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

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FORSTERITE

36, t-olivine, f-olivine, s-forsterite

(Mg,Fe)(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.027          NR =625

30 .9 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Ottonello G., Princivalle F., Giusta A.D. (1990)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 17, 4, 301-312

Reserv:

         In original - olivine[21].

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.7624   alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.2243   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.9922   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   291.77

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    43.94

  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      0.46   Mg    = 0.9 , Fe    = 0.1 
   2 0.9899  0.2777  0.25     0.47   Mg    = 0.91, Fe    = 0.0 
   3 0.4268  0.0944  0.25     0.38   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7662  0.0917  0.25     0.47   O     = 1.00
   5 0.2206  0.4478  0.25     0.45   O     = 1.00
   6 0.2785  0.1632  0.0332   0.51   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     0.9899     0.2777     0.25  
     3       3     0.4268     0.0944     0.25  
     4       4     0.7662     0.0917     0.25  
     5       5     0.2206     0.4478     0.25  
     6       6     0.2785     0.1632     0.0332
     7       2     0.0101     0.7223     0.75  
     8       3     0.5732     0.9056     0.75  
     9       4     0.2338     0.9083     0.75  
    10       5     0.7794     0.5522     0.75  
    11       6     0.7215     0.8368     0.9668
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7215     0.8368     0.5332
    14       6     0.2785     0.1632     0.4668
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5101     0.7777     0.25  
    17       3     0.0732     0.5944     0.25  
    18       4     0.7338     0.5917     0.25  
    19       5     0.2794     0.9478     0.25  
    20       6     0.2215     0.6632     0.0332
    21       2     0.4899     0.2223     0.75  
    22       3     0.9268     0.4056     0.75  
    23       4     0.2662     0.4083     0.75  
    24       5     0.7206     0.0522     0.75  
    25       6     0.7785     0.3368     0.9668
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7785     0.3368     0.5332
    28       6     0.2215     0.6632     0.4668


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.23

MU (1/cm) =     152.007    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     47.099

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

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

    1   Mg   ,Fe             2.592        6
                                                 2.0888       4
                                                 2.1408       6
                                                 2.0888       4
                                                 2.1408       6
                                                 2.0735       5
                                                 2.0735       5
    2   Mg   ,Fe             2.592        6
                                                 2.1798       4
                                                 2.0571       5
                                                 2.2242       6
                                                 2.2242       6
                                                 2.0636       6
                                                 2.0636       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6166       4
                                                 1.6375       6
                                                 1.6375       6
                                                 1.6551       5
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8591       6
                                                 2.7598       6
                                                 3.1172       6
                                                 3.1172       6
                                                 2.8591       6
                                                 2.7598       6
                                                 2.8527       5
                                                 2.7458       5
                                                 3.031        5
                                                 3.031        5
                                                 3.0271       6
                                                 3.0271       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1986       6
                                                 3.1986       6
                                                 2.8527       4
                                                 2.7458       4
                                                 2.5569       6
                                                 3.031        4
                                                 3.031        4
                                                 2.9327       6
                                                 2.9327       6
                                                 2.5569       6
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.7598       4
                                                 2.8591       4
                                                 3.1986       5
                                                 3.1172       4
                                                 2.5982       6
                                                 2.5569       5
                                                 3.0271       4
                                                 2.9327       5
                                                 2.9965       6
                                                 2.9965       6

