Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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FORSTERITE

16, t-olivine, at 8.6 GPa, f0olivine, s-forsterite

Mg(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

Pbnm

8 .7 .1998

Ref.Str.:

         Wentzcovitch R., Stixrude L. (1997)

         * Amer. Mineral., 82, 663-671

Reserv:

         D.T.N.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.626    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.722    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.725    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   257.48

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    38.77

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

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

   1 0.4275  0.0945  0.25     0.0    Si    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.99    0.2746  0.25     0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   4 0.7729  0.0913  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.2248  0.4418  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.2696  0.1655  0.0263   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.4275     0.0945     0.25  
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.99       0.2746     0.25  
     4       4     0.7729     0.0913     0.25  
     5       5     0.2248     0.4418     0.25  
     6       6     0.2696     0.1655     0.0263
     7       1     0.5725     0.9055     0.75  
     8       3     0.01       0.7254     0.75  
     9       4     0.2271     0.9087     0.75  
    10       5     0.7752     0.5582     0.75  
    11       6     0.7304     0.8345     0.9737
    12       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7304     0.8345     0.5263
    14       6     0.2696     0.1655     0.4737
    15       1     0.0725     0.5945     0.25  
    16       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    17       3     0.51       0.7746     0.25  
    18       4     0.7271     0.5913     0.25  
    19       5     0.2752     0.9418     0.25  
    20       6     0.2304     0.6655     0.0263
    21       1     0.9275     0.4055     0.75  
    22       3     0.49       0.2254     0.75  
    23       4     0.2729     0.4087     0.75  
    24       5     0.7248     0.0582     0.75  
    25       6     0.7696     0.3345     0.9737
    26       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7696     0.3345     0.5263
    28       6     0.2304     0.6655     0.4737


