Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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FORSTERITE

22, t-olivine, at 25.0 GPa, f-olivine, s-forsterite

Mg(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

Pbnm

9 .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 =   4.547    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.402    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.567    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   237.99

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    35.84

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

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

   1 0.4275  0.0955  0.25     0.0    Si    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.9882  0.2733  0.25     0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   4 0.7741  0.0906  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.2263  0.4392  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.2643  0.1677  0.0231   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.4275     0.0955     0.25  
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.9882     0.2733     0.25  
     4       4     0.7741     0.0906     0.25  
     5       5     0.2263     0.4392     0.25  
     6       6     0.2643     0.1677     0.0231
     7       1     0.5725     0.9045     0.75  
     8       3     0.0118     0.7267     0.75  
     9       4     0.2259     0.9094     0.75  
    10       5     0.7737     0.5608     0.75  
    11       6     0.7357     0.8323     0.9769
    12       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7357     0.8323     0.5231
    14       6     0.2643     0.1677     0.4769
    15       1     0.0725     0.5955     0.25  
    16       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    17       3     0.5118     0.7733     0.25  
    18       4     0.7259     0.5906     0.25  
    19       5     0.2737     0.9392     0.25  
    20       6     0.2357     0.6677     0.0231
    21       1     0.9275     0.4045     0.75  
    22       3     0.4882     0.2267     0.75  
    23       4     0.2741     0.4094     0.75  
    24       5     0.7263     0.0608     0.75  
    25       6     0.7643     0.3323     0.9769
    26       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7643     0.3323     0.5231
    28       6     0.2357     0.6677     0.4769


