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

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FORSTERITE

41, t-olivine, analogue, at 0.06 GPa

LiScSiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.032          NR =222

15 .11 .1996

Ref.Str.:

         Hazen R.M., Downs R.T., Finger L.W. (1996)

         * Amer. Mineral., 81, 327-334

Reserv:

         In original - olivine[27].    N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.8189   alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.4373   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.9695   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   300.24

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    45.21

  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      1.6    Li    = 1.00
   2 0.9926  0.2744  0.25     0.38   Sc    = 1.00
   3 0.4316  0.091   0.25     0.44   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7646  0.101   0.25     0.57   O     = 1.00
   5 0.1966  0.4479  0.25     0.57   O     = 1.00
   6 0.2845  0.1679  0.0399   0.48   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     0.9926     0.2744     0.25  
     3       3     0.4316     0.091      0.25  
     4       4     0.7646     0.101      0.25  
     5       5     0.1966     0.4479     0.25  
     6       6     0.2845     0.1679     0.0399
     7       2     0.0074     0.7256     0.75  
     8       3     0.5684     0.909      0.75  
     9       4     0.2354     0.899      0.75  
    10       5     0.8034     0.5521     0.75  
    11       6     0.7155     0.8321     0.9601
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7155     0.8321     0.5399
    14       6     0.2845     0.1679     0.4601
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5074     0.7744     0.25  
    17       3     0.0684     0.591      0.25  
    18       4     0.7354     0.601      0.25  
    19       5     0.3034     0.9479     0.25  
    20       6     0.2155     0.6679     0.0399
    21       2     0.4926     0.2256     0.75  
    22       3     0.9316     0.409      0.75  
    23       4     0.2646     0.399      0.75  
    24       5     0.6966     0.0521     0.75  
    25       6     0.7845     0.3321     0.9601
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7845     0.3321     0.5399
    28       6     0.2155     0.6679     0.4601


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.18

MU (1/cm) =     236.979    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     74.423

