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

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FORSTERITE

47, t-olivine, analogue, at 3.02 GPa

LiScSiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.038          NR =201

19 .11 .1996

Ref.Str.:

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

         * Amer. Mineral., 81, 327-334

Reserv:

         In original - olivine[33].    N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.7802   alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.3514   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.9224   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   293.05

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    44.13

  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      1.2    Li    = 1.00
   2 0.9898  0.2739  0.25     0.32   Sc    = 1.00
   3 0.4295  0.0895  0.25     0.38   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7585  0.0986  0.25     0.43   O     = 1.00
   5 0.2014  0.4459  0.25     0.41   O     = 1.00
   6 0.2763  0.1673  0.039    0.37   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     0.9898     0.2739     0.25  
     3       3     0.4295     0.0895     0.25  
     4       4     0.7585     0.0986     0.25  
     5       5     0.2014     0.4459     0.25  
     6       6     0.2763     0.1673     0.039 
     7       2     0.0102     0.7261     0.75  
     8       3     0.5705     0.9105     0.75  
     9       4     0.2415     0.9014     0.75  
    10       5     0.7986     0.5541     0.75  
    11       6     0.7237     0.8327     0.961 
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7237     0.8327     0.539 
    14       6     0.2763     0.1673     0.461 
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5102     0.7739     0.25  
    17       3     0.0705     0.5895     0.25  
    18       4     0.7415     0.5986     0.25  
    19       5     0.2986     0.9459     0.25  
    20       6     0.2237     0.6673     0.039 
    21       2     0.4898     0.2261     0.75  
    22       3     0.9295     0.4105     0.75  
    23       4     0.2585     0.4014     0.75  
    24       5     0.7014     0.0541     0.75  
    25       6     0.7763     0.3327     0.961 
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7763     0.3327     0.539 
    28       6     0.2237     0.6673     0.461 