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   0   2   0 10.077  20.154   0.098   62.42    2       37.5      206.4
    2   1   1   0 11.958  23.916   0.116   43.71    4        3.0        1.8
    3   0   2   1 13.296  26.593   0.129   34.96    4       47.7      373.3
    4   1   0   1 13.881  27.763   0.134   31.91    4       28.0      117.8
    5   1   1   1 14.795  29.59    0.143   27.85    8       13.8       49.9
    6   1   2   0 14.874  29.747   0.143   27.54    4       24.7       79.2
    7   1   2   1 17.274  34.547   0.166   19.94    8       13.4       33.7
    8   0   0   2 17.37   34.74    0.167   19.69    2       37.3       64.4
    9   1   3   0 18.828  37.656   0.18    16.5     4       69.3      372.1
   10   0   2   2 20.245  40.49    0.193   14.05    4        8.5        4.8
   11   0   4   0 20.483  40.967   0.196   13.69    2        0.8        0.0
   12   1   3   1 20.829  41.658   0.199   13.19    8       55.1      376.7
   13   1   1   2 21.309  42.618   0.203   12.53    8       70.4      583.1
   14   2   0   0 22.064  44.127   0.21    11.59    2       10.5        3.0
   15   0   4   1 22.361  44.722   0.213   11.24    4       33.5       59.4
   16   2   1   0 22.686  45.373   0.216   10.88    4       32.6       54.5
   17   1   2   2 23.186  46.372   0.22    10.36    8       48.4      228.1
   18   1   4   0 23.4    46.801   0.222   10.15    4       57.7      158.9
   19   2   1   1 24.429  48.858   0.231    9.2     8       34.7      103.9
   20   2   2   0 24.481  48.961   0.232    9.16    4       11.7        5.9
   21   1   4   1 25.105  50.21    0.237    8.65    8        0.6        0.0
   22   1   3   2 26.081  52.162   0.246    7.93    8       23.3       40.4
   23   2   2   1 26.133  52.265   0.246    7.89    8        2.9        0.6
   24   2   3   0 27.273  54.547   0.256    7.16    4       22.5       17.1
   25   0   4   2 27.386  54.772   0.257    7.09    4       26.3       23.1
   26   1   5   0 28.427  56.854   0.266    6.52    4       38.8       46.2
   27   2   0   2 28.674  57.347   0.268    6.39    4        9.9        3.0
   28   0   2   3 28.736  57.473   0.269    6.36    4        8.8        2.3
   29   2   3   1 28.812  57.624   0.269    6.32    8        3.3        0.7
   30   1   0   3 29.052  58.104   0.271    6.21    4        7.0        1.4
   31   2   1   2 29.192  58.383   0.273    6.14    8        8.7        4.4
   32   1   1   3 29.566  59.131   0.276    5.97    8       15.3       13.2
   33   1   4   2 29.792  59.583   0.278    5.86    8        5.3        1.6
   34   1   5   1 29.927  59.853   0.279    5.81    8       17.0       15.8
   35   2   2   2 30.712  61.424   0.285    5.48    8       82.6      351.6
   36   2   4   0 30.889  61.778   0.287    5.41    4       63.8      103.3
   37   1   2   3 31.075  62.15    0.289    5.34    8       21.8       23.8
   38   0   6   0 31.662  63.323   0.293    5.12    2        0.2        0.0
   39   2   4   1 32.319  64.639   0.299    4.9     8       37.8       65.9
   40   0   6   1 33.074  66.147   0.305    4.66    4       55.0       66.2
   41   2   3   2 33.155  66.31    0.306    4.64    8       19.5       16.6
   42   1   3   3 33.504  67.007   0.309    4.54    8       45.7       88.9
   43   1   6   0 33.883  67.765   0.312    4.43    4       17.1        6.1
   44   1   5   2 34.188  68.375   0.314    4.35    8       22.6       20.9
   45   0   4   3 34.633  69.267   0.318    4.23    4       48.4       46.7
   46   3   1   0 34.764  69.529   0.319    4.2     4       33.3       21.9
   47   2   5   0 35.21   70.42    0.322    4.1     4        7.4        1.1
   48   1   6   1 35.249  70.498   0.323    4.09    8        2.4        0.2
