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

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FORSTERITE

6, t-olivine, at 47 kbar, f-olivine, s-forsterite

Mg(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

R =0.036          NR =126

26 .9 .1991

Ref.Str.:

         Kudoh Y., Takeuchi Y. (1985)

         * Z. Kristallogr., 171, 291-302

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.716    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.031    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.901    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   279.15

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    42.04

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.28   Mg    = 1.00
   2 0.992   0.2776  0.25     0.08   Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.4263  0.0939  0.25     0.05   Si    = 1.00
   4 0.7667  0.091   0.25     0.37   O     = 1.00
   5 0.2222  0.4471  0.25     0.25   O     = 1.00
   6 0.2785  0.1634  0.0329   0.22   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     0.992      0.2776     0.25  
     3       3     0.4263     0.0939     0.25  
     4       4     0.7667     0.091      0.25  
     5       5     0.2222     0.4471     0.25  
     6       6     0.2785     0.1634     0.0329
     7       2     0.008      0.7224     0.75  
     8       3     0.5737     0.9061     0.75  
     9       4     0.2333     0.909      0.75  
    10       5     0.7778     0.5529     0.75  
    11       6     0.7215     0.8366     0.9671
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.7215     0.8366     0.5329
    14       6     0.2785     0.1634     0.4671
    15       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       2     0.508      0.7776     0.25  
    17       3     0.0737     0.5939     0.25  
    18       4     0.7333     0.591      0.25  
    19       5     0.2778     0.9471     0.25  
    20       6     0.2215     0.6634     0.0329
    21       2     0.492      0.2224     0.75  
    22       3     0.9263     0.4061     0.75  
    23       4     0.2667     0.409      0.75  
    24       5     0.7222     0.0529     0.75  
    25       6     0.7785     0.3366     0.9671
    26       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.7785     0.3366     0.5329
    28       6     0.2215     0.6634     0.4671


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.35

MU (1/cm) =     102.621    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     30.665

