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

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FORSTERITE

43, t-olivine, analogue, at 0.23 GPa

LiScSiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.037          NR =184

18 .11 .1996

Ref.Str.:

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

         * Amer. Mineral., 81, 327-334

Reserv:

         In original - olivine[29].    N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.819    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.4333   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.9672   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   300.02

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    45.18

  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      1.3    Li    = 1.00
   2 0.9917  0.2746  0.25     0.37   Sc    = 1.00
   3 0.4321  0.091   0.25     0.48   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7628  0.1002  0.25     0.62   O     = 1.00
   5 0.2002  0.4477  0.25     0.48   O     = 1.00
   6 0.2827  0.1684  0.0392   0.44   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     0.9917     0.2746     0.25  
     3       3     0.4321     0.091      0.25  
     4       4     0.7628     0.1002     0.25  
     5       5     0.2002     0.4477     0.25  
     6       6     0.2827     0.1684     0.0392
     7       2     0.0083     0.7254     0.75  
     8       3     0.5679     0.909      0.75  
     9       4     0.2372     0.8998     0.75  
    10       5     0.7998     0.5523     0.75  
    11       6     0.7173     0.8316     0.9608
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7173     0.8316     0.5392
    14       6     0.2827     0.1684     0.4608
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5083     0.7746     0.25  
    17       3     0.0679     0.591      0.25  
    18       4     0.7372     0.6002     0.25  
    19       5     0.2998     0.9477     0.25  
    20       6     0.2173     0.6684     0.0392
    21       2     0.4917     0.2254     0.75  
    22       3     0.9321     0.409      0.75  
    23       4     0.2628     0.3998     0.75  
    24       5     0.7002     0.0523     0.75  
    25       6     0.7827     0.3316     0.9608
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7827     0.3316     0.5392
    28       6     0.2173     0.6684     0.4608


