Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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NICKELINE

2, t-nickeline, f-nickeline, s-nickeline

NiAs


Hexagonal  P 6(3)mc  Z = 2

P6(3)mc

7 .10 .14

Ref.Str.:

         Ondrus P, Veselovsky F, Gabasova A, Hlousek J,

         Srein V, Vavrnn I, Skala R, Sejkora J, Drabek M. (2003)

         * J. Czech Geological Soc., 48, 19-147

         L: $As1 Co0.01 Ni0.97 S0.02$

         R: Locality - Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech Republic.   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   3.619    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   3.619    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.036    gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    57.12

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    17.2 

  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      0.0    Ni    = 0.97, Co    = 0.01
   2 0.3333  0.6667  0.25     0.0    As    = 1.0 , S     = 0.02


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.25  
     3       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     4       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.75  


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      7.74

MU (1/cm) =     797.873    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    103.143

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

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

    1   Ni   ,Co             3.228        6
                                                 2.4394       2
                                                 2.4394       2
                                                 2.4394       2
                                                 2.4394       2
                                                 2.4394       2
                                                 2.4394       2
    2   As   ,S              4.584       12
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.619        2
                                                 3.272        2
                                                 3.272        2
                                                 3.272        2
                                                 3.272        2
                                                 3.272        2
                                                 3.272        2

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   0   0 16.582  33.165   0.16    21.79    6       18.1     1315.6
    2   1   0   1 19.642  39.285   0.188   15.03   12       46.6    12022.5
    3   0   0   2 20.807  41.615   0.199   13.22    2        9.5       73.4
    4   1   0   2 27.108  54.216   0.255    7.26   12       64.1    10958.8
    5   1   1   0 29.624  59.249   0.276    5.94    6       85.6     7999.0
    6   2   0   0 34.805  69.61    0.319    4.19    6       13.1      132.2
    7   2   0   1 36.711  73.422   0.334    3.77   12       37.8     1988.1
    8   1   0   3 37.19   74.379   0.338    3.68   12       37.6     1920.3
    9   1   1   2 37.496  74.993   0.34     3.63   12        9.3      114.2
   10   2   0   2 42.244  84.489   0.376    3.02   12       52.5     3056.7


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (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   1   0   0  16.582  33.165  3.13415     1315.6     10.9     11.0     5.6
    2   1   0   1  19.642  39.285  2.66092    12022.5    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   1   0   2  27.108  54.216  1.96296    10958.8     91.2     89.6     5.8
    4   1   1   0  29.624  59.249  1.8095      7999.0     66.5     65.0     5.8
    5   2   0   0  34.805  69.61   1.56707      132.2      1.1      1.1     5.9
    6   2   0   1  36.711  73.422  1.4963      1988.1     16.5     15.8     6.0
    7   1   0   3  37.19   74.379  1.47978     1920.3     16.0     15.2     6.0
    8   2   0   2  42.244  84.489  1.33046     3056.7     25.4     23.6     6.1

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)