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.26

MU (1/cm) =     242.796    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
                                                 2.137        4
                                                 2.1902       6
                                                 2.137        4
                                                 2.1902       6
                                                 2.1315       5
                                                 2.1315       5
    2    Sc                  2.628        6
                                                 2.1249       4
                                                 2.0477       5
                                                 2.1575       6
                                                 2.1575       6
                                                 2.0836       6
                                                 2.0836       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.5755       4
                                                 1.6572       6
                                                 1.6572       6
                                                 1.6128       5
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8625       6
                                                 2.7167       6
                                                 3.2455       6
                                                 3.2455       6
                                                 2.8625       6
                                                 2.7167       6
                                                 3.0272       5
                                                 2.7077       5
                                                 3.0092       5
                                                 3.0092       5
                                                 2.968        6
                                                 2.968        6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1633       6
                                                 3.1633       6
                                                 3.0272       4
                                                 2.7077       4
                                                 2.6125       6
                                                 3.0092       4
                                                 3.0092       4
                                                 2.9038       6
                                                 2.9038       6
                                                 2.6125       6
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.7167       4
                                                 2.8625       4
                                                 3.1633       5
                                                 3.2455       4
                                                 2.4993       6
                                                 2.6125       5
                                                 2.968        4
                                                 2.9038       5
                                                 2.9761       6
                                                 2.9761       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  8.559  17.118   0.097   87.36    2       38.7      304.3
    2   1   1   0 10.224  20.447   0.115   60.57    4       50.3      712.6
    3   0   2   1 11.4    22.799   0.128   48.31    4       40.8      375.2
    4   1   0   1 11.951  23.903   0.134   43.76    4       26.7      145.3
    5   1   2   0 12.671  25.342   0.142   38.7     4       22.7       92.9
    6   1   1   1 12.712  25.423   0.143   38.44    8       47.7      813.7
    7   1   2   1 14.774  29.549   0.166   27.94    8       16.1       67.5
    8   0   0   2 15.077  30.155   0.169   26.75    2      105.5      692.7
    9   1   3   0 15.981  31.962   0.179   23.6     4       42.7      200.0
   10   0   4   0 17.317  34.633   0.193   19.83    2        2.5        0.3
   11   0   2   2 17.439  34.878   0.195   19.52    4        3.2        1.0
   12   1   3   1 17.728  35.456   0.198   18.84    8       83.5     1223.5
   13   1   1   2 18.355  36.711   0.204   17.45    8       47.4      365.0
   14   2   0   0 18.801  37.602   0.209   16.55    2        9.9        3.8
   15   0   4   1 18.955  37.91    0.211   16.26    4       46.6      164.6
   16   2   1   0 19.315  38.63    0.215   15.6     4       32.5       76.5
