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

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FORSTERITE

48, t-olivine, analogue, at 3.72 GPa

LiScSiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.054          NR =186

19 .11 .1996

Ref.Str.:

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

         * Amer. Mineral., 81, 327-334

Reserv:

         In original - olivine[34].    N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.7717   alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.332    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.9128   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   291.51

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    43.9 

  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 0.9894  0.2739  0.25     0.37   Sc    = 1.00
   3 0.4294  0.0893  0.25     0.46   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7634  0.0987  0.25     0.57   O     = 1.00
   5 0.2065  0.4444  0.25     0.51   O     = 1.00
   6 0.279   0.1664  0.0389   0.5    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     0.9894     0.2739     0.25  
     3       3     0.4294     0.0893     0.25  
     4       4     0.7634     0.0987     0.25  
     5       5     0.2065     0.4444     0.25  
     6       6     0.279      0.1664     0.0389
     7       2     0.0106     0.7261     0.75  
     8       3     0.5706     0.9107     0.75  
     9       4     0.2366     0.9013     0.75  
    10       5     0.7935     0.5556     0.75  
    11       6     0.721      0.8336     0.9611
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.721      0.8336     0.5389
    14       6     0.279      0.1664     0.4611
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.5106     0.7739     0.25  
    17       3     0.0706     0.5893     0.25  
    18       4     0.7366     0.5987     0.25  
    19       5     0.2935     0.9444     0.25  
    20       6     0.221      0.6664     0.0389
    21       2     0.4894     0.2261     0.75  
    22       3     0.9294     0.4107     0.75  
    23       4     0.2634     0.4013     0.75  
    24       5     0.7065     0.0556     0.75  
    25       6     0.779      0.3336     0.9611
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.779      0.3336     0.5389
    28       6     0.221      0.6664     0.4611