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.63

MU (1/cm) =     111.261    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    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.5981       4
                                                 1.6279       6
                                                 1.6279       6
                                                 1.6432       5
    2    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 1.985        4
                                                 2.0413       6
                                                 1.985        4
                                                 2.0413       6
                                                 1.9973       5
                                                 1.9973       5
    3    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 2.0456       4
                                                 1.955        5
                                                 2.1067       6
                                                 2.1067       6
                                                 1.97         6
                                                 1.97         6
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.7277       6
                                                 2.7534       6
                                                 2.9621       6
                                                 2.9621       6
                                                 2.7277       6
                                                 2.7534       6
                                                 2.7408       5
                                                 2.7227       5
                                                 2.8891       5
                                                 2.8891       5
                                                 2.8448       6
                                                 2.8448       6
    5    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9831       6
                                                 2.9831       6
                                                 2.7408       4
                                                 2.7227       4
                                                 2.524        6
                                                 2.8891       4
                                                 2.8891       4
                                                 3.1531       6
                                                 2.8328       6
                                                 3.1531       6
                                                 2.8328       6
                                                 2.524        6
    6    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.7534       4
                                                 2.7277       4
                                                 2.9831       5
                                                 2.9621       4
                                                 2.5614       6
                                                 3.1636       6
                                                 2.524        5
                                                 2.8448       4
                                                 2.8328       5
                                                 3.1531       5
                                                 2.8531       6
                                                 2.8531       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  9.118  18.235   0.103   76.72    2       25.7      152.5
    2   1   1   0 10.626  21.252   0.12    55.91    4        4.8        7.8
    3   0   2   1 11.998  23.996   0.135   43.4     4       44.6      521.7
    4   1   0   1 12.361  24.723   0.139   40.77    4       26.1      167.8
    5   1   1   1 13.195  26.39    0.148   35.53    8       18.6      148.3
    6   1   2   0 13.289  26.578   0.149   35.0     4       23.3      114.2
    7   1   2   1 15.447  30.894   0.173   25.39    8       13.3       54.0
    8   0   0   2 15.61   31.221   0.175   24.83    2       44.4      147.9
