Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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           142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow district
             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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PYROCHLORE

29, t-pyrochlore, analogue

Eu(2)MnSbO(7)


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

*Fd3m

15 .4 .19

Ref.Str.:

         Kennedy B.J., Hunter B.A. (2000)

         * J. Alloys Compd., 302, 94-100

         R:  N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =  10.316    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.316    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  10.316    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =  1097.83

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    82.66

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

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

   1 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Eu    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Mn    = 0.5 , Sb    = 0.5 
   3 0.3237  0.125   0.125    0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.375   0.375   0.375    0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.3237     0.125      0.125 
     4       4     0.375      0.375      0.375 
     5       3     0.6763     0.875      0.875 
     6       4     0.625      0.625      0.625 
     7       1     0.0        0.25       0.75  
     8       1     0.25       0.75       0.0   
     9       1     0.75       0.0        0.25  
    10       2     0.5        0.75       0.25  
    11       2     0.75       0.25       0.5   
    12       2     0.25       0.5        0.75  
    13       3     0.375      0.0737     0.375 
    14       3     0.4263     0.125      0.625 
    15       3     0.375      0.1763     0.875 
    16       4     0.125      0.125      0.625 
    17       4     0.375      0.875      0.875 
    18       4     0.625      0.125      0.125 
    19       3     0.625      0.4263     0.125 
    20       3     0.0737     0.375      0.375 
    21       3     0.125      0.8237     0.625 
    22       4     0.875      0.375      0.875 
    23       4     0.125      0.625      0.125 
    24       4     0.875      0.875      0.375 
    25       1     0.0        0.75       0.25  
    26       1     0.75       0.25       0.0   
    27       1     0.25       0.0        0.75  
    28       2     0.5        0.25       0.75  
    29       2     0.25       0.75       0.5   
    30       2     0.75       0.5        0.25  
    31       3     0.375      0.5737     0.875 
    32       3     0.9263     0.625      0.625 
    33       3     0.875      0.1763     0.375 
    34       3     0.625      0.9263     0.625 
    35       3     0.5737     0.875      0.375 
    36       3     0.625      0.8237     0.125 
    37       1     0.25       0.25       0.5   
    38       1     0.25       0.5        0.25  
    39       1     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    40       1     0.75       0.5        0.75  
    41       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    42       1     0.5        0.25       0.25  
    43       1     0.5        0.0        0.0   
    44       1     0.5        0.75       0.75  
    45       1     0.75       0.75       0.5   
    46       2     0.75       0.75       0.0   
    47       2     0.75       0.0        0.75  
    48       2     0.5        0.0        0.5   
    49       2     0.25       0.0        0.25  
    50       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    51       2     0.0        0.75       0.75  
    52       2     0.0        0.5        0.5   
    53       2     0.0        0.25       0.25  
    54       2     0.25       0.25       0.0   
    55       3     0.4263     0.625      0.125 
    56       3     0.875      0.6763     0.875 
    57       3     0.8237     0.125      0.625 
    58       3     0.375      0.6763     0.375 
    59       3     0.8237     0.625      0.125 
    60       3     0.875      0.0737     0.875 
    61       3     0.3237     0.625      0.625 
    62       3     0.875      0.5737     0.375 
    63       3     0.9263     0.125      0.125 
    64       3     0.0737     0.875      0.875 
    65       3     0.625      0.3237     0.625 
    66       3     0.1763     0.875      0.375 
    67       3     0.125      0.3237     0.125 
    68       3     0.1763     0.375      0.875 
    69       3     0.125      0.4263     0.625 
    70       3     0.6763     0.375      0.375 
    71       3     0.125      0.9263     0.125 
    72       3     0.5737     0.375      0.875 
    73       3     0.125      0.125      0.3237
    74       3     0.875      0.875      0.6763
    75       3     0.375      0.375      0.0737
    76       3     0.125      0.625      0.4263
    77       3     0.875      0.375      0.1763
    78       3     0.625      0.125      0.8237
    79       3     0.875      0.375      0.5737
    80       3     0.625      0.625      0.9263
    81       3     0.375      0.875      0.1763
    82       3     0.125      0.625      0.8237
    83       3     0.625      0.125      0.4263
    84       3     0.375      0.375      0.6763
    85       3     0.875      0.875      0.0737
    86       3     0.625      0.625      0.3237
    87       3     0.375      0.875      0.5737
    88       3     0.125      0.125      0.9263


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      7.17

MU (1/cm) =    2138.996    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    298.389

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

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

    1    Eu                  2.796        8
                                                 2.2335       4
                                                 2.2335       4
                                                 2.5755       3
                                                 2.5755       3
                                                 2.5755       3
                                                 2.5755       3
                                                 2.5755       3
                                                 2.5755       3
    2   Mn   ,Sb             2.724        6
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
    3    O                   3.264        9
                                                 2.6854       3
                                                 2.6854       3
                                                 3.1082       4
                                                 2.8988       3
                                                 2.8988       3
                                                 2.8988       3
                                                 2.6854       3
                                                 2.6854       3
                                                 2.8988       3
    4    O                   3.264        6
                                                 3.1082       3
                                                 3.1082       3
                                                 3.1082       3
                                                 3.1082       3
                                                 3.1082       3
                                                 3.1082       3