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.93

MU (1/cm) =     120.369    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
                                                 1.5767       4
                                                 1.6146       6
                                                 1.6146       6
                                                 1.6274       5
    2    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 1.9281       4
                                                 1.9867       6
                                                 1.9281       4
                                                 1.9867       6
                                                 1.9526       5
                                                 1.9526       5
    3    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 1.9744       4
                                                 1.8987       5
                                                 2.039        6
                                                 2.039        6
                                                 1.912        6
                                                 1.912        6
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.6626       6
                                                 2.7376       6
                                                 2.8705       6
                                                 2.8705       6
                                                 2.6626       6
                                                 2.7376       6
                                                 2.6808       5
                                                 2.6839       5
                                                 2.806        5
                                                 2.806        5
                                                 2.7345       6
                                                 2.7345       6
    5    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8533       6
                                                 2.8533       6
                                                 2.6808       4
                                                 2.6839       4
                                                 2.4926       6
                                                 2.806        4
                                                 2.806        4
                                                 3.0506       6
                                                 2.7811       6
                                                 3.0506       6
                                                 2.7811       6
                                                 2.4926       6
    6    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.7376       4
                                                 2.6626       4
                                                 2.8533       5
                                                 2.8705       4
                                                 2.5263       6
                                                 3.0407       6
                                                 2.4926       5
                                                 2.7345       4
                                                 2.7811       5
                                                 3.0506       5
                                                 2.7622       6
                                                 2.7622       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  9.431  18.861   0.106   71.57    2       22.9      132.5
    2   1   1   0 10.846  21.693   0.122   53.58    4        2.8        3.0
    3   0   2   1 12.384  24.768   0.139   40.61    4       43.2      535.6
    4   1   0   1 12.634  25.269   0.142   38.94    4       24.5      165.5
    5   1   1   1 13.507  27.015   0.152   33.81    8       18.7      167.1
    6   1   2   0 13.632  27.264   0.153   33.16    4       22.2      115.0
    7   1   2   1 15.861  31.721   0.177   23.99    8       12.9       56.7
    8   0   0   2 16.065  32.13    0.18    23.33    2       43.4      155.1
    9   1   3   0 17.368  34.736   0.194   19.7     4       61.7      529.1
   10   0   2   2 18.76   37.52    0.209   16.63    4        7.8        7.1
   11   0   4   0 19.13   38.26    0.213   15.93    2        1.3        0.1
   12   1   3   1 19.209  38.418   0.214   15.79    8       59.2      781.2
   13   1   1   2 19.551  39.102   0.217   15.18    8       66.7      954.0
   14   2   0   0 19.804  39.609   0.22    14.75    2        9.4        4.6
   15   2   1   0 20.4    40.8     0.226   13.81    4       29.5       84.9
   16   0   4   1 20.838  41.675   0.231   13.17    4       34.0      107.8
   17   1   2   2 21.315  42.63    0.236   12.52    8       49.4      432.3
   18   1   4   0 21.648  43.296   0.239   12.09    4       60.5      312.4
   19   2   1   1 22.026  44.052   0.243   11.63    8       34.2      192.3
   20   2   2   0 22.108  44.216   0.244   11.54    4        8.3        5.6
   21   1   4   1 23.204  46.407   0.256   10.34    8        3.3        1.6
   22   2   2   1 23.639  47.279   0.26     9.91    8        2.8        1.1
   23   1   3   2 24.019  48.039   0.264    9.56    8       16.0       34.8
   24   2   3   0 24.744  49.488   0.272    8.94    4       23.3       34.3
   25   0   4   2 25.399  50.798   0.278    8.42    4       25.6       39.0
   26   2   0   2 25.942  51.884   0.284    8.03    4       20.5       23.8
   27   2   3   1 26.158  52.316   0.286    7.87    8        3.8        1.6
   28   1   5   0 26.314  52.627   0.288    7.77    4       37.8       78.5
   29   2   1   2 26.427  52.855   0.289    7.69    8       15.7       26.8
   30   0   2   3 26.504  53.009   0.29     7.64    4       14.4       11.3
   31   1   0   3 26.637  53.274   0.291    7.56    4        1.5        0.1
