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

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FORSTERITE

10, t-olivine, f-olivine, s-forsterite

Mg(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

Pbnm

8 .10 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Catti M. (1989)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 16, 6, 582-590

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.754    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.194    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.981    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   289.85

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    43.65

  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    Mg    = 1.00
   2 0.9915  0.2774  0.25     0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.4262  0.094   0.25     0.0    Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7657  0.0913  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.2785  0.9474  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.2777  0.1628  0.0331   0.0    O     = 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     0.9915     0.2774     0.25  
     3       3     0.4262     0.094      0.25  
     4       4     0.7657     0.0913     0.25  
     5       5     0.2785     0.9474     0.25  
     6       6     0.2777     0.1628     0.0331
     7       2     0.0085     0.7226     0.75  
     8       3     0.5738     0.906      0.75  
     9       4     0.2343     0.9087     0.75  
    10       5     0.7215     0.0526     0.75  
    11       6     0.7223     0.8372     0.9669
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7223     0.8372     0.5331
    14       6     0.2777     0.1628     0.4669
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5085     0.7774     0.25  
    17       3     0.0738     0.594      0.25  
    18       4     0.7343     0.5913     0.25  
    19       5     0.2215     0.4474     0.25  
    20       6     0.2223     0.6628     0.0331
    21       2     0.4915     0.2226     0.75  
    22       3     0.9262     0.406      0.75  
    23       4     0.2657     0.4087     0.75  
    24       5     0.7785     0.5526     0.75  
    25       6     0.7777     0.3372     0.9669
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7777     0.3372     0.5331
    28       6     0.2223     0.6628     0.4669


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.22

MU (1/cm) =      98.833    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     30.665

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

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

    1    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 2.0839       4
                                                 2.0679       5
                                                 2.1299       6
                                                 2.0839       4
                                                 2.0679       5
                                                 2.1299       6
    2    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 2.1797       4
                                                 2.2133       6
                                                 2.2133       6
                                                 2.0491       5
                                                 2.0668       6
                                                 2.0668       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6142       4
                                                 1.6512       5
                                                 1.635        6
                                                 1.635        6
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8452       5
                                                 2.7416       5
                                                 2.8529       6
                                                 2.7562       6
                                                 3.0237       5
                                                 3.0237       5
                                                 3.1015       6
                                                 3.1015       6
                                                 2.8529       6
                                                 2.7562       6
                                                 3.0255       6
                                                 3.0255       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.7416       4
                                                 2.8452       4
                                                 2.5504       6
                                                 3.0237       4
                                                 3.0237       4
                                                 2.9292       6
                                                 2.9292       6
                                                 2.5504       6
                                                 3.1893       6
                                                 3.1893       6
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.7562       4
                                                 2.8529       4
                                                 2.5504       5
                                                 3.1015       4
                                                 2.9292       5
                                                 2.5946       6
                                                 3.1893       5
                                                 3.0255       4
                                                 2.9946       6
                                                 2.9946       6