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

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

    1    Li                  2.448        6
                                                 2.1506       4
                                                 2.2377       6
                                                 2.1506       4
                                                 2.2377       6
                                                 2.1588       5
                                                 2.1588       5
    2    Sc                  2.628        6
                                                 2.1172       4
                                                 2.0605       5
                                                 2.188        6
                                                 2.188        6
                                                 2.0888       6
                                                 2.0888       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6081       4
                                                 1.6491       6
                                                 1.6491       6
                                                 1.6163       5
    4    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.8874       6
                                                 2.7227       6
                                                 2.8874       6
                                                 2.7227       6
                                                 3.0487       5
                                                 2.7373       5
                                                 3.0458       5
                                                 3.0458       5
                                                 2.9702       6
                                                 2.9702       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.2083       6
                                                 3.2083       6
                                                 3.0487       4
                                                 2.7373       4
                                                 2.618        6
                                                 3.0458       4
                                                 3.0458       4
                                                 2.8982       6
                                                 2.8982       6
                                                 2.618        6
    6    O                   3.264        9
                                                 2.7227       4
                                                 2.8874       4
                                                 3.2083       5
                                                 2.5084       6
                                                 2.618        5
                                                 2.9702       4
                                                 2.8982       5
                                                 2.9949       6
                                                 2.9949       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  8.488  16.976   0.096   88.86    2       40.2      318.7
    2   1   1   0 10.14   20.281   0.114   61.61    4       51.9      736.4
    3   0   2   1 11.306  22.612   0.127   49.14    4       41.8      381.7
    4   1   0   1 11.855  23.709   0.133   44.51    4       27.4      148.1
    5   1   2   0 12.566  25.133   0.141   39.38    4       21.9       84.0
    6   1   1   1 12.608  25.216   0.142   39.11    8       47.4      780.6
    7   1   2   1 14.653  29.305   0.164   28.44    8       15.2       58.6
    8   0   0   2 14.956  29.911   0.168   27.22    2      105.8      676.4
    9   1   3   0 15.847  31.695   0.177   24.03    4       45.7      222.9
   10   0   4   0 17.17   34.339   0.192   20.2     2        3.2        0.5
   11   0   2   2 17.296  34.591   0.193   19.88    4        3.9        1.4
   12   1   3   1 17.579  35.159   0.196   19.19    8       82.3     1152.0
   13   1   1   2 18.204  36.409   0.203   17.77    8       46.6      341.8
   14   2   0   0 18.644  37.289   0.208   16.86    2       13.6        7.0
   15   0   4   1 18.794  37.589   0.209   16.57    4       45.3      150.9
   16   2   1   0 19.153  38.307   0.213   15.89    4       34.7       84.8
   17   1   4   0 19.615  39.23    0.218   15.07    4       56.8      215.6
   18   1   2   2 19.727  39.455   0.219   14.88    8       47.5      297.6
   19   2   2   0 20.617  41.234   0.229   13.49    4       38.0       86.2