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.28

MU (1/cm) =     244.081    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
                                                 2.1212       4
                                                 2.1866       6
                                                 2.1212       4
                                                 2.1866       6
                                                 2.1158       5
                                                 2.1158       5
    2    Sc                  2.628        6
                                                 2.107        4
                                                 2.0436       5
                                                 2.1682       6
                                                 2.1682       6
                                                 2.0752       6
                                                 2.0752       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.5967       4
                                                 1.6455       6
                                                 1.6455       6
                                                 1.6315       5
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8461       6
                                                 2.7184       6
                                                 3.2344       6
                                                 3.2344       6
                                                 2.8461       6
                                                 2.7184       6
                                                 2.99         5
                                                 2.7512       5
                                                 3.0021       5
                                                 3.0021       5
                                                 2.9688       6
                                                 2.9688       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1508       6
                                                 3.1508       6
                                                 2.99         4
                                                 2.7512       4
                                                 2.6122       6
                                                 3.0021       4
                                                 3.0021       4
                                                 2.8965       6
                                                 2.8965       6
                                                 2.6122       6
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.7184       4
                                                 2.8461       4
                                                 3.1508       5
                                                 3.2344       4
                                                 2.4964       6
                                                 2.6122       5
                                                 2.9688       4
                                                 2.8965       5
                                                 2.9813       6
                                                 2.9813       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  8.575  17.15    0.097   87.02    2       38.3      301.1
    2   1   1   0 10.242  20.485   0.115   60.35    4       49.2      686.7
    3   0   2   1 11.42   22.84    0.129   48.13    4       40.3      368.4
    4   1   0   1 11.972  23.944   0.135   43.6     4       26.7      146.7
    5   1   2   0 12.694  25.389   0.143   38.55    4       22.4       90.9
    6   1   1   1 12.734  25.468   0.143   38.3     8       47.7      821.7
    7   1   2   1 14.801  29.602   0.166   27.83    8       16.4       70.1
    8   0   0   2 15.102  30.205   0.169   26.65    2      105.2      693.8
    9   1   3   0 16.011  32.023   0.179   23.5     4       43.5      209.6
   10   0   4   0 17.35   34.7     0.194   19.74    2        3.9        0.7
   11   0   2   2 17.469  34.939   0.195   19.45    4        4.0        1.5
   12   1   3   1 17.761  35.522   0.198   18.76    8       83.1     1220.3
   13   1   1   2 18.387  36.775   0.205   17.39    8       45.7      341.7
   14   2   0   0 18.836  37.671   0.21    16.49    2       10.0        3.9
   15   0   4   1 18.991  37.983   0.211   16.19    4       46.5      165.1