  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  8.692  17.384   0.098   84.63    2       29.8      178.7
    2   1   1   0 10.299  20.598   0.116   59.66    4        8.8       22.0
    3   0   2   1 11.453  22.905   0.129   47.84    4       47.5      514.6
    4   1   0   1 11.945  23.89    0.134   43.81    4       29.1      176.0
    5   1   1   1 12.729  25.458   0.143   38.33    8       17.5      112.1
    6   1   2   0 12.801  25.602   0.144   37.88    4       25.6      118.0
    7   1   2   1 14.849  29.699   0.166   27.64    8       13.7       49.1
    8   0   0   2 14.926  29.853   0.167   27.33    2       46.7      142.0
    9   1   3   0 16.179  32.358   0.181   22.98    4       67.7      502.2
   10   0   2   2 17.376  34.751   0.194   19.68    4        7.5        5.2
   11   0   4   0 17.593  35.185   0.196   19.15    2        1.2        0.1
   12   1   3   1 17.876  35.753   0.199   18.5     8       60.4      641.5
   13   1   1   2 18.273  36.545   0.204   17.63    8       69.0      799.9
   14   2   0   0 18.908  37.817   0.21    16.35    2        9.8        3.7
   15   0   4   1 19.18   38.361   0.213   15.84    4       37.3      105.1
   16   2   1   0 19.436  38.871   0.216   15.38    4       33.3       81.1
   17   1   2   2 19.862  39.724   0.221   14.66    8       49.9      347.7
   18   1   4   0 20.056  40.112   0.223   14.35    4       59.1      238.6
   19   2   1   1 20.904  41.808   0.232   13.08    8       36.1      162.2
   20   2   2   0 20.951  41.901   0.232   13.02    4        4.9        1.5
   21   1   4   1 21.489  42.978   0.238   12.3     8        0.2        0.0
   22   1   3   2 22.3    44.6     0.246   11.31    8       18.7       37.7
   23   2   2   1 22.337  44.673   0.247   11.27    8        3.8        1.6
   24   2   3   0 23.295  46.591   0.257   10.25    4       24.3       28.9
   25   0   4   2 23.398  46.796   0.258   10.15    4       20.8       20.9
   26   1   5   0 24.273  48.546   0.267    9.34    4       35.1       54.8
   27   2   0   2 24.453  48.907   0.269    9.18    4       17.5       13.4
   28   0   2   3 24.511  49.022   0.269    9.13    4        8.4        3.1
   29   2   3   1 24.577  49.154   0.27     9.08    8        3.6        1.1
   30   1   0   3 24.769  49.538   0.272    8.92    4        7.0        2.1
   31   2   1   2 24.885  49.769   0.273    8.82    8        9.3        7.3
   32   1   1   3 25.196  50.393   0.276    8.58    8       18.8       28.9
   33   1   4   2 25.398  50.795   0.278    8.42    8        5.8        2.7
   34   1   5   1 25.518  51.035   0.28     8.33    8       19.5       30.0
   35   2   2   2 26.147  52.294   0.286    7.88    8       86.0      554.9
   36   2   4   0 26.304  52.608   0.288    7.78    4       66.4      163.1
   37   1   2   3 26.448  52.896   0.289    7.68    8       22.8       37.8
   38   0   6   0 26.96   53.921   0.294    7.35    2        6.0        0.6
   39   2   4   1 27.482  54.964   0.3      7.04    8       41.7      116.8
   40   0   6   1 28.119  56.239   0.306    6.68    4       59.8      113.8
   41   2   3   2 28.161  56.323   0.306    6.66    8       21.3       28.6
   42   1   3   3 28.448  56.896   0.309    6.51    8       51.3      163.2
   43   1   6   0 28.781  57.561   0.313    6.34    4       18.7       10.5
   44   1   5   2 29.02   58.04    0.315    6.22    8       22.4       29.6
   45   0   4   3 29.376  58.752   0.318    6.05    4       53.5       82.5
   46   3   1   0 29.467  58.934   0.319    6.01    4       31.5       28.3
   47   2   5   0 29.851  59.702   0.323    5.84    4        7.2        1.5
   48   1   6   1 29.893  59.786   0.324    5.82    8        2.0        0.2
   49   3   0   1 30.189  60.378   0.326    5.69    4       23.7       15.2
   50   3   1   1 30.564  61.128   0.33     5.54    8       22.7       27.2
   51   3   2   0 30.599  61.199   0.33     5.52    4       29.1       22.3
   52   2   1   3 30.657  61.314   0.331    5.5     8       25.5       34.0
   53   2   4   2 30.834  61.668   0.333    5.43    8       29.3       44.4
   54   2   5   1 30.94   61.88    0.334    5.39    8       30.3       47.1
   55   0   0   4 31.008  62.015   0.334    5.36    2      139.8      249.5
   56   1   4   3 31.105  62.21    0.335    5.33    8       11.8        7.0
   57   0   6   2 31.428  62.857   0.338    5.21    4      119.4      353.5
   58   3   2   1 31.673  63.346   0.341    5.12    8       14.5       10.3
   59   2   2   3 31.764  63.529   0.342    5.09    8       17.9       15.5
   60   3   3   0 32.435  64.87    0.348    4.86    4       33.4       25.7
   61   0   2   4 32.47   64.94    0.348    4.85    4       22.1       11.3
   62   1   1   4 33.045  66.089   0.354    4.67    8        3.4        0.5
   63   1   6   2 33.095  66.19    0.354    4.66    8        9.1        3.7
   64   3   3   1 33.476  66.952   0.358    4.54    8       38.9       65.5
   65   2   3   3 33.565  67.13    0.359    4.52    8        4.1        0.7
   66   1   7   0 33.586  67.173   0.359    4.51    4       66.3       94.5