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

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

    1    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 2.0543       4
                                                 2.1093       6
                                                 2.0543       4
                                                 2.1093       6
                                                 2.0431       5
                                                 2.0431       5
    2    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 2.1523       4
                                                 2.0173       5
                                                 2.1861       6
                                                 2.1861       6
                                                 2.0374       6
                                                 2.0374       6
    3    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6056       4
                                                 1.6165       6
                                                 1.6165       6
                                                 1.6306       5
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8274       6
                                                 2.733        6
                                                 3.0569       6
                                                 3.0569       6
                                                 2.8274       6
                                                 2.733        6
                                                 2.8095       5
                                                 2.7202       5
                                                 2.9825       5
                                                 2.9825       5
                                                 2.9765       6
                                                 2.9765       6
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1321       6
                                                 3.1321       6
                                                 2.8095       4
                                                 2.7202       4
                                                 2.5197       6
                                                 2.9825       4
                                                 2.9825       4
                                                 2.8972       6
                                                 2.8972       6
                                                 2.5197       6
    6    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.733        4
                                                 2.8274       4
                                                 3.1321       5
                                                 3.0569       4
                                                 2.5622       6
                                                 2.5197       5
                                                 2.9765       4
                                                 2.8972       5
                                                 2.9546       6
                                                 2.9546       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  8.834  17.669   0.1     81.86    2       29.3      180.1
    2   1   1   0 10.398  20.796   0.117   58.49    4        8.8       23.2
    3   0   2   1 11.628  23.256   0.131   46.34    4       46.8      521.6
    4   1   0   1 12.069  24.138   0.136   42.87    4       29.0      185.3
    5   1   1   1 12.87   25.74    0.145   37.45    8       17.5      117.3
    6   1   2   0 12.956  25.911   0.146   36.93    4       25.2      120.3
    7   1   2   1 15.036  30.072   0.168   26.91    8       13.3       49.0
    8   0   0   2 15.133  30.267   0.169   26.54    2       46.4      146.8
    9   1   3   0 16.403  32.807   0.183   22.31    4       67.4      519.9
   10   0   2   2 17.631  35.263   0.197   19.06    4        7.2        5.1
   11   0   4   0 17.888  35.776   0.199   18.47    2        0.6        0.0
   12   1   3   1 18.126  36.252   0.202   17.94    8       59.9      660.2
   13   1   1   2 18.505  37.009   0.206   17.14    8       68.1      815.1
   14   2   0   0 19.067  38.133   0.212   16.05    2       10.6        4.6
   15   0   4   1 19.496  38.993   0.217   15.28    4       37.3      109.1
   16   2   1   0 19.607  39.215   0.218   15.09    4       33.3       85.6
   17   1   2   2 20.128  40.257   0.223   14.23    8       48.5      344.1
   18   1   4   0 20.358  40.716   0.226   13.88    4       58.0      239.4
   19   2   1   1 21.104  42.208   0.234   12.8     8       35.8      168.2
   20   2   2   0 21.16   42.319   0.234   12.73    4        4.9        1.5