   32   1   1   3 27.114  54.227   0.296    7.26    8       16.4       27.6
   33   1   4   2 27.462  54.924   0.299    7.05    8        7.8        6.1
   34   1   5   1 27.67   55.34    0.301    6.93    8       21.7       46.1
   35   2   2   2 27.849  55.698   0.303    6.83    8       85.3      701.4
   36   2   4   0 28.123  56.246   0.306    6.68    4       64.6      196.7
   37   1   2   3 28.512  57.023   0.31     6.47    8       19.2       33.6
   38   2   4   1 29.423  58.846   0.319    6.03    8       37.4      118.8
   39   0   6   0 29.443  58.887   0.319    6.02    2       13.2        3.7
   40   2   3   2 30.118  60.235   0.326    5.72    8       21.9       38.8
   41   0   6   1 30.708  61.416   0.331    5.48    4       51.9      104.1
   42   1   3   3 30.749  61.499   0.332    5.46    8       50.4      195.7
   43   3   1   0 30.982  61.965   0.334    5.37    4       23.6       21.2
   44   1   6   0 31.328  62.656   0.337    5.24    4       10.5        4.1
   45   1   5   2 31.505  63.01    0.339    5.18    8       18.9       26.2
   46   3   0   1 31.783  63.567   0.342    5.08    4       21.1       16.0
   47   0   4   3 31.929  63.858   0.343    5.03    4       44.6       70.7
   48   2   5   0 32.113  64.227   0.345    4.97    4        0.4        0.0
   49   3   1   1 32.211  64.423   0.346    4.93    8       18.8       24.6
   50   3   2   0 32.274  64.549   0.347    4.91    4       27.9       27.0
   51   1   6   1 32.55   65.099   0.349    4.82    8        2.9        0.6
   52   2   1   3 32.823  65.645   0.352    4.74    8       26.4       46.8
   53   2   4   2 33.134  66.267   0.355    4.64    8       23.7       36.7
   54   2   5   1 33.319  66.639   0.357    4.59    8       32.4       67.9
   55   3   2   1 33.477  66.955   0.358    4.54    8       15.2       14.8
   56   0   0   4 33.605  67.21    0.359    4.51    2      137.1      299.1
   57   1   4   3 33.734  67.467   0.36     4.47    8        3.0        0.6
   58   2   2   3 34.077  68.154   0.364    4.38    8       17.0       17.8
   59   0   6   2 34.34   68.68    0.366    4.31    4      120.2      439.7
   60   3   3   0 34.369  68.739   0.366    4.3     4       35.9       39.1
   61   0   2   4 35.254  70.509   0.375    4.08    4       16.1        7.5
   62   3   3   1 35.537  71.075   0.377    4.02    8       40.4       92.7
   63   3   1   2 35.764  71.527   0.379    3.97    8       38.3       82.2
   64   1   1   4 35.773  71.546   0.379    3.97    8        1.2        0.1
   65   1   6   2 36.086  72.171   0.382    3.9     8       11.5        7.3
   66   2   3   3 36.121  72.242   0.383    3.89    8        0.9        0.0
   67   2   6   0 36.656  73.313   0.388    3.79    4       12.3        4.1
   68   1   7   0 36.726  73.452   0.388    3.77    4       61.0       99.1
   69   2   5   2 36.821  73.641   0.389    3.75    8        7.5        3.0
   70   3   2   2 36.972  73.944   0.39     3.73    8       67.3      238.4
   71   1   2   4 36.981  73.962   0.39     3.72    8       11.1        6.4
   72   3   4   0 37.208  74.416   0.393    3.68    4       57.8       86.7
   73   1   5   3 37.394  74.788   0.394    3.65    8       16.8       14.5
   74   2   6   1 37.795  75.59    0.398    3.58    8       15.7       12.5
   75   1   7   1 37.864  75.728   0.398    3.57    8        9.4        4.4
   76   3   4   1 38.341  76.681   0.403    3.49    8       32.1       50.7
   77   2   4   3 38.909  77.818   0.408    3.4     8       20.0       19.2
   78   3   3   2 38.955  77.909   0.408    3.4     8        4.4        0.9
   79   1   3   4 38.964  77.928   0.408    3.39    8       42.6       86.8
   80   0   4   4 40.031  80.062   0.418    3.25    4        7.2        1.2
   81   0   6   3 40.044  80.089   0.418    3.25    4       44.2       44.7
   82   2   0   4 40.461  80.922   0.421    3.2     4       25.4       14.5
   83   3   5   0 40.749  81.498   0.424    3.17    4       20.7        9.6
   84   2   1   4 40.85   81.7     0.425    3.15    8       20.0       17.8
   85   0   8   0 40.951  81.903   0.425    3.14    2       10.6        1.2
   86   3   0   3 41.01   82.02    0.426    3.14    4       32.2       22.9
   87   2   6   2 41.15   82.3     0.427    3.12    8       16.2       11.6
   88   1   7   2 41.217  82.434   0.428    3.12    8       10.4        4.7
   89   3   1   3 41.398  82.796   0.429    3.1     8       13.2        7.6
   90   3   4   2 41.684  83.368   0.432    3.07    8       15.6       10.5
   91   1   4   4 41.693  83.386   0.432    3.07    8       28.5       35.1
   92   1   6   3 41.706  83.412   0.432    3.07    8       16.2       11.4
   93   2   7   0 41.766  83.533   0.432    3.06    4       22.0       10.4
   94   3   5   1 41.855  83.711   0.433    3.05    8        9.8        4.1
   95   2   2   4 42.013  84.026   0.434    3.04    8        4.8        1.0
   96   0   8   1 42.057  84.113   0.435    3.03    4       15.7        5.3
   97   2   5   3 42.412  84.825   0.438    3.0     8       29.7       37.3
   98   3   2   3 42.558  85.116   0.439    2.99    8        7.4        2.3
   99   1   8   0 42.606  85.213   0.439    2.99    4       14.2        4.2
  100   4   0   0 42.658  85.315   0.44     2.98    2       77.8       63.7
  101   2   7   1 42.868  85.736   0.442    2.96    8       12.8        6.8
  102   4   1   0 43.043  86.087   0.443    2.95    4       14.5        4.4
  103   1   8   1 43.706  87.411   0.449    2.9     8       10.2        4.3
  104   2   3   4 43.941  87.882   0.45     2.89    8       18.6       14.2
  105   4   1   1 44.142  88.283   0.452    2.88    8       10.1        4.1
  106   4   2   0 44.198  88.397   0.453    2.87    4        0.7        0.0
  107   3   3   3 44.484  88.968   0.455    2.86    8       34.4       47.7
  108   3   6   0 44.995  89.99    0.459    2.83    4        4.4        0.4