   67   3   1   2 33.73   67.459   0.36     4.47    8       40.0       68.2
   68   2   6   0 33.868  67.736   0.362    4.43    4       11.4        2.7
   69   2   5   2 34.087  68.173   0.364    4.38    8       10.4        4.5
   70   1   2   4 34.11   68.219   0.364    4.37    8        8.9        3.3
   71   1   5   3 34.344  68.687   0.366    4.31    8       12.7        6.6
   72   1   7   1 34.61   69.22    0.369    4.24    8       13.6        7.5
   73   3   2   2 34.785  69.569   0.37     4.2     8       67.1      180.1
   74   2   6   1 34.887  69.775   0.371    4.17    8       14.3        8.1
   75   3   4   0 34.917  69.834   0.372    4.16    4       58.0       66.7
   76   1   3   4 35.851  71.702   0.38     3.95    8       46.5       81.5
   77   3   4   1 35.923  71.846   0.381    3.94    8       32.9       40.6
   78   2   4   3 36.009  72.018   0.382    3.92    8       20.3       15.3
   79   3   3   2 36.512  73.023   0.386    3.81    8        3.4        0.4
   80   0   6   3 36.56   73.121   0.387    3.8     4       47.6       41.0
   81   0   4   4 36.675  73.35    0.388    3.78    4        9.4        1.6
   82   0   8   0 37.193  74.385   0.392    3.68    2       10.6        1.0
   83   2   0   4 37.488  74.977   0.395    3.63    4       29.8       15.4
   84   1   7   2 37.606  75.211   0.396    3.61    8       16.2        9.0
   85   2   1   4 37.826  75.653   0.398    3.57    8       20.8       14.7
   86   2   6   2 37.874  75.748   0.399    3.56    8       18.1       11.1
   87   3   5   0 37.999  75.997   0.4      3.54    4       19.4        6.3
   88   1   6   3 38.12   76.24    0.401    3.52    8       18.7       11.7
   89   0   8   1 38.175  76.35    0.401    3.52    4       18.0        5.4
   90   1   4   4 38.233  76.466   0.402    3.51    8       25.3       21.4
   91   2   7   0 38.339  76.677   0.403    3.49    4       19.5        6.3
   92   3   0   3 38.384  76.768   0.403    3.48    4       38.7       24.8
   93   3   1   3 38.72   77.439   0.406    3.43    8       11.7        4.4
   94   1   8   0 38.743  77.487   0.406    3.43    4       14.1        3.2
   95   2   2   4 38.835  77.67    0.407    3.41    8        1.6        0.1
   96   3   4   2 38.879  77.758   0.407    3.41    8       21.0       14.3
   97   3   5   1 38.974  77.948   0.408    3.39    8        5.8        1.1
   98   2   5   3 39.058  78.115   0.409    3.38    8       29.7       28.4
   99   2   7   1 39.312  78.623   0.411    3.35    8       13.6        5.9
  100   1   8   1 39.713  79.427   0.415    3.29    8       10.4        3.4
  101   3   2   3 39.721  79.443   0.415    3.29    8        5.9        1.1
  102   4   0   0 40.399  80.799   0.421    3.21    2       77.4       45.7
  103   2   3   4 40.5    81.0     0.422    3.19    8       19.7       11.8
  104   4   1   0 40.73   81.461   0.424    3.17    4        8.1        1.0
  105   0   8   2 41.078  82.156   0.427    3.13    4       23.8        8.5
  106   1   5   4 41.229  82.458   0.428    3.11    8       29.2       25.3
  107   3   3   3 41.377  82.755   0.429    3.1     8       34.3       34.7
  108   0   2   5 41.409  82.819   0.429    3.1     4       39.2       22.6
  109   1   0   5 41.606  83.213   0.431    3.08    4       30.5       13.7
  110   3   6   0 41.659  83.318   0.431    3.07    4        0.7        0.0
  111   4   1   1 41.689  83.378   0.432    3.07    8        9.8        2.8
  112   4   2   0 41.72   83.441   0.432    3.06    4        1.9        0.1
  113   3   5   2 41.863  83.727   0.433    3.05    8       38.0       42.0
  114   1   1   5 41.936  83.871   0.434    3.04    8        7.6        1.7
  115   2   7   2 42.195  84.391   0.436    3.02    8       29.9       25.6
  116   1   7   3 42.436  84.871   0.438    3.0     8       15.2        6.6
  117   1   8   2 42.592  85.183   0.439    2.99    8       27.0       20.7
  118   3   6   1 42.614  85.229   0.439    2.98    8       33.9       32.7
  119   4   2   1 42.675  85.351   0.44     2.98    8        7.8        1.7
  120   2   6   3 42.696  85.393   0.44     2.98    8       15.9        7.2
  121   2   4   4 42.806  85.612   0.441    2.97    8       42.1       50.2
  122   1   2   5 42.921  85.842   0.442    2.96    8        1.5        0.1
  123   2   8   0 43.305  86.609   0.445    2.93    4       44.8       28.0
  124   0   6   4 43.333  86.667   0.445    2.93    4       14.8        3.0
  125   4   3   0 43.362  86.725   0.446    2.93    4       23.0        7.4
  126   3   4   3 43.676  87.353   0.448    2.91    8       37.9       39.8
  127   4   0   2 44.22   88.441   0.453    2.87    4        5.4        0.4
  128   2   8   1 44.256  88.512   0.453    2.87    8       16.9        7.8
  129   4   3   1 44.314  88.627   0.453    2.87    8        3.3        0.3
  130   1   9   0 44.354  88.709   0.454    2.86    4        8.2        0.9
  131   4   1   2 44.548  89.095   0.455    2.85    8       30.2       24.8
  132   1   3   5 44.559  89.117   0.455    2.85    8       41.8       47.3
  133   1   6   4 44.838  89.677   0.458    2.84    8       12.2        4.0