   16   2   1   0 19.351  38.701   0.215   15.53    4       34.7       88.2
   17   1   4   0 19.822  39.644   0.22    14.73    4       57.4      228.6
   18   1   2   2 19.928  39.857   0.221   14.55    8       48.0      315.7
   19   2   2   0 20.832  41.663   0.231   13.18    4       38.7       93.2
   20   2   1   1 20.857  41.714   0.231   13.15    8       37.2      171.5
   21   1   4   1 21.301  42.601   0.236   12.54    8        1.2        0.2
   22   2   2   1 22.255  44.51    0.246   11.36    8       10.7       12.2
   23   1   3   2 22.298  44.597   0.246   11.31    8       12.5       16.6
   24   2   3   0 23.126  46.252   0.255   10.42    4       15.3       11.4
   25   0   4   2 23.328  46.656   0.257   10.22    4       22.0       23.4
   26   1   5   0 23.967  47.935   0.264    9.61    4        4.8        1.1
   27   2   3   1 24.444  48.887   0.269    9.19    8        0.8        0.1
   28   2   0   2 24.511  49.023   0.269    9.13    4       64.9      181.1
   29   0   2   3 24.727  49.454   0.272    8.95    4        0.1        0.0
   30   2   1   2 24.93   49.861   0.274    8.79    8       10.1        8.4
   31   1   0   3 25.014  50.029   0.274    8.72    4       12.2        6.1
   32   1   5   1 25.252  50.503   0.277    8.53    8       33.7       91.4
   33   1   4   2 25.318  50.635   0.278    8.48    8        8.4        5.6
   34   1   1   3 25.427  50.855   0.279    8.4     8       40.8      131.6
   35   2   4   0 26.072  52.145   0.285    7.93    4       60.4      136.0
   36   2   2   2 26.158  52.317   0.286    7.87    8       74.4      410.7
   37   0   6   0 26.572  53.143   0.29     7.6     2       47.1       39.7
   38   1   2   3 26.639  53.278   0.291    7.55    8       26.8       51.2
   39   2   4   1 27.284  54.569   0.298    7.15    8       54.0      196.6
   40   0   6   1 27.769  55.537   0.302    6.87    4       68.0      149.4
   41   2   3   2 28.12   56.24    0.306    6.68    8       14.5       13.2
   42   1   6   0 28.395  56.791   0.309    6.53    4        5.3        0.9
   43   1   3   3 28.578  57.156   0.311    6.44    8       67.3      274.9
   44   1   5   2 28.855  57.71    0.313    6.3     8        8.9        4.7
   45   3   1   0 29.34   58.679   0.318    6.07    4        6.8        1.3
   46   0   4   3 29.446  58.892   0.319    6.02    4       63.1      112.7
   47   1   6   1 29.543  59.086   0.32     5.98    8        0.9        0.0
   48   2   5   0 29.547  59.094   0.32     5.97    4        3.9        0.4
   49   3   0   1 30.099  60.198   0.326    5.73    4       19.2        9.9
   50   3   2   0 30.445  60.89    0.329    5.59    4       28.0       20.7
   51   3   1   1 30.465  60.929   0.329    5.58    8       38.5       77.8
   52   2   5   1 30.668  61.335   0.331    5.5     8       29.3       44.5
   53   2   4   2 30.726  61.452   0.332    5.47    8       17.5       15.8
   54   2   1   3 30.822  61.645   0.333    5.44    8       24.8       31.5
   55   1   4   3 31.16   62.319   0.336    5.31    8       11.8        6.9
   56   0   6   2 31.176  62.352   0.336    5.3     4      106.6      283.7
   57   0   0   4 31.406  62.811   0.338    5.22    2      124.2      189.4
   58   3   2   1 31.547  63.093   0.34     5.16    8       21.4       22.3
   59   2   2   3 31.897  63.795   0.343    5.04    8       13.8        9.0
   60   3   3   0 32.238  64.475   0.346    4.93    4       16.6        6.4
   61   0   2   4 32.82   65.641   0.352    4.74    4       17.4        6.7
   62   1   6   2 32.837  65.674   0.352    4.73    8        4.2        0.8
   63   1   7   0 33.111  66.222   0.355    4.65    4       61.7       83.5
   64   3   3   1 33.306  66.612   0.356    4.59    8       56.9      140.2
   65   1   1   4 33.408  66.816   0.357    4.56    8       28.3       34.3
   66   2   6   0 33.481  66.962   0.358    4.54    4       48.5       50.2
   67   2   3   3 33.647  67.294   0.36     4.5     8        8.8        3.3
   68   3   1   2 33.707  67.415   0.36     4.48    8       16.7       11.8
   69   2   5   2 33.9    67.799   0.362    4.43    8       12.3        6.3
   70   1   7   1 34.165  68.331   0.365    4.35    8        2.3        0.2
   71   1   5   3 34.312  68.623   0.366    4.32    8       23.2       22.0
   72   1   2   4 34.439  68.879   0.367    4.28    8        4.6        0.9
   73   2   6   1 34.53   69.059   0.368    4.26    8       21.3       18.1
   74   3   4   0 34.662  69.324   0.369    4.23    4       51.5       52.8