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.19

MU (1/cm) =     237.157    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
                                                 2.2355       6
                                                 2.1506       4
                                                 2.2355       6
                                                 2.1472       5
                                                 2.1472       5
    2    Sc                  2.628        6
                                                 2.1278       4
                                                 2.0667       5
                                                 2.1855       6
                                                 2.1855       6
                                                 2.0847       6
                                                 2.0847       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.5965       4
                                                 1.6591       6
                                                 1.6591       6
                                                 1.6254       5
    4    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.8923       6
                                                 2.7279       6
                                                 2.8923       6
                                                 2.7279       6
                                                 3.0378       5
                                                 2.7404       5
                                                 3.0402       5
                                                 3.0402       5
                                                 2.9692       6
                                                 2.9692       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1987       6
                                                 3.1987       6
                                                 3.0378       4
                                                 2.7404       4
                                                 2.6251       6
                                                 3.0402       4
                                                 3.0402       4
                                                 2.9143       6
                                                 2.9143       6
                                                 2.6251       6
    6    O                   3.264        9
                                                 2.7279       4
                                                 2.8923       4
                                                 3.1987       5
                                                 2.5158       6
                                                 2.6251       5
                                                 2.9692       4
                                                 2.9143       5
                                                 2.9873       6
                                                 2.9873       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  8.491  16.982   0.096   88.79    2       40.2      319.0
    2   1   1   0 10.141  20.282   0.114   61.6     4       51.3      721.5
    3   0   2   1 11.311  22.621   0.127   49.1     4       41.2      370.7
    4   1   0   1 11.856  23.713   0.133   44.5     4       26.9      143.0
    5   1   2   0 12.568  25.137   0.141   39.37    4       21.8       83.0
    6   1   1   1 12.61   25.221   0.142   39.09    8       47.2      774.0
    7   1   2   1 14.656  29.312   0.164   28.42    8       15.5       60.4
    8   0   0   2 14.962  29.923   0.168   27.19    2      105.5      672.7
    9   1   3   0 15.851  31.703   0.177   24.02    4       45.9      224.8
   10   0   4   0 17.176  34.353   0.192   20.18    2        2.6        0.3
   11   0   2   2 17.302  34.605   0.193   19.86    4        3.4        1.0
   12   1   3   1 17.584  35.168   0.196   19.17    8       82.7     1166.3
   13   1   1   2 18.21   36.419   0.203   17.76    8       46.7      343.9
   14   2   0   0 18.644  37.288   0.208   16.86    2       12.6        6.0
   15   0   4   1 18.802  37.604   0.209   16.55    4       45.8      154.4
   16   2   1   0 19.153  38.307   0.213   15.89    4       34.4       83.8
   17   1   4   0 19.621  39.242   0.218   15.06    4       58.0      225.6
   18   1   2   2 19.734  39.467   0.219   14.87    8       47.7      301.1
   19   2   2   0 20.618  41.236   0.229   13.49    4       38.0       86.4