  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   0   2   0   8.692  17.384  5.097        178.7     22.3     22.7     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.299  20.598  4.30851       22.0      2.7      2.8     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.453  22.905  3.87939      514.6     64.3     65.1     5.6
    4   1   0   1  11.945  23.89   3.72158      176.0     22.0     22.2     5.6
    5   1   1   1  12.729  25.458  3.4959       112.1     14.0     14.1     5.6
    6   1   2   0  12.801  25.602  3.47653      118.0     14.8     14.9     5.6
    7   1   2   1  14.849  29.699  3.00566       49.1      6.1      6.2     5.6
    8   0   0   2  14.926  29.853  2.9905       142.0     17.7     17.9     5.6
    9   1   3   0  16.179  32.358  2.76444      502.2     62.8     63.0     5.6
   10   1   3   1  17.876  35.753  2.50936      641.5     80.2     80.3     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.273  36.545  2.45671      799.9    100.0    100.0     5.7
   12   0   4   1  19.18   38.361  2.34453      105.1     13.1     13.1     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.436  38.871  2.3149        81.1     10.1     10.1     5.7
   14   1   2   2  19.862  39.724  2.26713      347.7     43.5     43.3     5.7
   15   1   4   0  20.056  40.112  2.24611      238.6     29.8     29.7     5.7
   16   2   1   1  20.904  41.808  2.15884      162.2     20.3     20.2     5.7
   17   1   3   2  22.3    44.6    2.02997       37.7      4.7      4.7     5.7
   18   2   3   0  23.295  46.591  1.94775       28.9      3.6      3.6     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.398  46.796  1.9397        20.9      2.6      2.6     5.7
   20   1   5   0  24.273  48.546  1.87376       54.8      6.8      6.8     5.7
   21   2   0   2  24.453  48.907  1.86079       13.4      1.7      1.7     5.7
   22   1   1   3  25.196  50.393  1.80935       28.9      3.6      3.6     5.8
   23   1   5   1  25.518  51.035  1.78806       30.0      3.8      3.7     5.8
   24   2   2   2  26.147  52.294  1.74795      554.9     69.4     68.2     5.8
   25   2   4   0  26.304  52.608  1.73826      163.1     20.4     20.0     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.448  52.896  1.72947       37.8      4.7      4.6     5.8
   27   2   4   1  27.482  54.964  1.6692       116.8     14.6     14.3     5.8
   28   0   6   1  28.119  56.239  1.63434      113.8     14.2     13.9     5.8
   29   2   3   2  28.161  56.323  1.6321        28.6      3.6      3.5     5.8
   30   1   3   3  28.448  56.896  1.61702      163.2     20.4     19.9     5.8
   31   1   6   0  28.781  57.561  1.5999        10.5      1.3      1.3     5.8
   32   1   5   2  29.02   58.04   1.58782       29.6      3.7      3.6     5.8
   33   0   4   3  29.376  58.752  1.57027       82.5     10.3     10.1     5.8
   34   3   1   0  29.467  58.934  1.56586       28.3      3.5      3.4     5.8
   35   3   0   1  30.189  60.378  1.53181       15.2      1.9      1.8     5.8
   36   3   1   1  30.564  61.128  1.51481       27.2      3.4      3.3     5.8
   37   3   2   0  30.599  61.199  1.51322       22.3      2.8      2.7     5.8
   38   2   1   3  30.657  61.314  1.51065       34.0      4.3      4.1     5.8
   39   2   4   2  30.834  61.668  1.50283       44.4      5.5      5.4     5.8
