Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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PYROLUSITE

1, f-pyrolusite

MnO(2)


Tetragonal  P 4(2)/mnm  Z = 2

P4(2)/mnm

14 .2 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Waychunas Glenn A. (1991)

         * Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol.25.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.398    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.398    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   2.873    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    55.57

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    16.74

  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    Mn    = 1.00
   2 0.302   0.302   0.0      0.0    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     0.302      0.302      0.0   
     3       2     0.698      0.698      0.0   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     5       2     0.198      0.802      0.5   
     6       2     0.802      0.198      0.5   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      5.19

MU (1/cm) =      34.028    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =      6.552

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

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

    1    Mn                  2.724        6
                                                 1.8784       2
                                                 1.8784       2
                                                 1.8921       2
                                                 1.8921       2
                                                 1.8921       2
                                                 1.8921       2
    2    O                   3.264       13
                                                 2.873        2
                                                 2.873        2
                                                 2.463        2
                                                 3.1764       2
                                                 3.1764       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       2
                                                 2.6661       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   1   0 16.716  33.431   0.161   21.41    4       43.3     5207.1
    2   1   0   1 21.831  43.663   0.208   11.87    8       30.5     2850.9
    3   2   0   0 24.001  48.003   0.227    9.58    4       19.8      486.4
    4   1   1   1 25.078  50.157   0.237    8.67    8       18.0      726.5
    5   2   1   0 27.05   54.1     0.254    7.3     8       10.9      225.5
    6   2   1   1 33.444  66.889   0.308    4.55   16       35.2     2920.5
    7   2   2   0 35.117  70.233   0.322    4.12    4       39.9      850.9
    8   0   0   2 38.511  77.022   0.348    3.46    2       42.8      411.6
    9   3   1   0 40.026  80.053   0.36     3.25    8       24.6      507.9
   10   2   2   1 40.851  81.701   0.366    3.15    8        4.9       19.8
   11   3   0   1 43.234  86.468   0.383    2.94    8       37.4     1065.1
   12   1   1   2 43.305  86.611   0.383    2.93    8       28.2      603.7


  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   1   0  16.716  33.431  3.10986     5207.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
    2   1   0   1  21.831  43.663  2.40527     2850.9     54.8     54.2     5.7
    3   2   0   0  24.001  48.003  2.199        486.4      9.3      9.2     5.7
    4   1   1   1  25.078  50.157  2.11029      726.5     14.0     13.7     5.7
    5   2   1   0  27.05   54.1    1.96685      225.5      4.3      4.2     5.8
    6   2   1   1  33.444  66.889  1.62296     2920.5     56.1     53.8     5.9
    7   2   2   0  35.117  70.233  1.55493      850.9     16.3     15.6     5.9
    8   0   0   2  38.511  77.022  1.4365       411.6      7.9      7.4     6.0
    9   3   1   0  40.026  80.053  1.39077      507.9      9.8      9.1     6.0
   10   3   0   1  43.234  86.468  1.30582     1065.1     20.5     18.8     6.1
   11   1   1   2  43.305  86.611  1.30409      603.7     11.6     10.7     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)