    9   1   3   0 16.871  33.741   0.188   20.99    4       63.6      512.9
   10   0   2   2 18.197  36.394   0.203   17.79    4        7.7        6.4
   11   0   4   0 18.477  36.954   0.206   17.2     2        0.0        0.0
   12   1   3   1 18.656  37.312   0.208   16.84    8       59.6      721.9
   13   1   1   2 19.039  38.078   0.212   16.1     8       67.3      880.7
   14   2   0   0 19.452  38.905   0.216   15.35    2        9.7        4.4
   15   2   1   0 20.018  40.036   0.222   14.41    4       31.0       83.4
   16   0   4   1 20.139  40.278   0.223   14.21    4       35.3      106.7
   17   1   2   2 20.726  41.452   0.23    13.33    8       50.3      406.8
   18   1   4   0 20.978  41.955   0.232   12.98    4       59.9      280.8
   19   2   1   1 21.581  43.161   0.239   12.18    8       35.2      181.6
   20   2   2   0 21.642  43.283   0.239   12.1     4        7.2        3.8
   21   1   4   1 22.486  44.971   0.248   11.1     8        1.8        0.4
   22   2   2   1 23.115  46.23    0.255   10.43    8        0.8        0.1
   23   1   3   2 23.314  46.628   0.257   10.23    8       17.5       37.9
   24   2   3   0 24.151  48.303   0.266    9.44    4       24.2       33.3
   25   0   4   2 24.567  49.134   0.27     9.08    4       23.4       30.1
   26   2   0   2 25.35   50.701   0.278    8.46    4       19.9       20.2
   27   1   5   0 25.45   50.9     0.279    8.38    4       36.7       68.3
   28   2   3   1 25.512  51.024   0.28     8.34    8        3.7        1.3
   29   0   2   3 25.698  51.396   0.281    8.2     4       12.4        7.6
   30   2   1   2 25.812  51.624   0.283    8.12    8       13.1       16.7
   31   1   0   3 25.889  51.779   0.283    8.06    4        3.2        0.5
   32   1   1   3 26.344  52.689   0.288    7.75    8       17.4       28.3
   33   1   4   2 26.606  53.213   0.291    7.58    8        7.2        4.8
   34   1   5   1 26.763  53.525   0.292    7.48    8       20.6       38.4
   35   2   2   2 27.164  54.328   0.296    7.23    8       85.3      635.2
   36   2   4   0 27.369  54.738   0.298    7.1     4       66.1      187.5
   37   1   2   3 27.678  55.356   0.302    6.92    8       20.4       34.7
   38   0   6   0 28.384  56.769   0.309    6.54    2       11.2        2.5
   39   2   4   1 28.62   57.241   0.311    6.42    8       39.4      120.5
   40   2   3   2 29.321  58.643   0.318    6.08    8       22.2       36.2
   41   0   6   1 29.608  59.215   0.321    5.95    4       54.5      106.6
   42   1   3   3 29.811  59.622   0.323    5.86    8       50.8      182.3
   43   1   6   0 30.245  60.49    0.327    5.67    4       13.5        6.2
   44   3   1   0 30.383  60.766   0.328    5.61    4       25.9       22.7
   45   1   5   2 30.466  60.932   0.329    5.58    8       20.2       27.5
   46   0   4   3 30.877  61.753   0.333    5.41    4       47.7       74.4
   47   3   0   1 31.154  62.307   0.336    5.31    4       22.1       15.7
   48   2   5   0 31.167  62.334   0.336    5.3     4        2.7        0.2
   49   1   6   1 31.424  62.847   0.338    5.21    8        1.7        0.2
   50   3   1   1 31.558  63.117   0.34     5.16    8       19.8       24.4
   51   3   2   0 31.605  63.211   0.34     5.14    4       27.9       24.1
   52   2   1   3 31.955  63.91    0.344    5.02    8       26.4       42.3
   53   2   4   2 32.187  64.374   0.346    4.94    8       25.7       39.5
   54   2   5   1 32.326  64.652   0.347    4.9     8       31.8       59.9
   55   0   0   4 32.56   65.121   0.349    4.82    2      138.7      279.8
   56   1   4   3 32.652  65.303   0.35     4.79    8        6.3        2.3
   57   3   2   1 32.756  65.512   0.351    4.76    8       14.7       12.4
   58   0   6   2 33.111  66.222   0.355    4.65    4      121.2      412.2
   59   2   2   3 33.145  66.289   0.355    4.64    8       17.5       17.2
   60   3   3   0 33.587  67.174   0.359    4.51    4       34.7       32.9
   61   0   2   4 34.127  68.254   0.364    4.36    4       18.2        8.7
   62   1   1   4 34.674  69.347   0.369    4.22    8        1.9        0.2
   63   3   3   1 34.703  69.407   0.37     4.22    8       40.8       84.7
   64   1   6   2 34.825  69.65    0.371    4.19    8        9.9        5.0