   49   3   0   1 35.654  71.308   0.326    3.99    4       21.7        8.8
   50   3   1   1 36.116  72.231   0.329    3.9     8       18.4       12.4
   51   3   2   0 36.156  72.313   0.33     3.89    4       27.4       13.7
   52   2   1   3 36.229  72.457   0.33     3.87    8       23.7       20.4
   53   2   4   2 36.432  72.864   0.332    3.83    8       32.6       38.2
   54   2   5   1 36.554  73.108   0.333    3.81    8       28.3       28.6
   55   0   0   4 36.661  73.323   0.334    3.78    2      131.1      152.9
   56   1   4   3 36.766  73.533   0.335    3.76    8       11.1        4.4
   57   0   6   2 37.147  74.294   0.338    3.69    4      112.6      219.9
   58   3   2   1 37.487  74.974   0.34     3.63    8       13.6        6.3
   59   2   2   3 37.598  75.197   0.341    3.61    8       17.4       10.2
   60   3   3   0 38.431  76.863   0.347    3.47    4       32.9       17.7
   61   0   2   4 38.476  76.953   0.348    3.47    4       25.7       10.8
   62   1   1   4 39.199  78.397   0.353    3.36    8        0.3        0.0
   63   1   6   2 39.227  78.454   0.354    3.36    8        8.8        2.4
   64   3   3   1 39.736  79.472   0.357    3.29    8       34.4       36.5
   65   1   7   0 39.832  79.664   0.358    3.28    4       61.9       58.9
   66   2   3   3 39.845  79.691   0.358    3.27    8        4.1        0.5
   67   3   1   2 40.063  80.126   0.36     3.25    8       39.9       48.5
   68   2   6   0 40.2    80.401   0.361    3.23    4        6.2        0.6
   69   2   5   2 40.487  80.975   0.363    3.2     8        9.3        2.6
   70   1   2   4 40.536  81.071   0.363    3.19    8        8.0        1.9
   71   1   5   3 40.811  81.622   0.365    3.16    8       10.4        3.2
   72   1   7   1 41.125  82.25    0.368    3.12    8       13.9        5.7
   73   3   2   2 41.393  82.787   0.37     3.1     8       61.6      110.5
   74   2   6   1 41.491  82.982   0.37     3.09    8       11.3        3.7
   75   3   4   0 41.55   83.1     0.371    3.08    4       52.7       40.2
   76   1   3   4 42.744  85.488   0.379    2.97    8       44.8       56.0
   77   3   4   1 42.833  85.666   0.38     2.97    8       30.7       26.3
   78   2   4   3 42.941  85.882   0.381    2.96    8       17.2        8.3
   79   3   3   2 43.595  87.19    0.385    2.91    8        0.2        0.0
   80   0   6   3 43.628  87.255   0.386    2.91    4       42.7       24.9
   81   0   4   4 43.794  87.589   0.387    2.9     4        9.7        1.3
   82   0   8   0 44.417  88.833   0.391    2.86    2       12.1        1.0
   83   2   0   4 44.863  89.726   0.394    2.84    4       28.0       10.4
   84   1   7   2 44.967  89.933   0.395    2.83    8        9.7        2.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (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  10.077  20.154  5.11215      206.4     35.4     36.1     5.6
    2   0   2   1  13.296  26.593  3.88913      373.3     64.0     65.0     5.6
    3   1   0   1  13.881  27.763  3.72831      117.8     20.2     20.5     5.6
    4   1   1   1  14.795  29.59   3.5027        49.9      8.6      8.7     5.6
    5   1   2   0  14.874  29.747  3.48462       79.2     13.6     13.7     5.6
    6   1   2   1  17.274  34.547  3.01231       33.7      5.8      5.8     5.7
    7   0   0   2  17.37   34.74   2.9961        64.4     11.0     11.1     5.7
    8   1   3   0  18.828  37.656  2.77153      372.1     63.8     64.1     5.7
    9   1   3   1  20.829  41.658  2.51549      376.7     64.6     64.7     5.7