   20   2   1   1 20.645  41.29    0.229   13.45    8       38.2      174.2
   21   1   4   1 21.085  42.17    0.234   12.83    8        4.1        1.9
   22   2   2   1 22.028  44.055   0.243   11.63    8       11.2       13.0
   23   1   3   2 22.076  44.153   0.244   11.57    8       12.8       16.9
   24   2   3   0 22.887  45.774   0.252   10.67    4       14.4        9.8
   25   0   4   2 23.095  46.19    0.255   10.45    4       20.3       19.1
   26   1   5   0 23.72   47.44    0.261    9.84    4        6.3        1.8
   27   2   3   1 24.191  48.382   0.266    9.41    8        0.1        0.0
   28   2   0   2 24.262  48.525   0.267    9.35    4       66.6      184.3
   29   0   2   3 24.485  48.97    0.269    9.15    4        0.6        0.0
   30   2   1   2 24.676  49.353   0.271    8.99    8        6.9        3.8
   31   1   0   3 24.768  49.536   0.272    8.92    4       12.4        6.1
   32   1   5   1 24.991  49.981   0.274    8.74    8       35.5       97.8
   33   1   4   2 25.06   50.121   0.275    8.68    8        9.7        7.2
   34   1   1   3 25.176  50.352   0.276    8.59    8       41.3      130.3
   35   2   4   0 25.799  51.598   0.283    8.13    4       56.9      117.1
   36   2   2   2 25.89   51.779   0.283    8.06    8       74.9      402.3
   37   0   6   0 26.294  52.588   0.288    7.78    2       43.2       32.3
   38   1   2   3 26.373  52.745   0.288    7.73    8       27.0       50.0
   39   2   4   1 26.998  53.995   0.295    7.33    8       55.0      197.0
   40   0   6   1 27.477  54.955   0.3      7.04    4       72.3      163.5
   41   2   3   2 27.827  55.654   0.303    6.84    8       14.6       13.0
   42   1   6   0 28.095  56.189   0.306    6.69    4        4.3        0.6
   43   1   3   3 28.287  56.575   0.308    6.59    8       67.4      265.9
   44   1   5   2 28.554  57.108   0.31     6.45    8        8.8        4.5
   45   3   1   0 29.024  58.048   0.315    6.22    4        7.5        1.5
   46   0   4   3 29.144  58.289   0.316    6.16    4       63.7      111.0
   47   1   6   1 29.229  58.458   0.317    6.12    8        2.4        0.3
   48   2   5   0 29.231  58.462   0.317    6.12    4        8.6        2.0
   49   3   0   1 29.775  59.55    0.322    5.87    4       22.2       12.9
   50   3   2   0 30.116  60.231   0.326    5.72    4       27.6       19.3
   51   3   1   1 30.136  60.272   0.326    5.72    8       38.5       75.4
   52   2   5   1 30.338  60.676   0.328    5.63    8       27.2       37.1
   53   2   4   2 30.399  60.799   0.328    5.61    8       16.8       14.1
   54   2   1   3 30.501  61.003   0.329    5.56    8       24.9       30.6
   55   1   4   3 30.835  61.67    0.333    5.43    8       13.0        8.2
   56   0   6   2 30.845  61.69    0.333    5.43    4      103.9      260.4
   57   0   0   4 31.087  62.174   0.335    5.33    2      124.9      185.0
   58   3   2   1 31.204  62.408   0.336    5.29    8       19.4       17.7
   59   2   2   3 31.562  63.124   0.34     5.16    8       13.3        8.1
   60   3   3   0 31.884  63.769   0.343    5.05    4       17.2        6.6
   61   0   2   4 32.482  64.965   0.349    4.85    4       18.2        7.1
   62   1   6   2 32.483  64.967   0.349    4.85    8        7.2        2.2
   63   1   7   0 32.749  65.498   0.351    4.76    4       61.6       80.2
   64   3   3   1 32.939  65.879   0.353    4.7     8       59.4      147.3
   65   1   1   4 33.061  66.123   0.354    4.67    8       29.3       35.7
   66   2   6   0 33.112  66.225   0.355    4.65    4       50.0       51.8
   67   2   3   3 33.287  66.575   0.356    4.6     8        9.5        3.7
   68   3   1   2 33.339  66.678   0.357    4.58    8       17.5       12.5
   69   2   5   2 33.53   67.06    0.359    4.53    8        9.6        3.7
   70   1   7   1 33.79   67.579   0.361    4.46    8        0.9        0.0
   71   1   5   3 33.944  67.887   0.362    4.41    8       24.4       23.3
   72   1   2   4 34.078  68.156   0.364    4.38    8        4.3        0.7
   73   2   6   1 34.148  68.295   0.364    4.36    8       23.3       21.0
   74   3   4   0 34.275  68.55    0.366    4.33    4       50.0       48.1
   75   3   2   2 34.352  68.703   0.366    4.31    8       59.2      134.1
   76   3   4   1 35.294  70.588   0.375    4.08    8       32.5       38.3
   77   2   4   3 35.631  71.262   0.378    4.0     8       27.6       27.0
   78   1   3   4 35.742  71.484   0.379    3.97    8       27.1       26.0
   79   3   3   2 36.01   72.02    0.382    3.92    8       33.7       39.5