   21   1   4   1 21.812  43.625   0.241   11.89    8        0.1        0.0
   22   2   2   1 22.572  45.144   0.249   11.01    8        3.3        1.2
   23   1   3   2 22.618  45.236   0.25    10.96    8       18.1       36.7
   24   2   3   0 23.561  47.122   0.259    9.99    4       24.5       30.9
   25   0   4   2 23.773  47.546   0.262    9.79    4       20.7       21.6
   26   1   5   0 24.661  49.322   0.271    9.01    4       34.0       53.4
   27   2   0   2 24.719  49.438   0.271    8.96    4       18.1       15.0
   28   2   3   1 24.866  49.732   0.273    8.84    8        3.8        1.3
   29   0   2   3 24.875  49.75    0.273    8.83    4        8.5        3.3
   30   1   0   3 25.106  50.213   0.275    8.65    4        6.1        1.7
   31   2   1   2 25.161  50.322   0.276    8.6     8        9.0        7.2
   32   1   1   3 25.543  51.086   0.28     8.31    8       18.6       29.4
   33   1   4   2 25.782  51.564   0.282    8.14    8        6.2        3.2
   34   1   5   1 25.925  51.849   0.284    8.04    8       18.8       29.3
   35   2   2   2 26.454  52.908   0.289    7.68    8       83.9      555.1
   36   2   4   0 26.641  53.282   0.291    7.55    4       63.9      158.3
   37   1   2   3 26.823  53.646   0.293    7.44    8       22.2       37.5
   38   0   6   0 27.435  54.87    0.299    7.07    2        6.5        0.8
   39   2   4   1 27.84   55.681   0.303    6.83    8       41.4      120.5
   40   2   3   2 28.518  57.035   0.31     6.47    8       21.6       31.0
   41   0   6   1 28.612  57.224   0.311    6.42    4       58.0      111.0
   42   1   3   3 28.869  57.737   0.313    6.29    8       50.7      166.4
   43   1   6   0 29.264  58.528   0.317    6.1     4       17.6        9.7
   44   1   5   2 29.485  58.969   0.319    6.0     8       21.3       28.0
   45   3   1   0 29.734  59.469   0.322    5.89    4       29.9       27.1
   46   0   4   3 29.848  59.695   0.323    5.84    4       52.7       83.2
   47   2   5   0 30.272  60.545   0.327    5.66    4        6.8        1.4
   48   1   6   1 30.395  60.791   0.328    5.61    8        1.2        0.1
   49   3   0   1 30.47   60.94    0.329    5.58    4       23.5       15.9
   50   3   1   1 30.855  61.71    0.333    5.42    8       22.4       28.1
   51   3   2   0 30.898  61.795   0.333    5.41    4       28.9       23.1
   52   2   1   3 31.045  62.09    0.335    5.35    8       25.1       34.5
   53   2   4   2 31.256  62.511   0.337    5.27    8       28.0       42.3
   54   2   5   1 31.382  62.763   0.338    5.22    8       29.8       47.7
   55   0   0   4 31.476  62.951   0.339    5.19    2      135.7      245.2
   56   1   4   3 31.588  63.176   0.34     5.15    8       10.5        5.8
   57   0   6   2 31.976  63.952   0.344    5.01    4      115.5      343.6
   58   3   2   1 31.994  63.989   0.344    5.01    8       14.1       10.2
   59   2   2   3 32.18   64.361   0.346    4.95    8       17.6       15.7
   60   3   3   0 32.783  65.565   0.351    4.75    4       32.0       24.9
   61   0   2   4 32.974  65.947   0.353    4.69    4       20.6       10.3
   62   1   1   4 33.535  67.07    0.359    4.53    8        4.1        0.8
   63   1   6   2 33.654  67.308   0.36     4.49    8        9.5        4.2
   64   3   3   1 33.846  67.692   0.362    4.44    8       38.2       66.4
   65   2   3   3 34.027  68.054   0.363    4.39    8        3.9        0.7
   66   3   1   2 34.09   68.18    0.364    4.37    8       39.1       68.7
   67   1   7   0 34.18   68.36    0.365    4.35    4       64.5       93.0
   68   2   6   0 34.388  68.776   0.367    4.3     4       11.8        3.1
   69   2   5   2 34.59   69.18    0.369    4.25    8       10.4        4.7
   70   1   2   4 34.627  69.254   0.369    4.24    8        9.2        3.7
   71   1   5   3 34.906  69.812   0.371    4.17    8       12.1        6.3
   72   3   2   2 35.174  70.348   0.374    4.1     8       64.7      176.3
   73   1   7   1 35.223  70.446   0.374    4.09    8       13.6        7.7
   74   3   4   0 35.332  70.664   0.375    4.07    4       56.2       66.0
   75   2   6   1 35.428  70.856   0.376    4.04    8       14.9        9.2
   76   3   4   1 36.36   72.721   0.385    3.84    8       31.7       39.7
   77   1   3   4 36.414  72.827   0.385    3.83    8       45.0       79.6
   78   2   4   3 36.536  73.071   0.386    3.81    8       20.5       16.4
   79   3   3   2 36.949  73.898   0.39     3.73    8        4.0        0.6
   80   0   6   3 37.206  74.411   0.393    3.68    4       46.2       40.4
   81   0   4   4 37.285  74.57    0.393    3.67    4        8.9        1.5
   82   0   8   0 37.903  75.805   0.399    3.56    2        8.9        0.7
   83   2   0   4 38.018  76.035   0.4      3.54    4       29.9       16.2