   20   2   1   1 20.644  41.288   0.229   13.45    8       39.6      187.2
   21   1   4   1 21.078  42.157   0.233   12.84    8        4.4        2.2
   22   2   2   1 22.025  44.051   0.243   11.63    8       11.7       14.2
   23   1   3   2 22.069  44.138   0.244   11.58    8       12.1       15.0
   24   2   3   0 22.884  45.769   0.252   10.67    4       15.2       10.9
   25   0   4   2 23.085  46.171   0.255   10.46    4       20.5       19.6
   26   1   5   0 23.712  47.424   0.261    9.85    4        6.5        1.8
   27   2   3   1 24.187  48.375   0.266    9.41    8        0.2        0.0
   28   2   0   2 24.259  48.517   0.267    9.35    4       66.7      184.8
   29   0   2   3 24.475  48.95    0.269    9.16    4        0.7        0.0
   30   2   1   2 24.673  49.345   0.271    9.0     8        6.0        2.9
   31   1   0   3 24.76   49.519   0.272    8.92    4       12.4        6.1
   32   1   5   1 24.982  49.964   0.274    8.74    8       36.1      101.1
   33   1   4   2 25.052  50.103   0.275    8.69    8       10.0        7.8
   34   1   1   3 25.167  50.335   0.276    8.6     8       41.8      133.1
   35   2   4   0 25.794  51.588   0.282    8.13    4       57.5      119.1
   36   2   2   2 25.885  51.77    0.283    8.07    8       73.9      391.1
   37   0   6   0 26.283  52.566   0.287    7.79    2       43.4       32.6
   38   1   2   3 26.363  52.726   0.288    7.74    8       26.7       49.1
   39   2   4   1 26.992  53.984   0.295    7.33    8       54.4      192.8
   40   0   6   1 27.466  54.932   0.299    7.05    4       72.6      164.7
   41   2   3   2 27.821  55.642   0.303    6.84    8       15.2       14.0
   42   1   6   0 28.084  56.169   0.306    6.7     4        4.6        0.6
   43   1   3   3 28.277  56.554   0.308    6.6     8       67.1      263.4
   44   1   5   2 28.543  57.087   0.31     6.46    8        8.5        4.1
   45   3   1   0 29.024  58.049   0.315    6.22    4        8.0        1.8
   46   0   4   3 29.132  58.264   0.316    6.17    4       63.6      110.6
   47   1   6   1 29.218  58.436   0.317    6.13    8        2.1        0.2
   48   2   5   0 29.224  58.448   0.317    6.12    4       10.0        2.7
   49   3   0   1 29.775  59.55    0.322    5.87    4       24.2       15.2
   50   3   2   0 30.115  60.23    0.326    5.72    4       27.4       19.1
   51   3   1   1 30.136  60.271   0.326    5.72    8       38.5       75.3
   52   2   5   1 30.331  60.662   0.328    5.63    8       27.3       37.3
   53   2   4   2 30.392  60.784   0.328    5.61    8       17.4       15.0
   54   2   1   3 30.494  60.988   0.329    5.57    8       25.6       32.3
   55   1   4   3 30.823  61.647   0.333    5.44    8       13.6        9.0
   56   0   6   2 30.832  61.664   0.333    5.43    4      103.6      258.8
   57   0   0   4 31.074  62.148   0.335    5.34    2      124.4      183.2
   58   3   2   1 31.203  62.405   0.336    5.29    8       19.2       17.4
   59   2   2   3 31.554  63.108   0.34     5.16    8       13.0        7.7
   60   3   3   0 31.883  63.765   0.343    5.05    4       16.7        6.2
   61   0   2   4 32.468  64.937   0.348    4.85    4       18.2        7.1
   62   1   6   2 32.471  64.941   0.348    4.85    8        6.4        1.8
   63   1   7   0 32.736  65.472   0.351    4.77    4       61.2       79.1
   64   3   3   1 32.937  65.874   0.353    4.7     8       59.9      150.0
   65   1   1   4 33.048  66.097   0.354    4.67    8       29.7       36.5
   66   2   6   0 33.103  66.206   0.355    4.65    4       50.6       52.8
   67   2   3   3 33.278  66.556   0.356    4.6     8        9.7        3.9
   68   3   1   2 33.336  66.672   0.357    4.58    8       17.4       12.3
   69   2   5   2 33.521  67.041   0.358    4.53    8        9.3        3.4
   70   1   7   1 33.776  67.552   0.361    4.46    8        0.6        0.0
   71   1   5   3 33.93   67.86    0.362    4.42    8       24.5       23.5
   72   1   2   4 34.065  68.129   0.364    4.38    8        4.1        0.6
   73   2   6   1 34.138  68.276   0.364    4.36    8       23.0       20.5
   74   3   4   0 34.272  68.543   0.366    4.33    4       49.0       46.1
   75   3   2   2 34.348  68.696   0.366    4.31    8       58.2      129.5
   76   3   4   1 35.29   70.579   0.375    4.08    8       32.1       37.2
   77   2   4   3 35.62   71.24    0.378    4.0     8       27.2       26.3
   78   1   3   4 35.727  71.455   0.379    3.98    8       26.7       25.1
   79   3   3   2 36.005  72.01    0.382    3.92    8       34.6       41.5