   80   0   6   3 36.042  72.085   0.382    3.91    4       60.4       63.3
   81   0   8   0 36.202  72.404   0.383    3.88    2        6.5        0.4
   82   0   4   4 36.5    73.001   0.386    3.82    4        6.7        0.8
   83   1   7   2 36.827  73.655   0.389    3.75    8       52.4       91.6
   84   2   6   2 37.172  74.345   0.392    3.69    8       14.5        6.9
   85   0   8   1 37.198  74.396   0.392    3.68    4        1.3        0.0
   86   3   5   0 37.24   74.48    0.393    3.68    4        6.6        0.7
   87   2   0   4 37.394  74.788   0.394    3.65    4       30.5       15.0
   88   2   7   0 37.422  74.845   0.394    3.64    4       16.3        4.3
   89   1   6   3 37.568  75.137   0.396    3.62    8       20.3       13.2
   90   2   1   4 37.717  75.435   0.397    3.59    8       18.8       11.3
   91   1   8   0 37.725  75.451   0.397    3.59    4       10.3        1.7
   92   1   4   4 38.02   76.039   0.4      3.54    8       20.4       13.1
   93   3   0   3 38.052  76.103   0.4      3.54    4       36.9       21.4
   94   3   5   1 38.226  76.453   0.402    3.51    8       14.2        6.3
   95   3   4   2 38.281  76.563   0.402    3.5     8       14.5        6.6
   96   3   1   3 38.373  76.746   0.403    3.48    8       22.3       15.4
   97   2   7   1 38.407  76.814   0.403    3.48    8       13.8        5.9
   98   2   5   3 38.553  77.107   0.405    3.46    8       28.3       24.5
   99   2   2   4 38.681  77.363   0.406    3.44    8       30.4       28.2
  100   1   8   1 38.708  77.415   0.406    3.43    8       18.0        9.9
  101   3   2   3 39.332  78.664   0.411    3.34    8        8.3        2.1
  102   4   0   0 39.745  79.49    0.415    3.29    2       66.4       32.2
  103   4   1   0 40.062  80.124   0.418    3.25    4        9.8        1.4
  104   0   8   2 40.135  80.27    0.418    3.24    4        9.9        1.4
  105   2   3   4 40.273  80.545   0.42     3.22    8       12.6        4.5
  106   3   6   0 40.754  81.509   0.424    3.17    4        3.8        0.2
  107   1   5   4 40.885  81.77    0.425    3.15    8        1.3        0.0
  108   3   3   3 40.916  81.833   0.425    3.15    8       50.1       70.3
  109   4   2   0 41.011  82.021   0.426    3.14    4       34.8       16.9
  110   4   1   1 41.029  82.057   0.426    3.14    8        7.0        1.4
  111   3   5   2 41.142  82.284   0.427    3.12    8       26.6       19.7
  112   2   7   2 41.319  82.639   0.429    3.1     8       29.6       24.2
  113   0   2   5 41.46   82.921   0.43     3.09    4       32.5       14.5
  114   1   8   2 41.614  83.229   0.431    3.07    8       22.6       13.9
  115   1   0   5 41.677  83.353   0.432    3.07    4       27.8       10.5
  116   1   7   3 41.704  83.408   0.432    3.07    8        4.7        0.6
  117   3   6   1 41.718  83.435   0.432    3.06    8       30.1       24.7
  118   4   2   1 41.973  83.945   0.434    3.04    8        4.4        0.5
  119   1   1   5 41.991  83.982   0.434    3.04    8       21.9       13.0
  120   2   6   3 42.038  84.076   0.435    3.03    8       20.3       11.1
  121   2   8   0 42.191  84.381   0.436    3.02    4       28.3       10.7
  122   2   4   4 42.477  84.954   0.438    3.0     8       33.0       29.0
  123   4   3   0 42.582  85.164   0.439    2.99    4       24.0        7.7
  124   0   6   4 42.869  85.737   0.442    2.96    4       43.7       25.1
  125   1   2   5 42.932  85.863   0.442    2.96    8        1.2        0.0
  126   1   9   0 43.111  86.222   0.444    2.95    4       34.4       15.5
  127   3   4   3 43.115  86.23    0.444    2.95    8       34.9       31.9
  128   2   8   1 43.148  86.297   0.444    2.94    8       26.9       19.0
  129   4   3   1 43.539  87.078   0.447    2.91    8        0.9        0.0
  130   4   0   2 43.593  87.185   0.448    2.91    4       28.8       10.7
  131   4   1   2 43.905  87.81    0.45     2.89    8       33.2       28.4
  132   1   9   1 44.067  88.134   0.451    2.88    8       27.5       19.4
  133   1   6   4 44.334  88.669   0.454    2.86    8        3.7        0.3
  134   1   3   5 44.495  88.99    0.455    2.86    8       51.3       66.8
  135   3   6   2 44.589  89.178   0.456    2.85    8        1.6        0.1
  136   4   4   0 44.771  89.542   0.457    2.84    4       21.7        5.9
  137   3   7   0 44.83   89.66    0.458    2.84    4       39.5       19.7
  138   4   2   2 44.842  89.685   0.458    2.84    8       27.0       18.4
  139   0   8   3 44.932  89.864   0.458    2.83    4       15.1        2.9