   75   3   2   2 34.735  69.469   0.37     4.21    8       61.1      147.9
   76   3   4   1 35.694  71.389   0.379    3.99    8       32.3       39.1
   77   2   4   3 36.025  72.05    0.382    3.91    8       27.3       27.5
   78   1   3   4 36.128  72.256   0.383    3.89    8       25.8       24.4
   79   3   3   2 36.417  72.835   0.385    3.83    8       30.0       32.4
   80   0   6   3 36.441  72.882   0.386    3.83    4       55.0       54.6
   81   0   8   0 36.614  73.228   0.387    3.79    2        6.8        0.4
   82   0   4   4 36.898  73.796   0.39     3.74    4        6.6        0.8
   83   1   7   2 37.245  74.489   0.393    3.67    8       52.6       95.8
   84   2   6   2 37.596  75.192   0.396    3.61    8       13.1        5.8
   85   0   8   1 37.625  75.249   0.396    3.61    4        0.3        0.0
   86   3   5   0 37.671  75.343   0.397    3.6     4        9.2        1.4
   87   2   0   4 37.807  75.614   0.398    3.58    4       28.9       14.0
   88   2   7   0 37.855  75.71    0.398    3.57    4       16.5        4.6
   89   1   6   3 37.991  75.983   0.4      3.55    8       21.0       14.7
   90   2   1   4 38.135  76.27    0.401    3.52    8       19.6       12.8
   91   1   8   0 38.162  76.323   0.401    3.52    4       12.3        2.5
   92   1   4   4 38.441  76.883   0.404    3.47    8       20.2       13.3
   93   3   0   3 38.485  76.97    0.404    3.47    4       34.8       19.7
   94   3   5   1 38.672  77.344   0.406    3.44    8       15.6        7.9
   95   3   4   2 38.724  77.449   0.406    3.43    8       16.0        8.2
   96   3   1   3 38.811  77.623   0.407    3.42    8       23.7       18.0
   97   2   7   1 38.854  77.708   0.407    3.41    8       14.6        6.8
   98   2   5   3 38.993  77.986   0.408    3.39    8       29.0       26.8
   99   2   2   4 39.115  78.23    0.41     3.37    8       30.4       29.4
  100   1   8   1 39.158  78.317   0.41     3.37    8       18.6       11.0
  101   3   2   3 39.786  79.572   0.415    3.28    8       10.3        3.3
  102   4   0   0 40.219  80.437   0.419    3.23    2       66.2       33.3
  103   4   1   0 40.541  81.083   0.422    3.19    4       12.9        2.5
  104   0   8   2 40.606  81.211   0.422    3.18    4        5.7        0.5
  105   2   3   4 40.733  81.465   0.424    3.17    8       13.0        5.0
  106   3   6   0 41.243  82.486   0.428    3.11    4        1.0        0.0
  107   1   5   4 41.355  82.71    0.429    3.1     8        0.6        0.0
  108   3   3   3 41.398  82.795   0.429    3.1     8       48.4       68.3
  109   4   2   0 41.506  83.012   0.43     3.09    4       34.0       16.8
  110   4   1   1 41.523  83.046   0.43     3.08    8        7.4        1.6
  111   3   5   2 41.633  83.265   0.431    3.07    8       26.4       20.2
  112   2   7   2 41.812  83.623   0.433    3.06    8       27.3       21.5
  113   0   2   5 41.929  83.859   0.434    3.04    4       32.1       14.8
  114   1   8   2 42.111  84.222   0.435    3.03    8       22.2       14.1
  115   1   0   5 42.15   84.3     0.436    3.02    4       27.2       10.5
  116   1   7   3 42.196  84.393   0.436    3.02    8        1.4        0.1
  117   3   6   1 42.222  84.444   0.436    3.02    8       28.9       23.8
  118   1   1   5 42.47   84.939   0.438    3.0     8       22.4       14.2
  119   4   2   1 42.484  84.968   0.438    3.0     8        6.3        1.1
  120   2   6   3 42.537  85.074   0.439    2.99    8       19.7       11.0
  121   2   8   0 42.703  85.406   0.44     2.98    4       28.0       11.0
  122   2   4   4 42.976  85.952   0.442    2.96    8       34.9       33.9
  123   4   3   0 43.106  86.211   0.444    2.95    4       20.8        6.0
  124   0   6   4 43.374  86.747   0.446    2.93    4       46.0       29.1
  125   1   2   5 43.428  86.855   0.446    2.92    8        2.2        0.1
  126   3   4   3 43.636  87.271   0.448    2.91    8       35.6       34.6
  127   1   9   0 43.64   87.279   0.448    2.91    4       32.6       14.5
  128   2   8   1 43.677  87.355   0.448    2.91    8       25.9       18.4
  129   4   3   1 44.079  88.158   0.452    2.88    8        1.1        0.0
  130   4   0   2 44.13   88.26    0.452    2.88    4       26.7        9.7
  131   4   1   2 44.449  88.898   0.455    2.86    8       33.3       29.8
  132   1   9   1 44.613  89.225   0.456    2.85    8       28.7       22.1
  133   1   6   4 44.868  89.735   0.458    2.84    8        3.4        0.3