   80   0   6   3 36.026  72.053   0.382    3.91    4       60.1       62.8
   81   0   8   0 36.186  72.372   0.383    3.88    2        5.1        0.2
   82   0   4   4 36.484  72.968   0.386    3.82    4        6.3        0.7
   83   1   7   2 36.812  73.624   0.389    3.76    8       52.7       92.7
   84   2   6   2 37.161  74.321   0.392    3.69    8       15.3        7.7
   85   0   8   1 37.181  74.363   0.392    3.69    4        1.4        0.0
   86   3   5   0 37.234  74.469   0.393    3.68    4        6.3        0.6
   87   2   0   4 37.382  74.765   0.394    3.65    4       31.1       15.7
   88   2   7   0 37.411  74.821   0.394    3.64    4       16.6        4.5
   89   1   6   3 37.553  75.105   0.396    3.62    8       20.6       13.6
   90   2   1   4 37.705  75.41    0.397    3.59    8       18.6       11.0
   91   1   8   0 37.71   75.419   0.397    3.59    4       10.5        1.8
   92   1   4   4 38.004  76.007   0.4      3.54    8       19.3       11.7
   93   3   0   3 38.045  76.091   0.4      3.54    4       38.3       23.0
   94   3   5   1 38.22   76.44    0.402    3.51    8       14.0        6.1
   95   3   4   2 38.275  76.55    0.402    3.5     8       14.9        6.9
   96   3   1   3 38.366  76.733   0.403    3.48    8       21.7       14.6
   97   2   7   1 38.395  76.789   0.403    3.48    8       14.5        6.5
   98   2   5   3 38.541  77.082   0.404    3.46    8       28.5       25.0
   99   2   2   4 38.669  77.337   0.406    3.44    8       30.5       28.4
  100   1   8   1 38.691  77.383   0.406    3.43    8       18.0        9.9
  101   3   2   3 39.325  78.649   0.411    3.34    8        8.4        2.1
  102   4   0   0 39.746  79.492   0.415    3.29    2       64.0       29.9
  103   4   1   0 40.063  80.126   0.418    3.25    4        8.3        1.0
  104   0   8   2 40.117  80.233   0.418    3.24    4       10.5        1.6
  105   2   3   4 40.259  80.517   0.419    3.22    8       13.3        5.0
  106   3   6   0 40.746  81.493   0.424    3.17    4        4.9        0.3
  107   1   5   4 40.867  81.734   0.425    3.15    8        1.3        0.0
  108   3   3   3 40.908  81.816   0.425    3.15    8       50.6       71.6
  109   4   2   0 41.011  82.021   0.426    3.14    4       35.7       17.7
  110   4   1   1 41.029  82.057   0.426    3.14    8        6.7        1.2
  111   3   5   2 41.133  82.267   0.427    3.12    8       26.1       18.9
  112   2   7   2 41.305  82.609   0.428    3.11    8       30.3       25.3
  113   0   2   5 41.441  82.882   0.43     3.09    4       33.2       15.1
  114   1   8   2 41.596  83.192   0.431    3.08    8       22.6       13.9
  115   1   0   5 41.658  83.316   0.431    3.07    4       27.8       10.5
  116   1   7   3 41.686  83.371   0.432    3.07    8        4.7        0.6
  117   3   6   1 41.709  83.417   0.432    3.07    8       30.8       25.8
  118   4   2   1 41.972  83.944   0.434    3.04    8        4.2        0.5
  119   1   1   5 41.972  83.944   0.434    3.04    8       21.8       12.8
  120   2   6   3 42.023  84.045   0.435    3.04    8       20.4       11.2
  121   2   8   0 42.175  84.351   0.436    3.02    4       27.1        9.8
  122   2   4   4 42.461  84.923   0.438    3.0     8       33.0       29.0
  123   4   3   0 42.581  85.162   0.439    2.99    4       24.4        7.9
  124   0   6   4 42.848  85.696   0.441    2.97    4       44.4       25.9
  125   1   2   5 42.912  85.824   0.442    2.96    8        1.0        0.0
  126   1   9   0 43.092  86.184   0.443    2.95    4       34.1       15.2
  127   3   4   3 43.105  86.21    0.444    2.95    8       34.6       31.3
  128   2   8   1 43.133  86.265   0.444    2.94    8       26.5       18.4
  129   4   3   1 43.537  87.074   0.447    2.91    8        1.1        0.0
  130   4   0   2 43.591  87.181   0.448    2.91    4       28.5       10.5
  131   4   1   2 43.903  87.806   0.45     2.89    8       32.5       27.2
  132   1   9   1 44.047  88.094   0.451    2.88    8       28.1       20.1
  133   1   6   4 44.314  88.628   0.453    2.87    8        3.7        0.3
  134   1   3   5 44.474  88.949   0.455    2.86    8       51.3       66.7
  135   3   6   2 44.578  89.156   0.456    2.85    8        3.3        0.3
  136   4   4   0 44.768  89.536   0.457    2.84    4       21.8        6.0
  137   3   7   0 44.819  89.637   0.458    2.84    4       39.4       19.6
  138   4   2   2 44.839  89.679   0.458    2.84    8       28.3       20.1
  139   0   8   3 44.91   89.82    0.458    2.83    4       15.7        3.1