  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   8.491  16.982  5.21665      319.0     27.4     27.7     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.141  20.282  4.37488      721.5     61.9     62.6     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.311  22.621  3.92745      370.7     31.8     32.1     5.6
    4   1   0   1  11.856  23.713  3.7491       143.0     12.3     12.4     5.6
    5   1   2   0  12.568  25.137  3.53979       83.0      7.1      7.2     5.6
    6   1   1   1  12.61   25.221  3.52822      774.0     66.4     66.9     5.6
    7   1   2   1  14.656  29.312  3.04443       60.4      5.2      5.2     5.6
    8   0   0   2  14.962  29.923  2.9836       672.7     57.7     57.9     5.6
    9   1   3   0  15.851  31.703  2.82008      224.8     19.3     19.3     5.6
   10   1   3   1  17.584  35.168  2.54969     1166.3    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.21   36.419  2.46494      343.9     29.5     29.5     5.7
   12   0   4   1  18.802  37.604  2.38998      154.4     13.2     13.2     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.153  38.307  2.34771       83.8      7.2      7.2     5.7
   14   1   4   0  19.621  39.242  2.29387      225.6     19.3     19.3     5.7
   15   1   2   2  19.734  39.467  2.28132      301.1     25.8     25.7     5.7
   16   2   1   1  20.645  41.29   2.1847       260.6     22.3     22.2     5.7
   17   2   2   1  22.028  44.055  2.05379       13.0      1.1      1.1     5.7
   18   1   3   2  22.076  44.153  2.04947       16.9      1.4      1.4     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.095  46.19   1.96372       19.1      1.6      1.6     5.7
   20   2   0   2  24.262  48.525  1.87455      184.3     15.8     15.6     5.7
   21   1   5   1  24.991  49.981  1.82328       97.8      8.4      8.3     5.7
   22   1   1   3  25.176  50.352  1.8107       130.3     11.2     11.0     5.8
   23   2   4   0  25.799  51.598  1.76989      117.1     10.0      9.9     5.8
   24   2   2   2  25.89   51.779  1.76411      402.3     34.5     33.9     5.8
   25   0   6   0  26.294  52.588  1.73888       32.3      2.8      2.7     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.373  52.745  1.73405       50.0      4.3      4.2     5.8
   27   2   4   1  26.998  53.995  1.69683      197.0     16.9     16.5     5.8
   28   0   6   1  27.477  54.955  1.66944      163.5     14.0     13.7     5.8
   29   2   3   2  27.827  55.654  1.65011       13.0      1.1      1.1     5.8
   30   1   3   3  28.287  56.575  1.62543      265.9     22.8     22.3     5.8
   31   0   4   3  29.144  58.289  1.58165      111.0      9.5      9.3     5.8
   32   3   0   1  29.775  59.55   1.55112       12.9      1.1      1.1     5.8
   33   3   1   1  30.136  60.272  1.53425       94.8      8.1      7.9     5.8
   34   2   5   1  30.338  60.676  1.52499       37.1      3.2      3.1     5.8
   35   2   4   2  30.399  60.799  1.52221       14.1      1.2      1.2     5.8
   36   2   1   3  30.501  61.003  1.51761       30.6      2.6      2.5     5.8
   37   0   6   2  30.845  61.69   1.50235      268.6     23.0     22.3     5.8
   38   0   0   4  31.087  62.174  1.4918       185.0     15.9     15.4     5.8
   39   3   2   1  31.204  62.408  1.48678       17.7      1.5      1.5     5.8
   40   1   7   0  32.749  65.498  1.42392       80.2      6.9      6.6     5.9
   41   3   3   1  32.939  65.879  1.4166       147.3     12.6     12.2     5.9
   42   1   1   4  33.061  66.123  1.41197       35.7      3.1      2.9     5.9
   43   2   6   0  33.112  66.225  1.41004       51.8      4.4      4.3     5.9
   44   3   1   2  33.339  66.678  1.40155       12.5      1.1      1.0     5.9
   45   1   5   3  33.944  67.887  1.3795        23.3      2.0      1.9     5.9
   46   2   6   1  34.148  68.295  1.37225       21.0      1.8      1.7     5.9
   47   3   4   0  34.275  68.55   1.36776       48.1      4.1      4.0     5.9
   48   3   2   2  34.352  68.703  1.36509      134.1     11.5     11.0     5.9
   49   3   4   1  35.294  70.588  1.33319       38.3      3.3      3.1     5.9
   50   2   4   3  35.631  71.262  1.32223       27.0      2.3      2.2     5.9
   51   1   3   4  35.742  71.484  1.31866       26.0      2.2      2.1     5.9
   52   3   3   2  36.01   72.02   1.31017       39.5      3.4      3.2     5.9
   53   0   6   3  36.042  72.085  1.30915       63.3      5.4      5.2     5.9
   54   1   7   2  36.827  73.655  1.28507       91.6      7.9      7.5     6.0
   55   2   0   4  37.394  74.788  1.26838       19.4      1.7      1.6     6.0
   56   1   6   3  37.568  75.137  1.26336       13.2      1.1      1.1     6.0
   57   2   1   4  37.717  75.435  1.25911       13.0      1.1      1.1     6.0
   58   1   4   4  38.02   76.039  1.25059       13.1      1.1      1.1     6.0
   59   3   0   3  38.052  76.103  1.2497        21.4      1.8      1.7     6.0
   60   3   1   3  38.373  76.746  1.24083       15.4      1.3      1.2     6.0
   61   2   5   3  38.553  77.107  1.23592       24.5      2.1      2.0     6.0
   62   2   2   4  38.681  77.363  1.23247       38.0      3.3      3.1     6.0
   63   4   0   0  39.745  79.49   1.20475       32.2      2.8      2.6     6.0
   64   3   3   3  40.916  81.833  1.17607       70.3      6.0      5.6     6.1
   65   4   2   0  41.011  82.021  1.17385       18.3      1.6      1.5     6.1
   66   3   5   2  41.142  82.284  1.17077       19.7      1.7      1.6     6.1
   67   2   7   2  41.319  82.639  1.16664       24.2      2.1      1.9     6.1
   68   0   2   5  41.46   82.921  1.16338       14.5      1.2      1.2     6.1
   69   1   8   2  41.614  83.229  1.15986       13.9      1.2      1.1     6.1
   70   3   6   1  41.718  83.435  1.15752       24.7      2.1      2.0     6.1
   71   1   1   5  41.991  83.982  1.15137       13.0      1.1      1.0     6.1
   72   2   4   4  42.477  84.954  1.14066       29.0      2.5      2.3     6.1
   73   0   6   4  42.869  85.737  1.13223       25.1      2.2      2.0     6.1
   74   3   4   3  43.115  86.23   1.12702       47.5      4.1      3.8     6.1
   75   2   8   1  43.148  86.297  1.12632       19.0      1.6      1.5     6.1
   76   4   1   2  43.905  87.81   1.11077       28.4      2.4      2.2     6.2
   77   1   9   1  44.067  88.134  1.10752       19.4      1.7      1.5     6.2
   78   1   3   5  44.495  88.99   1.09907       66.8      5.7      5.2     6.2
   79   3   7   0  44.83   89.66   1.09259       38.1      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)