   40   2   5   1  30.94   61.88   1.49819       47.1      5.9      5.7     5.8
   41   0   0   4  31.008  62.015  1.49525      249.5     31.2     30.2     5.8
   42   0   6   2  31.428  62.857  1.47724      353.5     44.2     42.8     5.9
   43   3   2   1  31.673  63.346  1.467         10.3      1.3      1.2     5.9
   44   2   2   3  31.764  63.529  1.46322       15.5      1.9      1.9     5.9
   45   3   3   0  32.435  64.87   1.43617       25.7      3.2      3.1     5.9
   46   0   2   4  32.47   64.94   1.43479       11.3      1.4      1.4     5.9
   47   3   3   1  33.476  66.952  1.39648       65.5      8.2      7.9     5.9
   48   1   7   0  33.586  67.173  1.39242       94.5     11.8     11.4     5.9
   49   3   1   2  33.73   67.459  1.3872        68.2      8.5      8.2     5.9
   50   3   2   2  34.785  69.569  1.3502       180.1     22.5     21.6     5.9
   51   2   6   1  34.887  69.775  1.34672        8.1      1.0      1.0     5.9
   52   3   4   0  34.917  69.834  1.34572       66.7      8.3      8.0     5.9
   53   1   3   4  35.851  71.702  1.31519       81.5     10.2      9.7     5.9
   54   3   4   1  35.923  71.846  1.3129        40.6      5.1      4.8     5.9
   55   2   4   3  36.009  72.018  1.31019       15.3      1.9      1.8     5.9
   56   0   6   3  36.56   73.121  1.29313       41.0      5.1      4.9     6.0
   57   2   0   4  37.488  74.977  1.26566       15.4      1.9      1.8     6.0
   58   1   7   2  37.606  75.211  1.2623         9.0      1.1      1.1     6.0
   59   2   1   4  37.826  75.653  1.25602       14.7      1.8      1.7     6.0
   60   2   6   2  37.874  75.748  1.25468       11.1      1.4      1.3     6.0
   61   1   6   3  38.12   76.24   1.24779       11.7      1.5      1.4     6.0
   62   1   4   4  38.233  76.466  1.24468       21.4      2.7      2.5     6.0
   63   3   0   3  38.384  76.768  1.24053       24.8      3.1      2.9     6.0
   64   3   4   2  38.879  77.758  1.2272        14.3      1.8      1.7     6.0
   65   2   5   3  39.058  78.115  1.22247       28.4      3.5      3.3     6.0
   66   4   0   0  40.399  80.799  1.1885        45.7      5.7      5.3     6.1
   67   2   3   4  40.5    81.0    1.18606       11.8      1.5      1.4     6.1
   68   0   8   2  41.078  82.156  1.17227        8.5      1.1      1.0     6.1
   69   1   5   4  41.229  82.458  1.16874       25.3      3.2      2.9     6.1
   70   3   3   3  41.377  82.755  1.1653        34.7      4.3      4.0     6.1
   71   0   2   5  41.409  82.819  1.16456       22.6      2.8      2.6     6.1
   72   1   0   5  41.606  83.213  1.16004       13.7      1.7      1.6     6.1
   73   3   5   2  41.863  83.727  1.15423       42.0      5.3      4.9     6.1
   74   2   7   2  42.195  84.391  1.14683       25.6      3.2      3.0     6.1
   75   3   6   1  42.614  85.229  1.13768       53.4      6.7      6.2     6.1
   76   2   6   3  42.696  85.393  1.13592        8.9      1.1      1.0     6.1
   77   2   4   4  42.806  85.612  1.13357       50.2      6.3      5.8     6.1
   78   2   8   0  43.305  86.609  1.12306       31.1      3.9      3.6     6.1
   79   3   4   3  43.676  87.353  1.1154        39.8      5.0      4.6     6.2
   80   1   3   5  44.559  89.117  1.09783       72.2      9.0      8.3     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)