  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   8.488  16.976  5.21865      318.7     27.7     28.1     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.14   20.281  4.3751       736.4     63.9     64.7     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.306  22.612  3.92895      381.7     33.1     33.5     5.6
    4   1   0   1  11.855  23.709  3.74962      148.1     12.9     13.0     5.6
    5   1   2   0  12.566  25.133  3.54037       84.0      7.3      7.3     5.6
    6   1   1   1  12.608  25.216  3.52881      780.6     67.8     68.3     5.6
    7   1   2   1  14.653  29.305  3.04511       58.6      5.1      5.1     5.6
    8   0   0   2  14.956  29.911  2.98475      676.4     58.7     59.0     5.6
    9   1   3   0  15.847  31.695  2.82077      222.9     19.4     19.4     5.6
   10   1   3   1  17.579  35.159  2.55038     1152.0    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.204  36.409  2.46563      341.8     29.7     29.6     5.7
   12   0   4   1  18.794  37.589  2.39089      150.9     13.1     13.1     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.153  38.307  2.34771       84.8      7.4      7.3     5.7
   14   1   4   0  19.615  39.23   2.29454      215.6     18.7     18.6     5.7
   15   1   2   2  19.727  39.455  2.28199      297.6     25.8     25.7     5.7
   16   2   1   1  20.644  41.288  2.18481      273.5     23.7     23.6     5.7
   17   2   2   1  22.025  44.051  2.05398       14.2      1.2      1.2     5.7
   18   1   3   2  22.069  44.138  2.05011       15.0      1.3      1.3     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.085  46.171  1.96448       19.6      1.7      1.7     5.7
   20   2   0   2  24.259  48.517  1.87481      184.8     16.0     15.8     5.7
   21   1   5   1  24.982  49.964  1.82387      101.1      8.8      8.6     5.7
   22   1   1   3  25.167  50.335  1.8113       133.1     11.6     11.4     5.8
   23   2   4   0  25.794  51.588  1.77019      119.1     10.3     10.2     5.8
   24   2   2   2  25.885  51.77   1.76441      391.1     34.0     33.4     5.8
   25   0   6   0  26.283  52.566  1.73955       32.6      2.8      2.8     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.363  52.726  1.73463       49.1      4.3      4.2     5.8
   27   2   4   1  26.992  53.984  1.69714      192.8     16.7     16.4     5.8
   28   0   6   1  27.466  54.932  1.67008      164.7     14.3     14.0     5.8
   29   2   3   2  27.821  55.642  1.65043       14.0      1.2      1.2     5.8
   30   1   3   3  28.277  56.554  1.62598      263.4     22.9     22.3     5.8
   31   0   4   3  29.132  58.264  1.58226      110.6      9.6      9.4     5.8
   32   3   0   1  29.775  59.55   1.55113       15.2      1.3      1.3     5.8
   33   3   1   1  30.136  60.271  1.53428       94.4      8.2      8.0     5.8
   34   2   5   1  30.331  60.662  1.52533       37.3      3.2      3.1     5.8
   35   2   4   2  30.392  60.784  1.52255       15.0      1.3      1.3     5.8
   36   2   1   3  30.494  60.988  1.51795       32.3      2.8      2.7     5.8
   37   0   6   2  30.832  61.664  1.50293      267.7     23.2     22.5     5.8
   38   0   0   4  31.074  62.148  1.49238      183.2     15.9     15.4     5.8
   39   3   2   1  31.203  62.405  1.48684       17.4      1.5      1.5     5.8
   40   1   7   0  32.736  65.472  1.42442       79.1      6.9      6.6     5.9
   41   3   3   1  32.937  65.874  1.4167       150.0     13.0     12.5     5.9
   42   1   1   4  33.048  66.097  1.41246       36.5      3.2      3.1     5.9
   43   2   6   0  33.103  66.206  1.41039       52.8      4.6      4.4     5.9
   44   3   1   2  33.336  66.672  1.40166       12.3      1.1      1.0     5.9
   45   1   5   3  33.93   67.86   1.37998       23.5      2.0      2.0     5.9
   46   2   6   1  34.138  68.276  1.3726        20.5      1.8      1.7     5.9
   47   3   4   0  34.272  68.543  1.36789       46.1      4.0      3.8     5.9
   48   3   2   2  34.348  68.696  1.36522      129.5     11.2     10.8     5.9
   49   3   4   1  35.29   70.579  1.33333       37.2      3.2      3.1     5.9
   50   2   4   3  35.62   71.24   1.32258       26.3      2.3      2.2     5.9
   51   1   3   4  35.727  71.455  1.31913       25.1      2.2      2.1     5.9
   52   0   6   3  36.026  72.053  1.30965      104.3      9.1      8.6     5.9
   53   1   7   2  36.812  73.624  1.28553       92.7      8.0      7.6     6.0
   54   2   0   4  37.382  74.765  1.26872       20.2      1.7      1.7     6.0
   55   1   6   3  37.553  75.105  1.26381       13.6      1.2      1.1     6.0
   56   2   1   4  37.705  75.41   1.25945       12.8      1.1      1.1     6.0
   57   1   4   4  38.004  76.007  1.25104       11.7      1.0      1.0     6.0
   58   3   0   3  38.045  76.091  1.24988       23.0      2.0      1.9     6.0
   59   3   1   3  38.366  76.733  1.24101       21.1      1.8      1.7     6.0
   60   2   5   3  38.541  77.082  1.23626       25.0      2.2      2.0     6.0
   61   2   2   4  38.669  77.337  1.23281       38.3      3.3      3.1     6.0
   62   4   0   0  39.746  79.492  1.20472       29.9      2.6      2.4     6.0
   63   3   3   3  40.908  81.816  1.17627       71.6      6.2      5.8     6.1
   64   4   2   0  41.011  82.021  1.17385       19.0      1.6      1.5     6.1
   65   3   5   2  41.133  82.267  1.17097       18.9      1.6      1.5     6.1
   66   2   7   2  41.305  82.609  1.16698       25.3      2.2      2.0     6.1
   67   0   2   5  41.441  82.882  1.16383       15.1      1.3      1.2     6.1
   68   1   8   2  41.596  83.192  1.16028       13.9      1.2      1.1     6.1
   69   3   6   1  41.709  83.417  1.15772       25.8      2.2      2.1     6.1
   70   1   1   5  41.972  83.944  1.15179       12.8      1.1      1.0     6.1
   71   2   4   4  42.461  84.923  1.141         29.0      2.5      2.3     6.1
   72   0   6   4  42.848  85.696  1.13267       25.9      2.3      2.1     6.1
   73   3   4   3  43.105  86.21   1.12723       65.0      5.6      5.2     6.1
   74   4   1   2  43.903  87.806  1.11081       27.2      2.4      2.2     6.2
   75   1   9   1  44.047  88.094  1.10792       20.1      1.7      1.6     6.2
   76   1   3   5  44.474  88.949  1.09947       66.7      5.8      5.3     6.2
   77   4   2   2  44.839  89.679  1.09241       39.7      3.4      3.1     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)