   65   3   1   2 34.953  69.906   0.372    4.16    8       39.7       79.2
   66   2   3   3 35.081  70.163   0.373    4.13    8        0.8        0.0
   67   1   7   0 35.385  70.77    0.376    4.05    4       63.6       98.8
   68   2   6   0 35.48   70.961   0.377    4.03    4       12.5        3.8
   69   2   5   2 35.684  71.368   0.379    3.99    8        8.9        3.8
   70   1   2   4 35.818  71.637   0.38     3.96    8       10.5        5.3
   71   3   2   2 36.094  72.188   0.382    3.9     8       67.4      213.5
   72   1   5   3 36.126  72.252   0.383    3.89    8       15.2       10.9
   73   3   4   0 36.27   72.539   0.384    3.86    4       58.2       79.0
   74   1   7   1 36.477  72.953   0.386    3.82    8       10.2        4.8
   75   2   6   1 36.571  73.142   0.387    3.8     8       14.8       10.0
   76   3   4   1 37.351  74.701   0.394    3.66    8       31.9       44.8
   77   1   3   4 37.694  75.389   0.397    3.6     8       43.9       83.8
   78   2   4   3 37.718  75.436   0.397    3.59    8       20.6       18.4
   79   3   3   2 37.965  75.929   0.399    3.55    8        1.3        0.1
   80   0   6   3 38.582  77.163   0.405    3.45    4       45.2       42.5
   81   0   4   4 38.65   77.301   0.405    3.44    4        7.7        1.2
   82   2   0   4 39.264  78.527   0.411    3.35    4       26.9       14.6
   83   0   8   0 39.334  78.669   0.411    3.34    2       10.5        1.1
   84   3   5   0 39.609  79.219   0.414    3.31    4       21.0        8.8
   85   2   1   4 39.63   79.26    0.414    3.3     8       20.4       16.7
   86   1   7   2 39.683  79.366   0.414    3.3     8       12.9        6.6
   87   2   6   2 39.775  79.549   0.415    3.28    8       17.1       11.5
   88   3   0   3 39.958  79.917   0.417    3.26    4       34.6       23.5
   89   1   6   3 40.201  80.403   0.419    3.23    8       17.4       11.9
   90   1   4   4 40.269  80.539   0.42     3.22    8       27.5       29.3
   91   2   7   0 40.31   80.619   0.42     3.22    4       20.7        8.3
   92   3   1   3 40.323  80.646   0.42     3.22    8       12.5        6.1
   93   0   8   1 40.389  80.777   0.421    3.21    4       16.5        5.3
   94   3   4   2 40.535  81.07    0.422    3.19    8       17.8       12.2
   95   3   5   1 40.662  81.324   0.423    3.18    8        8.5        2.8
   96   2   2   4 40.725  81.449   0.423    3.17    8        3.9        0.6
   97   1   8   0 40.946  81.893   0.425    3.14    4       14.9        4.2
   98   2   5   3 41.02   82.041   0.426    3.14    8       29.8       33.7
   99   2   7   1 41.358  82.716   0.429    3.1     8       13.8        7.2
  100   3   2   3 41.414  82.827   0.429    3.09    8        6.7        1.7
  101   4   0   0 41.762  83.525   0.432    3.06    2       78.2       56.4
  102   1   8   1 41.991  83.983   0.434    3.04    8       11.1        4.5
  103   4   1   0 42.124  84.248   0.435    3.03    4       11.3        2.3
  104   2   3   4 42.536  85.072   0.439    2.99    8       19.4       13.6
  105   4   1   1 43.165  86.33    0.444    2.94    8        9.9        3.5
  106   4   2   0 43.207  86.414   0.444    2.94    4        0.1        0.0
  107   3   3   3 43.22   86.44    0.445    2.94    8       35.1       43.6
  108   0   8   2 43.519  87.039   0.447    2.92    4       17.3        5.2
  109   1   5   4 43.527  87.055   0.447    2.92    8       29.8       31.3
  110   3   6   0 43.597  87.194   0.448    2.91    4        2.0        0.1
  111   0   2   5 43.721  87.442   0.449    2.9     4       35.4       21.9
  112   3   5   2 43.79   87.579   0.449    2.9     8       33.7       39.8
  113   1   0   5 43.871  87.742   0.45     2.89    4       26.5       12.2
  114   1   1   5 44.231  88.461   0.453    2.87    8        8.4        2.5
  115   4   2   1 44.245  88.49    0.453    2.87    8        8.1        2.3
  116   2   7   2 44.479  88.959   0.455    2.86    8       28.2       27.4
  117   3   6   1 44.635  89.27    0.456    2.85    8       29.1       29.1
  118   1   7   3 44.9    89.799   0.458    2.83    8       11.2        4.3
  119   2   6   3 44.99   89.979   0.459    2.83    8       14.3        6.9


