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

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PYROPHANITE

1, t-ilmenite, s-ilmenite

MnTiO(3)


Hexagonal  R 3(-)  Z = 6

R3(-)

14 .4 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         1. Smyth J.R., Bish D.L. (1988)

         * Crystal structures and cation sites of the rock-forming

         minerals. Boston.

         2. Wyckoff R.G.W. (1963)

         * Crystal Structures

         3. E.L. Belokoneva, V.K. Garanin, G.P. Kudrjavtseva, M.A. Simonov,

         N.V. Belov (1978)

         * Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 242, 330-332

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.137    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.137    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  14.283    gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   326.41

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    32.77

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

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

   1 0.0     0.0     0.357    0.28   Mn    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.143    0.09   Ti    = 1.00
   3 0.308   0.006   0.2491   0.26   O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.357 
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.143 
     3       3     0.308      0.006      0.2491
     4       3     0.994      0.302      0.2491
     5       3     0.698      0.692      0.2491
     6       1     0.6667     0.3333     0.6903
     7       1     0.3333     0.6667     0.0237
     8       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.4763
     9       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.8097
    10       3     0.6607     0.6353     0.5824
    11       3     0.0313     0.3587     0.9158
    12       3     0.3647     0.0253     0.5824
    13       3     0.6413     0.6727     0.9158
    14       3     0.9747     0.3393     0.5824
    15       3     0.3273     0.9686     0.9158
    16       1     0.0        0.0        0.643 
    17       2     0.0        0.0        0.857 
    18       3     0.692      0.994      0.7509
    19       3     0.006      0.698      0.7509
    20       3     0.302      0.308      0.7509
    21       1     0.3333     0.6667     0.3097
    22       1     0.6667     0.3333     0.9763
    23       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.5237
    24       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.1903
    25       3     0.3393     0.3647     0.4176
    26       3     0.9687     0.6413     0.0842
    27       3     0.6353     0.9747     0.4176
    28       3     0.3587     0.3273     0.0842
    29       3     0.0253     0.6607     0.4176
    30       3     0.6727     0.0314     0.0842


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.6 

MU (1/cm) =     798.611    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    173.517