   17   1   4   0 19.784  39.568   0.22    14.79    4       58.2      233.0
   18   1   2   2 19.893  39.786   0.221   14.61    8       47.9      312.8
   19   2   2   0 20.792  41.585   0.23    13.24    4       38.1       89.4
   20   2   1   1 20.819  41.637   0.231   13.2     8       37.3      171.4
   21   1   4   1 21.26   42.52    0.235   12.59    8        2.1        0.5
   22   2   2   1 22.214  44.427   0.245   11.41    8       11.6       14.4
   23   1   3   2 22.257  44.515   0.246   11.36    8       13.0       17.8
   24   2   3   0 23.082  46.164   0.254   10.46    4       13.6        9.0
   25   0   4   2 23.285  46.569   0.257   10.26    4       22.1       23.2
   26   1   5   0 23.92   47.84    0.263    9.65    4        4.2        0.8
   27   2   3   1 24.397  48.794   0.268    9.23    8        1.8        0.3
   28   2   0   2 24.466  48.933   0.269    9.17    4       66.2      187.0
   29   0   2   3 24.684  49.367   0.271    8.99    4        0.5        0.0
   30   2   1   2 24.885  49.769   0.273    8.82    8        9.8        7.9
   31   1   0   3 24.97   49.941   0.274    8.75    4       12.6        6.5
   32   1   5   1 25.202  50.404   0.276    8.57    8       34.5       95.0
   33   1   4   2 25.27   50.54    0.277    8.52    8        9.1        6.6
   34   1   1   3 25.383  50.765   0.278    8.43    8       40.5      128.7
   35   2   4   0 26.021  52.042   0.285    7.97    4       60.0      133.6
   36   2   2   2 26.11   52.219   0.286    7.91    8       75.3      417.2
   37   0   6   0 26.518  53.036   0.29     7.63    2       46.5       38.5
   38   1   2   3 26.591  53.182   0.291    7.59    8       27.2       52.4
   39   2   4   1 27.231  54.462   0.297    7.19    8       53.8      193.7
   40   0   6   1 27.713  55.425   0.302    6.91    4       68.9      152.6
   41   2   3   2 28.066  56.133   0.305    6.71    8       13.4       11.3
   42   1   6   0 28.338  56.675   0.308    6.56    4        4.8        0.7
   43   1   3   3 28.525  57.05    0.31     6.47    8       68.0      278.2
   44   1   5   2 28.798  57.597   0.313    6.33    8        8.6        4.3
   45   3   1   0 29.282  58.565   0.317    6.1     4        8.1        1.9
   46   0   4   3 29.39   58.781   0.319    6.05    4       64.0      115.3
   47   1   6   1 29.483  58.966   0.319    6.0     8        1.8        0.2
   48   2   5   0 29.488  58.975   0.32     6.0     4        4.3        0.5
   49   3   0   1 30.04   60.081   0.325    5.76    4       20.9       11.7
   50   3   2   0 30.385  60.77    0.328    5.61    4       27.1       19.2
   51   3   1   1 30.405  60.81    0.329    5.6     8       39.1       79.6
   52   2   5   1 30.606  61.212   0.33     5.52    8       28.4       41.5
   53   2   4   2 30.666  61.331   0.331    5.5     8       17.6       15.8
   54   2   1   3 30.765  61.529   0.332    5.46    8       25.5       32.9
   55   1   4   3 31.1    62.2     0.335    5.33    8       12.3        7.5
   56   0   6   2 31.113  62.226   0.335    5.32    4      107.1      284.5
   57   0   0   4 31.349  62.698   0.338    5.24    2      125.5      192.0
   58   3   2   1 31.484  62.968   0.339    5.19    8       22.2       23.8
   59   2   2   3 31.837  63.674   0.342    5.06    8       13.6        8.7
   60   3   3   0 32.173  64.346   0.346    4.95    4       18.2        7.6
   61   0   2   4 32.76   65.519   0.351    4.76    4       17.4        6.7
   62   1   6   2 32.77   65.54    0.351    4.76    8        5.5        1.3
   63   1   7   0 33.042  66.083   0.354    4.67    4       62.7       85.7
   64   3   3   1 33.239  66.478   0.356    4.61    8       57.1      140.1
   65   1   1   4 33.346  66.692   0.357    4.58    8       29.2       36.4
   66   2   6   0 33.411  66.822   0.357    4.56    4       50.0       53.1
   67   2   3   3 33.582  67.163   0.359    4.51    8        9.0        3.4
   68   3   1   2 33.641  67.281   0.36     4.5     8       14.6        8.9
   69   2   5   2 33.831  67.662   0.361    4.44    8       10.6        4.7
   70   1   7   1 34.093  68.187   0.364    4.37    8        1.2        0.1
   71   1   5   3 34.244  68.487   0.365    4.33    8       24.2       23.7
   72   1   2   4 34.375  68.749   0.366    4.3     8        4.8        0.9
   73   2   6   1 34.457  68.915   0.367    4.28    8       21.7       18.8
   74   3   4   0 34.59   69.181   0.369    4.25    4       52.5       54.5
   75   3   2   2 34.665  69.33    0.369    4.23    8       61.9      150.8
