   5   3   3 29.144  58.287   0.316    6.16    6      105.3      904.2
   43   7   6   5 29.196  58.391   0.317    6.14   12       88.6     1276.5
   44   3   5   5 29.969  59.938   0.324    5.79    6      102.1      798.3
   45  10   9   9 30.224  60.448   0.327    5.68    6       69.6      364.0
   46   6   4   4 30.427  60.854   0.329    5.59    6       91.3      617.6
   47   8   7   6 31.182  62.364   0.336    5.3    12       59.6      498.0
   48   9  10  10 31.182  62.364   0.336    5.3     6       62.9      277.7
   49   4   6   6 31.431  62.862   0.338    5.21    6      158.8     1739.1
   50   7   5   5 31.976  63.951   0.344    5.01    6      119.8      952.7
   51  11  11  11 31.976  63.951   0.344    5.01    2       86.0      163.8
   52   5   7   7 33.147  66.293   0.355    4.64    6      101.1      628.8
   53  11  10  10 33.147  66.293   0.355    4.64    6      123.2      932.8
   54   9   8   7 33.388  66.776   0.357    4.57   12       18.9       43.4
   55   8   6   6 33.772  67.544   0.361    4.46    6      233.9     3232.3
   56  10  11  11 34.154  68.308   0.364    4.36    6      175.9     1786.5
   57   6   8   8 35.101  70.202   0.373    4.12    6       53.4      155.5
   58  12  12  12 35.289  70.578   0.375    4.08    2       83.5      125.6
   59  10   9   8 35.803  71.607   0.38     3.96   12      217.1     4943.9
   60   9   7   7 35.804  71.607   0.38     3.96    6       59.7      186.9
   61  12  11  11 36.222  72.445   0.384    3.87    6        5.6        1.6
   62   2  -1   0 36.916  73.832   0.39     3.74   12       48.3      230.7
   63   2  -1   1 36.962  73.924   0.39     3.73   12       40.2      159.7
   64   3   1   0 37.146  74.292   0.392    3.69   12       43.5      185.1
   65   3   2   0 37.284  74.568   0.393    3.67   12        4.4        1.9
   66   7   9   9 37.284  74.568   0.393    3.67    6       51.4      128.1
   67  11  12  12 37.284  74.568   0.393    3.67    6       74.2      267.7
   68   4   2   1 37.651  75.302   0.397    3.6    12       94.2      846.9
   69   4   3   1 37.879  75.759   0.399    3.56   12      100.7      957.7
   70  10   8   8 38.062  76.124   0.4      3.53    6      142.4      949.0
   71   5   3   2 38.426  76.852   0.403    3.48   12      147.6     2004.4
   72  11  10   9 38.426  76.852   0.403    3.48   12       41.4      157.7
   73   5   4   2 38.744  77.488   0.406    3.43   12       93.0      784.6
   74  13  13  13 38.744  77.488   0.406    3.43    2       79.7       96.1
   75   6   4   3 39.467  78.935   0.413    3.32   12       90.2      717.1
   76  13  12  12 39.467  78.935   0.413    3.32    6      118.7      620.4
   77   8  10  10 39.693  79.385   0.415    3.29    6       61.3      164.2
   78   6   5   3 39.873  79.745   0.416    3.27   12       80.5      562.1
   79  11   9   9 40.546  81.092   0.422    3.19    6       55.5      130.0
   80  12  13  13 40.591  81.182   0.422    3.18    6       29.5       36.6
   81   7   5   4 40.77   81.54    0.424    3.16   12      140.3     1649.3
   82   7   6   4 41.262  82.523   0.428    3.11   12      105.8      922.5
   83  12  11  10 41.262  82.523   0.428    3.11   12       76.3      479.5
   84   8   6   5 42.331  84.661   0.437    3.01   12       89.8      642.7
   85   9  11  11 42.331  84.661   0.437    3.01    6      108.9      472.8
   86  14  14  14 42.375  84.75    0.437    3.0     2      208.7      577.7
   87  -2   1   1 42.908  85.816   0.442    2.96    6      361.9     5137.4
   88   8   7   5 42.908  85.816   0.442    2.96   12      209.3     3435.2
   89  14  13  13 42.908  85.816   0.442    2.96    6      140.2      770.6
   90  -1   2   2 43.041  86.082   0.443    2.95    6       14.2        7.8
   91   3   0   0 43.041  86.082   0.443    2.95    6       14.2        7.8
   92  12  10  10 43.263  86.526   0.445    2.93    6      155.8      943.2
   93   3   3   0 43.44   86.881   0.446    2.92    6       27.0       28.1
   94   4   1   1 43.44   86.881   0.446    2.92    6       27.0       28.1
   95   1   4   4 44.105  88.21    0.452    2.88    6       28.3       30.5
   96   5   2   2 44.105  88.21    0.452    2.88    6       28.3       30.5
   97  13  14  14 44.105  88.21    0.452    2.88    6      194.3     1438.3
   98   9   7   6 44.149  88.298   0.452    2.88   12       47.6      172.7