   84   1   7   2 38.279  76.558   0.402    3.5     8       16.7       10.0
   85   2   1   4 38.365  76.73    0.403    3.49    8       20.3       14.8
   86   2   6   2 38.478  76.956   0.404    3.47    8       18.0       11.5
   87   3   5   0 38.5    76.999   0.404    3.46    4       18.3        6.0
   88   1   6   3 38.781  77.562   0.407    3.42    8       18.5       12.0
   89   3   0   3 38.848  77.696   0.407    3.41    4       37.5       24.6
   90   1   4   4 38.86   77.719   0.407    3.41    8       23.7       19.6
   91   0   8   1 38.905  77.811   0.408    3.4     4       17.0        5.1
   92   2   7   0 38.977  77.954   0.408    3.39    4       18.7        6.1
   93   3   1   3 39.193  78.387   0.41     3.36    8       11.5        4.6
   94   3   4   2 39.384  78.767   0.412    3.34    8       20.6       14.5
   95   2   2   4 39.402  78.805   0.412    3.33    8        1.3        0.1
   96   1   8   0 39.469  78.938   0.413    3.32    4       12.5        2.7
   97   3   5   1 39.498  78.995   0.413    3.32    8        5.9        1.2
   98   2   5   3 39.668  79.337   0.414    3.3     8       29.1       28.7
   99   2   7   1 39.972  79.943   0.417    3.26    8       13.6        6.1
  100   3   2   3 40.225  80.449   0.419    3.23    8        5.8        1.1
  101   1   8   1 40.461  80.921   0.421    3.2     8        9.9        3.2
  102   4   0   0 40.793  81.587   0.424    3.16    2       73.4       43.7
  103   2   3   4 41.115  82.231   0.427    3.13    8       19.7       12.5
  104   4   1   0 41.135  82.269   0.427    3.12    4        7.6        0.9
  105   0   8   2 41.874  83.747   0.433    3.05    4       22.1        7.7
  106   3   3   3 41.93   83.86    0.434    3.04    8       33.2       34.5
  107   1   5   4 41.941  83.883   0.434    3.04    8       27.7       23.9
  108   0   2   5 42.105  84.211   0.435    3.03    4       37.3       21.6
  109   4   1   1 42.118  84.236   0.435    3.03    8       10.2        3.3
  110   4   2   0 42.155  84.31    0.436    3.02    4        0.8        0.0
  111   3   6   0 42.267  84.535   0.437    3.01    4        0.1        0.0
  112   1   0   5 42.283  84.566   0.437    3.01    4       29.5       13.5
  113   3   5   2 42.457  84.914   0.438    3.0     8       36.4       40.8
  114   1   1   5 42.622  85.245   0.44     2.98    8        7.3        1.6
  115   2   7   2 42.924  85.849   0.442    2.96    8       29.0       25.5
  116   4   2   1 43.135  86.27    0.444    2.94    8        8.5        2.2
  117   1   7   3 43.221  86.442   0.445    2.94    8       15.0        6.8
  118   3   6   1 43.247  86.494   0.445    2.94    8       32.7       32.2
  119   1   8   2 43.408  86.815   0.446    2.92    8       25.8       20.0
  120   2   6   3 43.415  86.829   0.446    2.92    8       15.9        7.6
  121   2   4   4 43.491  86.983   0.447    2.92    8       39.2       46.1
  122   1   2   5 43.638  87.276   0.448    2.91    8        1.5        0.1
  123   4   3   0 43.849  87.698   0.45     2.89    4       22.8        7.7
  124   2   8   0 44.089  88.178   0.452    2.88    4       42.5       26.7
  125   0   6   4 44.135  88.27    0.452    2.88    4       15.1        3.4
  126   3   4   3 44.301  88.602   0.453    2.87    8       35.8       37.8
  127   4   0   2 44.714  89.427   0.457    2.84    4        4.5        0.3
  128   4   3   1 44.825  89.651   0.458    2.84    8        3.2        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   8.834  17.669  5.0155       180.1     22.1     22.4     5.6
    2   1   1   0  10.398  20.796  4.26786       23.2      2.8      2.9     5.6
    3   0   2   1  11.628  23.256  3.82162      521.6     64.0     64.7     5.6
    4   1   0   1  12.069  24.138  3.68404      185.3     22.7     23.0     5.6
    5   1   1   1  12.87   25.74   3.45819      117.3     14.4     14.5     5.6
    6   1   2   0  12.956  25.911  3.43572      120.3     14.8     14.9     5.6
    7   1   2   1  15.036  30.072  2.96913       49.0      6.0      6.1     5.6
    8   0   0   2  15.133  30.267  2.9505       146.8     18.0     18.1     5.6
    9   1   3   0  16.403  32.807  2.72765      519.9     63.8     64.0     5.6
   10   1   3   1  18.126  36.252  2.47594      660.2     81.0     81.0     5.7
   11   1   1   2  18.505  37.009  2.42699      815.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
   12   0   4   1  19.496  38.993  2.30798      109.1     13.4     13.4     5.7
   13   2   1   0  19.607  39.215  2.29543       85.6     10.5     10.5     5.7
   14   1   2   2  20.128  40.257  2.23838      344.1     42.2     42.1     5.7
   15   1   4   0  20.358  40.716  2.21417      239.4     29.4     29.3     5.7
   16   2   1   1  21.104  42.208  2.13928      168.2     20.6     20.5     5.7