  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   8.575  17.15   5.166        301.1     24.7     25.0     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.242  20.485  4.33202      686.7     56.3     57.0     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.42   22.84   3.89032      368.4     30.2     30.5     5.6
    4   1   0   1  11.972  23.944  3.71334      146.7     12.0     12.1     5.6
    5   1   2   0  12.694  25.389  3.50522       90.9      7.4      7.5     5.6
    6   1   1   1  12.734  25.468  3.4945       821.7     67.3     67.9     5.6
    7   1   2   1  14.801  29.602  3.01521       70.1      5.7      5.8     5.6
    8   0   0   2  15.102  30.205  2.9564       693.8     56.9     57.1     5.6
    9   1   3   0  16.011  32.023  2.7926       209.6     17.2     17.2     5.6
   10   1   3   1  17.761  35.522  2.52513     1220.3    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.387  36.775  2.44194      341.7     28.0     28.0     5.7
   12   0   4   1  18.991  37.983  2.367        165.1     13.5     13.5     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.351  38.701  2.32468       88.2      7.2      7.2     5.7
   14   1   4   0  19.822  39.644  2.27154      228.6     18.7     18.7     5.7
   15   1   2   2  19.928  39.857  2.25991      315.7     25.9     25.8     5.7
   16   2   1   1  20.857  41.714  2.16347      264.7     21.7     21.6     5.7
   17   2   2   1  22.255  44.51   2.03384       12.2      1.0      1.0     5.7
   18   1   3   2  22.298  44.597  2.0301        16.6      1.4      1.3     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.328  46.656  1.94516       23.4      1.9      1.9     5.7
   20   2   0   2  24.511  49.023  1.85667      181.1     14.8     14.6     5.7
   21   1   5   1  25.252  50.503  1.80565       91.4      7.5      7.4     5.8
   22   1   1   3  25.427  50.855  1.79399      131.6     10.8     10.6     5.8
   23   2   4   0  26.072  52.145  1.75261      136.0     11.1     10.9     5.8
   24   2   2   2  26.158  52.317  1.74725      410.7     33.7     33.1     5.8
   25   0   6   0  26.572  53.143  1.722         39.7      3.3      3.2     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.639  53.278  1.71797       51.2      4.2      4.1     5.8
   27   2   4   1  27.284  54.569  1.68035      196.6     16.1     15.8     5.8
   28   0   6   1  27.769  55.537  1.65331      149.4     12.2     12.0     5.8
   29   2   3   2  28.12   56.24   1.63431       13.2      1.1      1.1     5.8
   30   1   3   3  28.578  57.156  1.61027      274.9     22.5     22.0     5.8
   31   0   4   3  29.446  58.892  1.56688      112.7      9.2      9.0     5.8
   32   3   1   1  30.465  60.929  1.51927       98.5      8.1      7.8     5.8
   33   2   5   1  30.668  61.335  1.51018       44.5      3.6      3.5     5.8
   34   2   4   2  30.726  61.452  1.50761       15.8      1.3      1.3     5.8
   35   2   1   3  30.822  61.645  1.50334       31.5      2.6      2.5     5.8
   36   0   6   2  31.176  62.352  1.48799      290.6     23.8     23.1     5.8
   37   0   0   4  31.406  62.811  1.4782       189.4     15.5     15.0     5.9
   38   3   2   1  31.547  63.093  1.47227       22.3      1.8      1.8     5.9
   39   1   7   0  33.111  66.222  1.41008       83.5      6.8      6.6     5.9
   40   3   3   1  33.306  66.612  1.40278      140.2     11.5     11.1     5.9
   41   1   1   4  33.408  66.816  1.399         34.3      2.8      2.7     5.9
   42   2   6   0  33.481  66.962  1.3963        50.2      4.1      4.0     5.9
   43   1   5   3  34.312  68.623  1.36648       22.0      1.8      1.7     5.9
   44   2   6   1  34.53   69.059  1.35892       18.1      1.5      1.4     5.9
   45   3   4   0  34.662  69.324  1.35438       52.8      4.3      4.1     5.9
   46   3   2   2  34.735  69.469  1.3519       147.9     12.1     11.6     5.9
   47   3   4   1  35.694  71.389  1.32019       39.1      3.2      3.1     5.9
   48   2   4   3  36.025  72.05   1.3097        27.5      2.2      2.1     5.9
   49   1   3   4  36.128  72.256  1.30646       24.4      2.0      1.9     5.9
   50   0   6   3  36.441  72.882  1.29677       87.0      7.1      6.8     6.0
   51   1   7   2  37.245  74.489  1.27273       95.8      7.9      7.4     6.0
   52   2   0   4  37.807  75.614  1.25657       14.0      1.1      1.1     6.0
   53   1   6   3  37.991  75.983  1.25139       14.7      1.2      1.1     6.0
   54   2   1   4  38.135  76.27   1.24738       15.3      1.3      1.2     6.0
   55   1   4   4  38.441  76.883  1.23896       13.3      1.1      1.0     6.0
   56   3   0   3  38.485  76.97   1.23778       19.7      1.6      1.5     6.0
   57   3   1   3  38.811  77.623  1.22899       18.0      1.5      1.4     6.0
   58   2   5   3  38.993  77.986  1.22417       26.8      2.2      2.1     6.0
   59   2   2   4  39.115  78.23   1.22097       29.4      2.4      2.3     6.0
   60   4   0   0  40.219  80.437  1.19292       33.3      2.7      2.6     6.0
   61   3   3   3  41.398  82.795  1.16483       68.3      5.6      5.2     6.1
   62   4   2   0  41.506  83.012  1.16234       18.4      1.5      1.4     6.1
   63   3   5   2  41.633  83.265  1.15944       20.2      1.7      1.5     6.1
   64   2   7   2  41.812  83.623  1.15539       21.5      1.8      1.6     6.1
   65   0   2   5  41.929  83.859  1.15274       14.8      1.2      1.1     6.1
   66   1   8   2  42.111  84.222  1.1487        14.1      1.2      1.1     6.1
   67   3   6   1  42.222  84.444  1.14624       23.8      1.9      1.8     6.1
   68   1   1   5  42.47   84.939  1.14082       15.3      1.3      1.2     6.1
   69   2   4   4  42.976  85.952  1.12995       33.9      2.8      2.6     6.1
   70   0   6   4  43.374  86.747  1.12162       29.1      2.4      2.2     6.1
   71   3   4   3  43.636  87.271  1.11623       49.1      4.0      3.7     6.2
   72   2   8   1  43.677  87.355  1.11538       18.4      1.5      1.4     6.2
   73   4   1   2  44.449  88.898  1.09997       29.8      2.4      2.2     6.2
   74   1   9   1  44.613  89.225  1.09678       22.1      1.8      1.7     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)