  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   9.118  18.235  4.861        152.5     17.3     17.6     5.6
    2   0   2   1  11.998  23.996  3.70546      521.7     59.2     59.9     5.6
    3   1   0   1  12.361  24.723  3.59815      167.8     19.1     19.3     5.6
    4   1   1   1  13.195  26.39   3.37446      148.3     16.8     17.0     5.6
    5   1   2   0  13.289  26.578  3.35107      114.2     13.0     13.1     5.6
    6   1   2   1  15.447  30.894  2.89206       54.0      6.1      6.2     5.6
    7   0   0   2  15.61   31.221  2.8625       147.9     16.8     16.9     5.6
    8   1   3   0  16.871  33.741  2.65419      512.9     58.2     58.5     5.7
    9   1   3   1  18.656  37.312  2.40799      721.9     82.0     82.0     5.7
   10   1   1   2  19.039  38.078  2.36128      880.7    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   2   1   0  20.018  40.036  2.25019       83.4      9.5      9.4     5.7
   12   0   4   1  20.139  40.278  2.23723      106.7     12.1     12.1     5.7
   13   1   2   2  20.726  41.452  2.17653      406.8     46.2     46.0     5.7
   14   1   4   0  20.978  41.955  2.15161      280.8     31.9     31.8     5.7
   15   2   1   1  21.581  43.161  2.09423      181.6     20.6     20.5     5.7
   16   1   3   2  23.314  46.628  1.94628       37.9      4.3      4.3     5.7
   17   2   3   0  24.151  48.303  1.88265       33.3      3.8      3.7     5.7
   18   0   4   2  24.567  49.134  1.85273       30.1      3.4      3.4     5.7
   19   2   0   2  25.35   50.701  1.79908       20.2      2.3      2.3     5.8
   20   1   5   0  25.45   50.9    1.7925        68.3      7.8      7.6     5.8
   21   2   1   2  25.812  51.624  1.76904       16.7      1.9      1.9     5.8
   22   1   1   3  26.344  52.689  1.73578       28.3      3.2      3.2     5.8
   23   1   5   1  26.763  53.525  1.71061       38.4      4.4      4.3     5.8
   24   2   2   2  27.164  54.328  1.68723      635.2     72.1     70.8     5.8
   25   2   4   0  27.369  54.738  1.67554      187.5     21.3     20.9     5.8
   26   1   2   3  27.678  55.356  1.6583        34.7      3.9      3.9     5.8
   27   2   4   1  28.62   57.241  1.60808      120.5     13.7     13.4     5.8
   28   2   3   2  29.321  58.643  1.57294       36.2      4.1      4.0     5.8
   29   0   6   1  29.608  59.215  1.55909      106.6     12.1     11.8     5.8
   30   1   3   3  29.811  59.622  1.54942      182.3     20.7     20.2     5.8
   31   3   1   0  30.383  60.766  1.52296       22.7      2.6      2.5     5.8
   32   1   5   2  30.466  60.932  1.51921       27.5      3.1      3.0     5.8
   33   0   4   3  30.877  61.753  1.50096       74.4      8.4      8.2     5.8
   34   3   0   1  31.154  62.307  1.48894       15.9      1.8      1.8     5.8
   35   3   1   1  31.558  63.117  1.47178       24.4      2.8      2.7     5.9
   36   3   2   0  31.605  63.211  1.46982       24.1      2.7      2.7     5.9
   37   2   1   3  31.955  63.91   1.45542       42.3      4.8      4.7     5.9
   38   2   4   2  32.187  64.374  1.44603       39.5      4.5      4.3     5.9
   39   2   5   1  32.326  64.652  1.44048       59.9      6.8      6.6     5.9
   40   0   0   4  32.56   65.121  1.43125      279.8     31.8     30.7     5.9
   41   3   2   1  32.756  65.512  1.42365       12.4      1.4      1.4     5.9
   42   0   6   2  33.111  66.222  1.4101       412.2     46.8     45.1     5.9
   43   2   2   3  33.145  66.289  1.40883       17.2      2.0      1.9     5.9
   44   3   3   0  33.587  67.174  1.39241       32.9      3.7      3.6     5.9
   45   3   3   1  34.703  69.407  1.35297       84.7      9.6      9.2     5.9
   46   3   1   2  34.953  69.906  1.34451       79.2      9.0      8.6     5.9
   47   1   7   0  35.385  70.77   1.3302        98.8     11.2     10.7     5.9
   48   3   2   2  36.094  72.188  1.30752      213.5     24.2     23.1     5.9
   49   1   5   3  36.126  72.252  1.30652       10.9      1.2      1.2     5.9
   50   3   4   0  36.27   72.539  1.30206       79.0      9.0      8.6     5.9
   51   2   6   1  36.571  73.142  1.29282       10.0      1.1      1.1     6.0
   52   3   4   1  37.351  74.701  1.26964       44.8      5.1      4.8     6.0
   53   1   3   4  37.694  75.389  1.25976      102.1     11.6     11.0     6.0
   54   0   6   3  38.582  77.163  1.23515       42.5      4.8      4.6     6.0
   55   2   0   4  39.264  78.527  1.21709       14.6      1.7      1.6     6.0
   56   2   1   4  39.63   79.26   1.20766       25.5      2.9      2.7     6.0
   57   2   6   2  39.775  79.549  1.204         11.5      1.3      1.2     6.0
   58   3   0   3  39.958  79.917  1.19938       23.5      2.7      2.5     6.0
   59   1   6   3  40.201  80.403  1.19335       11.9      1.3      1.3     6.0
   60   1   4   4  40.269  80.539  1.19168       29.3      3.3      3.1     6.1
   61   2   7   0  40.31   80.619  1.1907        14.4      1.6      1.5     6.1
   62   3   4   2  40.535  81.07   1.18521       12.2      1.4      1.3     6.1
   63   2   5   3  41.02   82.041  1.17362       33.7      3.8      3.6     6.1
   64   4   0   0  41.762  83.525  1.1565        56.4      6.4      6.0     6.1
   65   2   3   4  42.536  85.072  1.13938       13.6      1.5      1.4     6.1
   66   3   3   3  43.22   86.44   1.12482       43.6      5.0      4.6     6.1
   67   1   5   4  43.527  87.055  1.11845       36.5      4.1      3.8     6.1
   68   0   2   5  43.721  87.442  1.1145        21.9      2.5      2.3     6.2
   69   3   5   2  43.79   87.579  1.1131        39.8      4.5      4.2     6.2
   70   1   0   5  43.871  87.742  1.11146       12.2      1.4      1.3     6.2
   71   2   7   2  44.479  88.959  1.09938       27.4      3.1      2.9     6.2
   72   3   6   1  44.635  89.27   1.09635       29.1      3.3      3.0     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)