   99  13  12  11 44.326  88.653   0.454    2.86   12       73.9      414.5
  100   9   8   6 44.813  89.626   0.457    2.84   12       52.8      209.2


  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   1   2.759   5.519 16.00031     1280.4      3.2      3.3     5.5
    2   2   2   2   5.525  11.05   8.00015     1923.1      4.8      5.0     5.6
    3   3   3   3   8.304  16.608  5.33344      869.3      2.2      2.2     5.6
    4   1   0   0  13.15   26.301  3.38573     1812.9      4.5      4.6     5.6
    5   1   1   0  13.25   26.5    3.36074     1419.0      3.6      3.6     5.6
    6   2   1   1  13.641  27.283  3.26605     1542.5      3.9      3.9     5.6
    7   5   5   5  13.928  27.857  3.20006     9961.6     24.9     25.4     5.6
    8   3   2   2  14.668  29.336  3.04194     5916.0     14.8     15.0     5.6
    9   2   3   3  15.114  30.227  2.95426     6015.6     15.1     15.3     5.6
   10   4   3   3  16.138  32.275  2.77134    10052.6     25.2     25.5     5.6
   11   3   4   4  16.709  33.418  2.67915     4262.3     10.7     10.8     5.7
   12   6   6   6  16.789  33.578  2.66672      999.7      2.5      2.5     5.7
   13   5   4   4  17.954  35.908  2.49883     3396.2      8.5      8.6     5.7
   14   4   5   5  18.623  37.245  2.41214     2412.3      6.0      6.1     5.7
   15   6   5   5  20.04   40.08   2.24785     6237.9     15.6     15.7     5.7
   16   5   6   6  20.785  41.569  2.17068     3259.8      8.2      8.2     5.7
   17   7   6   6  22.339  44.678  2.0266      2003.1      5.0      5.0     5.7
   18   1  -1   0  23.146  46.292  1.95963    39969.2    100.0    100.0     5.7
   19   8   7   7  24.815  49.63   1.83536      436.8      1.1      1.1     5.7
   20   9   9   9  25.676  51.351  1.77781     2710.2      6.8      6.7     5.8
   21   9   8   8  27.447  54.893  1.67118     8977.6     22.5     22.2     5.8
   22   1   3   3  27.877  55.754  1.64739     1030.4      2.6      2.5     5.8
   23   4   2   2  28.144  56.288  1.63303     1153.1      2.9      2.8     5.8
   24   8   9   9  28.356  56.713  1.6218      2262.3      5.7      5.6     5.8
   25   2   4   4  28.778  57.556  1.60003     2425.7      6.1      6.0     5.8
   26   5   3   3  29.144  58.287  1.58169      904.2      2.3      2.2     5.8
   27   7   6   5  29.196  58.391  1.57912     1276.5      3.2      3.1     5.8
   28   3   5   5  29.969  59.938  1.54201      798.3      2.0      2.0     5.8
   29   6   4   4  30.427  60.854  1.52097      617.6      1.5      1.5     5.8
   30   8   7   6  31.182  62.364  1.48773      775.8      1.9      1.9     5.8
   31   4   6   6  31.431  62.862  1.47713     1739.1      4.4      4.3     5.9
   32   7   5   5  31.976  63.951  1.45457     1116.5      2.8      2.7     5.9
   33  11  10  10  33.147  66.293  1.40875     1561.5      3.9      3.8     5.9
   34   8   6   6  33.772  67.544  1.38567     3232.3      8.1      7.9     5.9
   35  10  11  11  34.154  68.308  1.37202     1786.5      4.5      4.3     5.9
   36  10   9   8  35.803  71.607  1.3167      5130.8     12.8     12.4     5.9
   37   4   2   1  37.651  75.302  1.261        846.9      2.1      2.0     6.0
   38   4   3   1  37.879  75.759  1.25453      957.7      2.4      2.3     6.0
   39  10   8   8  38.062  76.124  1.24941      949.0      2.4      2.3     6.0
   40   5   3   2  38.426  76.852  1.23938     2162.1      5.4      5.2     6.0
   41   5   4   2  38.744  77.488  1.23079      880.8      2.2      2.1     6.0
   42   6   4   3  39.467  78.935  1.21182     1337.5      3.3      3.2     6.0
   43   6   5   3  39.873  79.745  1.20153      562.1      1.4      1.3     6.0
   44   7   5   4  40.77   81.54   1.17956     1649.3      4.1      3.9     6.1
   45   7   6   4  41.262  82.523  1.16798     1402.0      3.5      3.3     6.1
   46   8   6   5  42.331  84.661  1.14385     1115.6      2.8      2.6     6.1
   47  14  14  14  42.375  84.75   1.14288      577.7      1.4      1.4     6.1
   48  -2   1   1  42.908  85.816  1.13139     9343.1     23.4     21.8     6.1
   49  12  10  10  43.263  86.526  1.12393      943.2      2.4      2.2     6.1
   50  13  14  14  44.105  88.21   1.10676     1499.2      3.8      3.5     6.2
   51  13  12  11  44.326  88.653  1.10238      414.5      1.0      1.0     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)