  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   9.431  18.861  4.701        132.5     13.9     14.1     5.6
    2   0   2   1  12.384  24.768  3.59171      535.6     56.1     56.8     5.6
    3   1   0   1  12.634  25.269  3.52161      165.5     17.4     17.6     5.6
    4   1   1   1  13.507  27.015  3.29786      167.1     17.5     17.7     5.6
    5   1   2   0  13.632  27.264  3.2683       115.0     12.1     12.2     5.6
    6   1   2   1  15.861  31.721  2.81848       56.7      5.9      6.0     5.6
    7   0   0   2  16.065  32.13   2.7835       155.1     16.3     16.4     5.6
    8   1   3   0  17.368  34.736  2.58044      529.1     55.5     55.7     5.7
    9   1   3   1  19.209  38.418  2.34116      781.2     81.9     81.9     5.7
   10   1   1   2  19.551  39.102  2.30176      954.0    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   2   1   0  20.4    40.8    2.20981       84.9      8.9      8.9     5.7
   12   0   4   1  20.838  41.675  2.1654       107.8     11.3     11.3     5.7
   13   1   2   2  21.315  42.63   2.11912      432.3     45.3     45.2     5.7
   14   1   4   0  21.648  43.296  2.08802      312.4     32.8     32.6     5.7
   15   2   1   1  22.026  44.052  2.05391      192.3     20.2     20.1     5.7
   16   1   3   2  24.019  48.039  1.89237       34.8      3.6      3.6     5.7
   17   2   3   0  24.744  49.488  1.84027       34.3      3.6      3.6     5.7
   18   0   4   2  25.399  50.798  1.79586       39.0      4.1      4.0     5.8
   19   2   0   2  25.942  51.884  1.7608        23.8      2.5      2.5     5.8
   20   1   5   0  26.314  52.627  1.73767       78.5      8.2      8.1     5.8
   21   2   1   2  26.427  52.855  1.73071       26.8      2.8      2.8     5.8
   22   0   2   3  26.504  53.009  1.72606       11.3      1.2      1.2     5.8
   23   1   1   3  27.114  54.227  1.69011       27.6      2.9      2.8     5.8
   24   1   5   1  27.67   55.34   1.65874       46.1      4.8      4.7     5.8
   25   2   2   2  27.849  55.698  1.64893      701.4     73.5     72.1     5.8
   26   2   4   0  28.123  56.246  1.63415      196.7     20.6     20.2     5.8
   27   1   2   3  28.512  57.023  1.6137        33.6      3.5      3.5     5.8
   28   2   4   1  29.423  58.846  1.56799      122.5     12.8     12.5     5.8
   29   2   3   2  30.118  60.235  1.53511       38.8      4.1      4.0     5.8
   30   0   6   1  30.708  61.416  1.50838      104.1     10.9     10.6     5.8
   31   1   3   3  30.749  61.499  1.50656      195.7     20.5     20.0     5.8
   32   3   1   0  30.982  61.965  1.49635       21.2      2.2      2.2     5.8
   33   1   5   2  31.505  63.01   1.47402       26.2      2.7      2.7     5.9
   34   3   0   1  31.783  63.567  1.46243       16.0      1.7      1.6     5.9
   35   0   4   3  31.929  63.858  1.45648       70.7      7.4      7.2     5.9
   36   3   1   1  32.211  64.423  1.44506       24.6      2.6      2.5     5.9
   37   3   2   0  32.274  64.549  1.44254       27.0      2.8      2.7     5.9
   38   2   1   3  32.823  65.645  1.42107       46.8      4.9      4.7     5.9
   39   2   4   2  33.134  66.267  1.40924       36.7      3.9      3.7     5.9
   40   2   5   1  33.319  66.639  1.40228       67.9      7.1      6.9     5.9
   41   3   2   1  33.477  66.955  1.39642       14.8      1.5      1.5     5.9
   42   0   0   4  33.605  67.21   1.39175      299.1     31.4     30.2     5.9
   43   2   2   3  34.077  68.154  1.37475       17.8      1.9      1.8     5.9
   44   0   6   2  34.34   68.68   1.36549      478.8     50.2     48.3     5.9
   45   3   3   1  35.537  71.075  1.32525       92.7      9.7      9.3     5.9
   46   3   1   2  35.764  71.527  1.31798       82.2      8.6      8.2     5.9
   47   1   7   0  36.726  73.452  1.28812       99.1     10.4      9.9     6.0
   48   3   2   2  36.972  73.944  1.28077      244.8     25.7     24.4     6.0
   49   3   4   0  37.208  74.416  1.2738        86.7      9.1      8.6     6.0
   50   1   5   3  37.394  74.788  1.26838       14.5      1.5      1.4     6.0
   51   2   6   1  37.795  75.59   1.25691       12.5      1.3      1.2     6.0
   52   3   4   1  38.341  76.681  1.24171       50.7      5.3      5.0     6.0
   53   2   4   3  38.909  77.818  1.2264        19.2      2.0      1.9     6.0
   54   1   3   4  38.964  77.928  1.22494       86.8      9.1      8.6     6.0
   55   0   6   3  40.044  80.089  1.19724       46.0      4.8      4.5     6.0
   56   2   0   4  40.461  80.922  1.187         14.5      1.5      1.4     6.1
   57   3   5   0  40.749  81.498  1.18006        9.6      1.0      0.9     6.1
   58   2   1   4  40.85   81.7    1.17765       17.8      1.9      1.8     6.1
   59   3   0   3  41.01   82.02   1.17387       22.9      2.4      2.2     6.1
   60   2   6   2  41.15   82.3    1.17058       11.6      1.2      1.1     6.1
   61   1   6   3  41.706  83.412  1.15778       57.0      6.0      5.6     6.1
   62   2   7   0  41.766  83.533  1.15641       10.4      1.1      1.0     6.1
   63   2   5   3  42.412  84.825  1.14207       37.3      3.9      3.6     6.1
   64   4   0   0  42.658  85.315  1.13675       63.7      6.7      6.2     6.1
   65   2   3   4  43.941  87.882  1.11005       14.2      1.5      1.4     6.2
   66   3   3   3  44.484  88.968  1.09929       47.7      5.0      4.6     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)