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

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

    1    Mn                  2.724        6
                                                 2.1979       3
                                                 2.1978       3
                                                 2.1979       3
                                                 2.0077       3
                                                 2.0077       3
                                                 2.0077       3
    2    Ti                  2.568        6
                                                 2.1799       3
                                                 2.1799       3
                                                 2.1799       3
                                                 1.9566       3
                                                 1.9567       3
                                                 1.9566       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 3.0614       3
                                                 2.7141       3
                                                 3.1381       3
                                                 3.0614       3
                                                 3.1381       3
                                                 2.7141       3
                                                 2.9857       3
                                                 2.971        3
                                                 2.9857       3
                                                 2.812        3
                                                 2.9103       3
                                                 2.971        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   0   0   3  9.311  18.622   0.105   73.48    2       10.9       16.3
    2   1   0   1 10.448  20.897   0.118   57.91    6        6.7       14.8
    3   1   0  -2 11.77   23.541   0.132   45.18    6       65.9     1105.6
    4   1   0   4 16.058  32.116   0.18    23.36    6      182.3     4372.7
    5   1   1   0 17.451  34.903   0.195   19.49    6      159.9     2806.2
    6   1   0  -5 18.69   37.381   0.208   16.77    6        1.3        0.2
    7   0   0   6 18.88   37.759   0.21    16.4     2       29.8       27.3
    8   1   1  -3 19.923  39.846   0.221   14.56    6       67.7      376.0
    9   1   1   3 19.923  39.846   0.221   14.56    6       90.8      676.4
   10   2   0  -1 20.516  41.031   0.227   13.64    6       11.5       10.2
   11   2   0   2 21.266  42.532   0.235   12.59    6       27.0       51.8
   12   2   0  -4 24.078  48.156   0.265    9.51    6      178.8     1712.4
   13   1   0   7 24.54   49.079   0.27     9.11    6       12.3        7.7
   14   2   0   5 26.033  52.066   0.285    7.96    6        5.2        1.2
   15   1   1  -6 26.179  52.358   0.286    7.86    6      148.5      976.0
   16   1   1   6 26.179  52.358   0.286    7.86    6      144.1      919.7
   17   1   2  -1 27.468  54.937   0.299    7.05    6       13.9        7.6
   18   2   1   1 27.468  54.937   0.299    7.05    6       25.5       25.7
   19   1   0  -8 27.703  55.406   0.302    6.91    6      112.3      490.9
   20   1   2   2 28.075  56.15    0.305    6.7     6       29.0       31.8
   21   2   1  -2 28.075  56.15    0.305    6.7     6       34.6       45.2
   22   0   0   9 29.037  58.073   0.315    6.21    2        5.7        0.4
   23   1   2  -4 30.421  60.842   0.329    5.6     6      152.4      732.5
   24   2   1   4 30.421  60.842   0.329    5.6     6      146.0      672.1
   25   2   0  -7 30.816  61.631   0.333    5.44    6        5.2        0.8
   26   3   0   0 31.294  62.588   0.337    5.26    6      215.3     1372.2
   27   1   2   5 32.111  64.223   0.345    4.97    6       15.6        6.8
   28   2   1  -5 32.111  64.223   0.345    4.97    6       18.4        9.5
   29   3   0  -3 32.96   65.919   0.353    4.7     6        6.5        1.1
   30   3   0   3 32.96   65.919   0.353    4.7     6        5.9        0.9
   31   2   0   8 33.588  67.177   0.359    4.51    6       81.8      169.9
   32   1   0  10 34.5    69.001   0.368    4.27    6      139.6      468.4
   33   1   1  -9 34.788  69.576   0.37     4.2     6       48.7       56.1
   34   1   1   9 34.788  69.576   0.37     4.2     6       48.2       54.8
   35   1   2  -7 36.413  72.826   0.385    3.83    6       21.6       10.1
   36   2   1   7 36.413  72.826   0.385    3.83    6        8.0        1.4
   37   2   2   0 36.855  73.71    0.389    3.75    6      116.5      286.6
   38   3   0  -6 37.732  75.465   0.397    3.59    6       38.9       30.6
   39   3   0   6 37.732  75.465   0.397    3.59    6       39.0       30.7
   40   1   0 -11 38.169  76.337   0.401    3.52    6        6.2        0.7
   41   2   2  -3 38.406  76.812   0.403    3.48    6       45.2       40.0
   42   2   2   3 38.406  76.812   0.403    3.48    6       33.2       21.6
   43   1   3   1 38.8    77.6     0.407    3.42    6        8.1        1.3
   44   3   1  -1 38.8    77.6     0.407    3.42    6       11.0        2.3
   45   1   2   8 38.997  77.994   0.408    3.39    6       78.0      116.2
   46   2   1  -8 38.997  77.994   0.408    3.39    6       81.1      125.6
   47   1   3  -2 39.311  78.622   0.411    3.35    6       38.9       28.5
   48   3   1   2 39.311  78.622   0.411    3.35    6       45.8       39.5
   49   2   0 -10 39.859  79.719   0.416    3.27    6      111.8      230.5
   50   0   0  12 40.328  80.655   0.42     3.21    2       21.6        2.8
   51   1   3   4 41.338  82.676   0.429    3.1     6      109.2      208.4
   52   3   1  -4 41.338  82.676   0.429    3.1     6      102.1      182.0
   53   1   3  -5 42.846  85.692   0.441    2.97    6        9.5        1.5
   54   3   1   5 42.846  85.692   0.441    2.97    6        8.1        1.1
   55   2   2  -6 42.961  85.923   0.442    2.96    6       99.2      164.0
   56   2   2   6 42.961  85.923   0.442    2.96    6      101.6      172.0
   57   2   0  11 43.385  86.771   0.446    2.93    6        2.7        0.1
   58   4   0   1 44.001  88.003   0.451    2.88    6        0.9        0.0
   59   4   0  -2 44.501  89.003   0.455    2.85    6       48.3       37.4


  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   0   2  11.77   23.541  3.77603     1105.6     25.3     25.5     5.6
    2   1   0   4  16.058  32.116  2.7847      4372.7    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   1   1   0  17.451  34.903  2.5685      2806.2     64.2     64.0     5.7
    4   1   1   3  19.923  39.846  2.26052     1052.4     24.1     23.9     5.7
    5   2   0   2  21.266  42.532  2.12375       51.8      1.2      1.2     5.7
    6   2   0   4  24.078  48.156  1.88802     1712.4     39.2     38.5     5.7
    7   1   1   6  26.179  52.358  1.74595     1895.7     43.4     42.4     5.8
    8   1   0   8  27.703  55.406  1.65692      490.9     11.2     10.9     5.8
    9   2   1   2  28.075  56.15   1.63672       77.0      1.8      1.7     5.8
   10   1   2   4  30.421  60.842  1.52125     1404.6     32.1     31.1     5.8
   11   3   0   0  31.294  62.588  1.48292     1372.2     31.4     30.3     5.8
   12   2   0   8  33.588  67.177  1.39235      169.9      3.9      3.7     5.9
   13   1   0  10  34.5    69.001  1.35993      468.4     10.7     10.2     5.9
   14   1   1   9  34.788  69.576  1.35008      111.0      2.5      2.4     5.9
   15   2   2   0  36.855  73.71   1.28425      286.6      6.6      6.2     6.0
   16   3   0   6  37.732  75.465  1.25868       61.3      1.4      1.3     6.0
   17   2   2   3  38.406  76.812  1.23993       61.6      1.4      1.3     6.0
   18   2   1   8  38.997  77.994  1.22407      241.8      5.5      5.2     6.0
   19   3   1   2  39.311  78.622  1.21585       67.9      1.6      1.5     6.0
   20   2   0  10  39.859  79.719  1.20186      230.5      5.3      4.9     6.0
   21   1   3   4  41.338  82.676  1.16621      390.4      8.9      8.3     6.1
   22   2   2   6  42.961  85.923  1.13026      336.0      7.7      7.1     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)