  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   1   1   1  7.431  14.862   0.084  116.62    8       94.7      694.7
    2   2   2   0 12.192  24.385   0.137   41.96   12       10.6        4.7
    3   3   1   0 13.658  27.316   0.153   33.03   24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 14.338  28.677   0.161   29.78   24       73.5      320.8
    5   2   2   2 14.991  29.981   0.168   27.08    8     1241.2    27695.6
    6   4   0   0 17.378  34.756   0.194   19.67    6      936.9     8596.8
    7   3   3   1 18.994  37.988   0.211   16.18   24      228.6     1684.9
    8   2   2   4 21.457  42.914   0.237   12.34   24       66.4      108.3
    9   1   1   5 22.829  45.659   0.252   10.73   24      169.6      614.3
   10   3   3   3 22.829  45.659   0.252   10.73    8       54.6       21.2
   11   4   4   0 24.985  49.971   0.274    8.74   12     1198.2    12495.9
   12   5   3   0 25.81   51.62    0.283    8.12   24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 26.215  52.431   0.287    7.84   48      101.4      321.0
   14   4   4   2 26.616  53.232   0.291    7.57   24        0.0        0.0
   15   6   2   0 28.18   56.36    0.307    6.65   24       68.5       62.1
   16   3   3   5 29.317  58.633   0.318    6.08   24       44.6       24.1
   17   2   2   6 29.689  59.378   0.322    5.91   24      971.5    11107.9
   18   4   4   4 31.153  62.305   0.336    5.31    8      870.0     2667.7
   19   7   1   0 31.869  63.739   0.343    5.05   24        0.0        0.0
   20   1   1   7 32.225  64.449   0.346    4.93   24      116.5      133.4
   21   5   5   1 32.225  64.449   0.346    4.93   24       17.0        2.8
   22   6   4   2 33.971  67.941   0.363    4.41   48       18.2        5.8
   23   5   5   3 34.997  69.995   0.372    4.15   24      111.8      103.1
   24   7   3   1 34.997  69.995   0.372    4.15   48       19.7        6.4
   25   8   0   0 36.68   73.36    0.388    3.78    6      955.7     1719.3
   26   3   3   7 37.675  75.351   0.397    3.6    24      184.9      244.9
   27   4   4   6 38.005  76.01    0.4      3.54   24        0.0        0.0
   28   2   2   8 39.315  78.63    0.411    3.34   24       92.2       56.7
   29   6   6   0 39.315  78.63    0.411    3.34   12      104.9       36.6
   30   7   5   0 39.965  79.93    0.417    3.26   24        0.0        0.0
   31   5   5   5 40.289  80.579   0.42     3.22    8      161.6       55.8
   32   7   5   1 40.289  80.579   0.42     3.22   48       81.1       84.4
   33   6   6   2 40.613  81.226   0.423    3.18   24      824.9     4310.2
   34   8   4   0 41.902  83.803   0.434    3.05   24      769.1     3589.1
   35   1   1   9 42.864  85.728   0.442    2.96   24       65.4       25.3
   36   7   5   3 42.864  85.728   0.442    2.96   48      111.0      145.4
   37   8   4   2 43.184  86.369   0.444    2.94   48        0.0        0.0
   38   6   6   4 44.463  88.927   0.455    2.86   24       63.1       22.7


  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   1   1   1   7.431  14.862  5.95595      694.7      2.5      2.5     5.6
    2   1   1   3  14.338  28.677  3.11039      320.8      1.2      1.2     5.6
    3   2   2   2  14.991  29.981  2.97797    27695.6    100.0    100.0     5.6
    4   4   0   0  17.378  34.756  2.579       8596.8     31.0     30.9     5.7
    5   3   3   1  18.994  37.988  2.36665     1684.9      6.1      6.0     5.7
    6   1   1   5  22.829  45.659  1.98532      635.5      2.3      2.3     5.7
    7   4   4   0  24.985  49.971  1.82363    12495.9     45.1     44.2     5.7
    8   5   3   1  26.215  52.431  1.74372      321.0      1.2      1.1     5.8
    9   2   2   6  29.689  59.378  1.5552     11107.9     40.1     38.8     5.8
   10   4   4   4  31.153  62.305  1.48899     2667.7      9.6      9.3     5.8
   11   8   0   0  36.68   73.36   1.2895      1719.3      6.2      5.9     6.0
   12   6   6   2  40.613  81.226  1.18333     4310.2     15.6     14.5     6.1
   13   8   4   0  41.902  83.803  1.15336     3589.1     13.0     12.0     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)