   10   1   1   2  21.309  42.618  2.4614       583.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   0   4   1  22.361  44.722  2.35111       59.4     10.2     10.2     5.7
   12   2   1   0  22.686  45.373  2.31913       54.5      9.3      9.3     5.7
   13   1   2   2  23.186  46.372  2.27181      228.1     39.1     39.0     5.7
   14   1   4   0  23.4    46.801  2.25219      158.9     27.2     27.1     5.7
   15   2   1   1  24.429  48.858  2.1628       103.9     17.8     17.7     5.7
   16   2   2   0  24.481  48.961  2.15853        5.9      1.0      1.0     5.7
   17   1   3   2  26.081  52.162  2.03453       40.4      6.9      6.9     5.8
   18   2   3   0  27.273  54.547  1.95196       17.1      2.9      2.9     5.8
   19   0   4   2  27.386  54.772  1.94456       23.1      4.0      3.9     5.8
   20   1   5   0  28.427  56.854  1.87898       46.2      7.9      7.8     5.8
   21   1   1   3  29.566  59.131  1.81277       13.2      2.3      2.2     5.8
   22   1   5   1  29.927  59.853  1.7929        15.8      2.7      2.7     5.8
   23   2   2   2  30.712  61.424  1.75135      351.6     60.3     58.9     5.8
   24   2   4   0  30.889  61.778  1.74231      103.3     17.7     17.3     5.8
   25   1   2   3  31.075  62.15   1.7329        23.8      4.1      4.0     5.8
   26   2   4   1  32.319  64.639  1.67302       65.9     11.3     11.0     5.9
   27   0   6   1  33.074  66.147  1.63906       66.2     11.4     11.0     5.9
   28   2   3   2  33.155  66.31   1.63548       16.6      2.8      2.8     5.9
   29   1   3   3  33.504  67.007  1.62043       88.9     15.2     14.7     5.9
   30   1   6   0  33.883  67.765  1.60443        6.1      1.0      1.0     5.9
   31   1   5   2  34.188  68.375  1.59183       20.9      3.6      3.5     5.9
   32   0   4   3  34.633  69.267  1.57386       46.7      8.0      7.7     5.9
   33   3   1   0  34.764  69.529  1.56867       21.9      3.8      3.6     5.9
   34   3   0   1  35.654  71.308  1.53453        8.8      1.5      1.5     5.9
   35   3   1   1  36.116  72.231  1.51753       12.4      2.1      2.0     5.9
   36   3   2   0  36.156  72.313  1.51605       13.7      2.4      2.3     5.9
   37   2   1   3  36.229  72.457  1.51345       20.4      3.5      3.4     5.9
   38   2   4   2  36.432  72.864  1.50615       38.2      6.6      6.3     6.0
   39   2   5   1  36.554  73.108  1.50183       28.6      4.9      4.7     6.0
   40   0   0   4  36.661  73.323  1.49805      152.9     26.2     25.1     6.0
   41   0   6   2  37.147  74.294  1.48123      219.9     37.7     36.0     6.0
   42   3   2   1  37.487  74.974  1.46974        6.3      1.1      1.0     6.0
   43   2   2   3  37.598  75.197  1.46603       10.2      1.8      1.7     6.0
   44   3   3   0  38.431  76.863  1.43902       17.7      3.0      2.9     6.0
   45   0   2   4  38.476  76.953  1.4376        10.8      1.9      1.8     6.0
   46   3   3   1  39.736  79.472  1.39924       36.5      6.3      5.9     6.0
   47   1   7   0  39.832  79.664  1.39641       59.5     10.2      9.6     6.0
   48   3   1   2  40.063  80.126  1.38971       48.5      8.3      7.8     6.0
   49   3   2   2  41.393  82.787  1.35273      110.5     18.9     17.8     6.1
   50   3   4   0  41.55   83.1    1.34855       40.2      6.9      6.5     6.1
   51   1   3   4  42.744  85.488  1.31786       56.0      9.6      8.9     6.1
   52   3   4   1  42.833  85.666  1.31565       26.3      4.5      4.2     6.1
   53   2   4   3  42.941  85.882  1.31298        8.3      1.4      1.3     6.1
   54   0   6   3  43.628  87.255  1.29638       24.9      4.3      4.0     6.2
   55   2   0   4  44.863  89.726  1.26799       10.4      1.8      1.6     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)