   76   3   4   1 35.621  71.241   0.378    4.0     8       32.9       40.3
   77   2   4   3 35.953  71.905   0.381    3.93    8       26.4       25.6
   78   1   3   4 36.058  72.117   0.382    3.91    8       25.7       24.1
   79   3   3   2 36.343  72.686   0.385    3.85    8       29.8       31.9
   80   0   6   3 36.367  72.733   0.385    3.84    4       56.8       57.7
   81   0   8   0 36.534  73.069   0.386    3.81    2        7.5        0.5
   82   0   4   4 36.825  73.651   0.389    3.75    4        7.0        0.9
   83   1   7   2 37.165  74.331   0.392    3.69    8       53.1       96.8
   84   2   6   2 37.517  75.033   0.395    3.63    8       13.2        5.9
   85   0   8   1 37.542  75.085   0.396    3.62    4        1.0        0.0
   86   3   5   0 37.591  75.182   0.396    3.61    4       10.1        1.7
   87   2   0   4 37.733  75.466   0.397    3.59    4       29.0       14.1
   88   2   7   0 37.773  75.545   0.398    3.58    4       17.2        5.0
   89   1   6   3 37.912  75.825   0.399    3.56    8       20.8       14.3
   90   2   1   4 38.06   76.121   0.4      3.53    8       18.8       11.7
   91   1   8   0 38.078  76.155   0.4      3.53    4       11.7        2.3
   92   1   4   4 38.365  76.729   0.403    3.49    8       20.6       13.8
   93   3   0   3 38.407  76.814   0.403    3.48    4       37.2       22.5
   94   3   5   1 38.589  77.179   0.405    3.45    8       15.2        7.4
   95   3   4   2 38.643  77.286   0.405    3.44    8       14.9        7.1
   96   3   1   3 38.732  77.464   0.406    3.43    8       24.7       19.5
   97   2   7   1 38.769  77.539   0.406    3.42    8       14.9        7.1
   98   2   5   3 38.912  77.824   0.408    3.4     8       28.3       25.5
   99   2   2   4 39.037  78.074   0.409    3.38    8       30.5       29.3
  100   1   8   1 39.072  78.144   0.409    3.38    8       18.6       10.9
  101   3   2   3 39.704  79.408   0.415    3.29    8       10.4        3.3
  102   4   0   0 40.133  80.265   0.418    3.24    2       67.5       34.4
  103   4   1   0 40.454  80.908   0.421    3.2     4       14.4        3.1
  104   0   8   2 40.516  81.031   0.422    3.19    4        7.1        0.7
  105   2   3   4 40.649  81.299   0.423    3.18    8       12.2        4.4
  106   3   6   0 41.152  82.304   0.427    3.12    4        0.7        0.0
  107   1   5   4 41.269  82.537   0.428    3.11    8        0.2        0.0
  108   3   3   3 41.31   82.62    0.429    3.11    8       48.6       68.3
  109   4   2   0 41.416  82.831   0.429    3.09    4       35.9       18.5
  110   4   1   1 41.433  82.867   0.43     3.09    8        8.1        1.9
  111   3   5   2 41.542  83.084   0.43     3.08    8       27.1       21.1
  112   2   7   2 41.719  83.438   0.432    3.06    8       27.6       21.7
  113   0   2   5 41.845  83.691   0.433    3.05    4       33.1       15.5
  114   1   8   2 42.016  84.033   0.434    3.04    8       22.8       14.7
  115   1   0   5 42.065  84.131   0.435    3.03    4       27.8       10.9
  116   1   7   3 42.104  84.208   0.435    3.03    8        2.2        0.1
  117   3   6   1 42.128  84.255   0.435    3.03    8       30.7       26.6
  118   1   1   5 42.384  84.768   0.438    3.0     8       22.7       14.4
  119   4   2   1 42.391  84.781   0.438    3.0     8        4.8        0.7
  120   2   6   3 42.444  84.888   0.438    3.0     8       19.6       10.7
  121   2   8   0 42.605  85.21    0.439    2.99    4       28.9       11.6
  122   2   4   4 42.885  85.77    0.442    2.96    8       35.0       33.8
  123   4   3   0 43.01   86.02    0.443    2.95    4       23.2        7.4
  124   0   6   4 43.28   86.56    0.445    2.93    4       46.2       29.2
  125   1   2   5 43.339  86.677   0.445    2.93    8        1.8        0.1
  126   1   9   0 43.538  87.075   0.447    2.91    4       33.4       15.2
  127   3   4   3 43.54   87.081   0.447    2.91    8       36.4       35.9
  128   2   8   1 43.577  87.153   0.447    2.91    8       26.8       19.5
  129   4   3   1 43.98   87.961   0.451    2.89    8        0.2        0.0
  130   4   0   2 44.033  88.065   0.451    2.88    4       25.6        8.8
  131   4   1   2 44.35   88.7     0.454    2.86    8       33.6       30.2
  132   1   9   1 44.507  89.015   0.455    2.85    8       29.6       23.2
  133   1   6   4 44.769  89.538   0.457    2.84    8        3.5        0.3
  134   1   3   5 44.926  89.852   0.458    2.83    8       52.2       71.8