   17   1   3   2  22.618  45.236  2.00289       36.7      4.5      4.5     5.7
   18   2   3   0  23.561  47.122  1.92702       30.9      3.8      3.7     5.7
   19   0   4   2  23.773  47.546  1.91081       21.6      2.7      2.6     5.7
   20   1   5   0  24.661  49.322  1.8461        53.4      6.5      6.5     5.7
   21   2   0   2  24.719  49.438  1.84202       15.0      1.8      1.8     5.7
   22   1   1   3  25.543  51.086  1.7864        29.4      3.6      3.5     5.8
   23   1   5   1  25.925  51.849  1.76189       29.3      3.6      3.5     5.8
   24   2   2   2  26.454  52.908  1.72909      555.1     68.1     66.9     5.8
   25   2   4   0  26.641  53.282  1.71786      158.3     19.4     19.1     5.8
   26   1   2   3  26.823  53.646  1.70703       37.5      4.6      4.5     5.8
   27   2   4   1  27.84   55.681  1.64939      120.5     14.8     14.5     5.8
   28   2   3   2  28.518  57.035  1.61339       31.0      3.8      3.7     5.8
   29   0   6   1  28.612  57.224  1.60852      111.0     13.6     13.3     5.8
   30   1   3   3  28.869  57.737  1.59543      166.4     20.4     19.9     5.8
   31   1   6   0  29.264  58.528  1.57575        9.7      1.2      1.2     5.8
   32   1   5   2  29.485  58.969  1.565         28.0      3.4      3.3     5.8
   33   3   1   0  29.734  59.469  1.55304       27.1      3.3      3.2     5.8
   34   0   4   3  29.848  59.695  1.5477        83.2     10.2      9.9     5.8
   35   3   0   1  30.47   60.94   1.51902       15.9      1.9      1.9     5.8
   36   3   1   1  30.855  61.71   1.5019        28.1      3.4      3.3     5.8
   37   3   2   0  30.898  61.795  1.50005       23.1      2.8      2.8     5.8
   38   2   1   3  31.045  62.09   1.49362       34.5      4.2      4.1     5.8
   39   2   4   2  31.256  62.511  1.48457       42.3      5.2      5.0     5.8
   40   2   5   1  31.382  62.763  1.47921       47.7      5.8      5.7     5.9
   41   0   0   4  31.476  62.951  1.47525      245.2     30.1     29.1     5.9
   42   0   6   2  31.976  63.952  1.45456      353.9     43.4     42.0     5.9
   43   2   2   3  32.18   64.361  1.4463        15.7      1.9      1.9     5.9
   44   3   3   0  32.783  65.565  1.42262       24.9      3.1      3.0     5.9
   45   0   2   4  32.974  65.947  1.4153        10.3      1.3      1.2     5.9
   46   3   3   1  33.846  67.692  1.383         66.4      8.1      7.8     5.9
   47   3   1   2  34.09   68.18   1.37429       68.7      8.4      8.1     5.9
   48   1   7   0  34.18   68.36   1.3711        93.0     11.4     11.0     5.9
   49   3   2   2  35.174  70.348  1.33716      176.3     21.6     20.7     5.9
   50   3   4   0  35.332  70.664  1.33194       66.0      8.1      7.7     5.9
   51   2   6   1  35.428  70.856  1.3288         9.2      1.1      1.1     5.9
   52   3   4   1  36.36   72.721  1.29926       39.7      4.9      4.6     6.0
   53   1   3   4  36.414  72.827  1.29762       79.6      9.8      9.3     6.0
   54   2   4   3  36.536  73.071  1.29388       16.4      2.0      1.9     6.0
   55   0   6   3  37.206  74.411  1.27387       40.4      5.0      4.7     6.0
   56   2   0   4  38.018  76.035  1.25065       16.2      2.0      1.9     6.0
   57   1   7   2  38.279  76.558  1.2434        10.0      1.2      1.2     6.0
   58   2   1   4  38.365  76.73   1.24104       14.8      1.8      1.7     6.0
   59   2   6   2  38.478  76.956  1.23797       17.5      2.1      2.0     6.0
   60   1   6   3  38.781  77.562  1.2298        12.0      1.5      1.4     6.0
   61   3   0   3  38.848  77.696  1.22801       44.2      5.4      5.1     6.0
   62   3   4   2  39.384  78.767  1.21398       14.6      1.8      1.7     6.0
   63   2   5   3  39.668  79.337  1.20669       28.7      3.5      3.3     6.0
   64   4   0   0  40.793  81.587  1.179         43.7      5.4      5.0     6.1
   65   2   3   4  41.115  82.231  1.17139       13.4      1.6      1.5     6.1
   66   3   3   3  41.93   83.86   1.15273       58.4      7.2      6.7     6.1
   67   0   2   5  42.105  84.211  1.14882       24.9      3.1      2.8     6.1
   68   1   0   5  42.283  84.566  1.14489       13.5      1.7      1.5     6.1
   69   3   5   2  42.457  84.914  1.14109       40.8      5.0      4.6     6.1
   70   2   7   2  42.924  85.849  1.13105       25.5      3.1      2.9     6.1
   71   3   6   1  43.247  86.494  1.12426       39.0      4.8      4.4     6.1
   72   1   8   2  43.408  86.815  1.12092       27.6      3.4      3.1     6.1
   73   2   4   4  43.491  86.983  1.11919       46.1      5.7      5.2     6.1
   74   2   8   0  44.089  88.178  1.10709       26.7      3.3      3.0     6.2
   75   3   4   3  44.301  88.602  1.10288       37.8      4.6      4.3     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)