  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   8.559  17.118  5.1757       304.3     24.9     25.2     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.224  20.447  4.33981      712.6     58.2     58.9     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.4    22.799  3.8972       375.2     30.7     31.0     5.6
    4   1   0   1  11.951  23.903  3.71972      145.3     11.9     12.0     5.6
    5   1   2   0  12.671  25.342  3.51162       92.9      7.6      7.7     5.6
    6   1   1   1  12.712  25.423  3.50057      813.7     66.5     67.1     5.6
    7   1   2   1  14.774  29.549  3.02056       67.5      5.5      5.5     5.6
    8   0   0   2  15.077  30.155  2.9612       692.7     56.6     56.9     5.6
    9   1   3   0  15.981  31.962  2.79775      200.0     16.3     16.4     5.6
   10   1   3   1  17.728  35.456  2.52969     1223.5    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.355  36.711  2.44604      365.0     29.8     29.8     5.7
   12   0   4   1  18.955  37.91   2.37135      164.6     13.5     13.4     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.315  38.63   2.32883       76.5      6.3      6.2     5.7
   14   1   4   0  19.784  39.568  2.27576      233.0     19.0     19.0     5.7
   15   1   2   2  19.893  39.786  2.26377      312.8     25.6     25.5     5.7
   16   2   1   1  20.819  41.637  2.16729      260.7     21.3     21.2     5.7
   17   2   2   1  22.214  44.427  2.03745       14.4      1.2      1.2     5.7
   18   1   3   2  22.257  44.515  2.03364       17.8      1.5      1.4     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.285  46.569  1.9486        23.2      1.9      1.9     5.7
   20   2   0   2  24.466  48.933  1.85986      187.0     15.3     15.1     5.7
   21   1   5   1  25.202  50.404  1.80897       95.0      7.8      7.6     5.8
   22   1   1   3  25.383  50.765  1.79695      128.7     10.5     10.4     5.8
   23   2   4   0  26.021  52.042  1.75581      133.6     10.9     10.7     5.8
   24   2   2   2  26.11   52.219  1.75028      417.2     34.1     33.5     5.8
   25   0   6   0  26.518  53.036  1.72523       38.5      3.1      3.1     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.591  53.182  1.72085       52.4      4.3      4.2     5.8
   27   2   4   1  27.231  54.462  1.68339      193.7     15.8     15.5     5.8
   28   0   6   1  27.713  55.425  1.65638      152.6     12.5     12.2     5.8
   29   1   3   3  28.525  57.05   1.61301      278.2     22.7     22.2     5.8
   30   0   4   3  29.39   58.781  1.56958      115.3      9.4      9.2     5.8
   31   3   1   1  30.405  60.81   1.52196       98.9      8.1      7.8     5.8
   32   2   5   1  30.606  61.212  1.51293       41.5      3.4      3.3     5.8
   33   2   4   2  30.666  61.331  1.51028       15.8      1.3      1.3     5.8
   34   2   1   3  30.765  61.529  1.50588       32.9      2.7      2.6     5.8
   35   0   6   2  31.113  62.226  1.49069      291.9     23.9     23.1     5.8
   36   0   0   4  31.349  62.698  1.4806       192.0     15.7     15.2     5.8
   37   3   2   1  31.484  62.968  1.47489       23.8      1.9      1.9     5.9
   38   1   7   0  33.042  66.083  1.41272       85.7      7.0      6.7     5.9
   39   3   3   1  33.239  66.478  1.40529      140.1     11.4     11.0     5.9
   40   1   1   4  33.346  66.692  1.40129       36.4      3.0      2.9     5.9
   41   2   6   0  33.411  66.822  1.39887       53.1      4.3      4.2     5.9
   42   1   5   3  34.244  68.487  1.36887       23.7      1.9      1.9     5.9
   43   2   6   1  34.457  68.915  1.36141       18.8      1.5      1.5     5.9
   44   3   4   0  34.59   69.181  1.35683       54.5      4.5      4.3     5.9
   45   3   2   2  34.665  69.33   1.35427      150.8     12.3     11.8     5.9
   46   3   4   1  35.621  71.241  1.32256       40.3      3.3      3.1     5.9
   47   2   4   3  35.953  71.905  1.31197       25.6      2.1      2.0     5.9
   48   1   3   4  36.058  72.117  1.30864       24.1      2.0      1.9     5.9
   49   0   6   3  36.367  72.733  1.29907       89.6      7.3      7.0     6.0
   50   1   7   2  37.165  74.331  1.27505       96.8      7.9      7.5     6.0
   51   2   0   4  37.733  75.466  1.25866       14.1      1.2      1.1     6.0
   52   1   6   3  37.912  75.825  1.2536        14.3      1.2      1.1     6.0
   53   2   1   4  38.06   76.121  1.24946       13.9      1.1      1.1     6.0
   54   1   4   4  38.365  76.729  1.24106       13.8      1.1      1.1     6.0
   55   3   0   3  38.407  76.814  1.23991       22.5      1.8      1.7     6.0
   56   3   1   3  38.732  77.464  1.23111       19.5      1.6      1.5     6.0
   57   2   5   3  38.912  77.824  1.22631       25.5      2.1      2.0     6.0
   58   2   2   4  39.037  78.074  1.22302       29.3      2.4      2.3     6.0
   59   4   0   0  40.133  80.265  1.19505       34.4      2.8      2.6     6.0
   60   3   3   3  41.31   82.62   1.16686       68.3      5.6      5.2     6.1
   61   4   2   0  41.416  82.831  1.16441       20.4      1.7      1.6     6.1
   62   3   5   2  41.542  83.084  1.16152       21.1      1.7      1.6     6.1
   63   2   7   2  41.719  83.438  1.15749       21.7      1.8      1.6     6.1
   64   0   2   5  41.845  83.691  1.15463       15.5      1.3      1.2     6.1
   65   1   8   2  42.016  84.033  1.1508        14.7      1.2      1.1     6.1
   66   3   6   1  42.128  84.255  1.14833       26.6      2.2      2.0     6.1
   67   1   1   5  42.384  84.768  1.14268       15.1      1.2      1.1     6.1
   68   2   4   4  42.885  85.77   1.13188       33.8      2.8      2.6     6.1
   69   0   6   4  43.28   86.56   1.12357       29.2      2.4      2.2     6.1
   70   3   4   3  43.54   87.081  1.11819       51.1      4.2      3.8     6.1
   71   2   8   1  43.577  87.153  1.11744       19.5      1.6      1.5     6.2
   72   4   1   2  44.35   88.7    1.10191       30.2      2.5      2.3     6.2
   73   1   9   1  44.507  89.015  1.09883       23.2      1.9      1.7     6.2
   74   1   3   5  44.926  89.852  1.09075       71.8      5.9      5.4     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)