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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RHODOSTANNITE

1, syn, f-stannite, sf-rhodostannite

Cu(2)FeSn(3)S(8)


Tetragonal  I 4(1)/a  Z = 2

R =0.038          NR =623

7 .7 .1993

Ref.Str.:

         Jumas J.C., Philipot E., Maurin M. (1979)

         * Acta Cryst., B35, 2195-2197

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.305    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.305    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  10.33     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   551.24

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =   166.02

  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      1.84   Cu    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.25    0.625    0.94   Fe    = 0.25, Sn    = 0.75
   3 0.2593  0.0001  0.1296   0.99   S     = 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     0.0        0.25       0.625 
     3       3     0.2593     0.0001     0.1296
     4       1     0.5        0.0        0.75  
     5       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     6       1     0.0        0.5        0.25  
     7       2     0.25       0.0        0.375 
     8       2     0.5        0.25       0.125 
     9       2     0.25       0.5        0.875 
    10       3     0.4999     0.2593     0.8796
    11       3     0.2407     0.4999     0.6296
    12       3     0.0001     0.2407     0.3796
    13       2     0.0        0.75       0.625 
    14       2     0.75       0.0        0.375 
    15       3     0.0        0.7407     0.8704
    16       3     0.7407     0.0        0.1296
    17       3     0.0        0.2593     0.8704
    18       2     0.5        0.75       0.125 
    19       2     0.75       0.5        0.875 
    20       3     0.2593     0.5001     0.1204
    21       3     0.5001     0.7407     0.8796
    22       3     0.7407     0.4999     0.1204
    23       3     0.4999     0.7593     0.3704
    24       3     0.7593     0.5001     0.6296
    25       3     0.5001     0.2407     0.3704
    26       3     0.2407     0.0        0.6204
    27       3     0.0        0.7593     0.3796
    28       3     0.7593     0.0001     0.6204


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.79

MU (1/cm) =    1090.213    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    227.552

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

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

    1    Cu                  3.36         4
                                                 2.3195       3
                                                 2.3195       3
                                                 2.3195       3
                                                 2.3195       3
    2   Fe   ,Sn             3.408        6
                                                 2.535        3
                                                 2.5359       3
                                                 2.5359       3
                                                 2.5361       3
                                                 2.5356       3
                                                 2.535        3
    3    S                   4.368       12
                                                 3.6529       3
                                                 3.6529       3
                                                 3.7879       3
                                                 3.5166       3
                                                 3.7884       3
                                                 3.7871       3
                                                 3.6537       3
                                                 3.6537       3
                                                 3.6543       3
                                                 3.5172       3
                                                 3.5172       3
                                                 3.654        3

  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   1  8.625  17.25    0.084   85.99    8       97.1     2133.7
    2   2   0   0 14.175  28.351   0.137   30.52    4      104.2      436.4
    3   1   1   2 14.176  28.352   0.137   30.52    8      104.2      872.7
    4   1   2   1 16.688  33.376   0.161   21.49    8      213.7     2584.1
    5   2   1   1 16.688  33.376   0.161   21.49    8      213.9     2587.9
    6   1   0   3 16.689  33.378   0.161   21.49    8      213.9     2588.3
    7   2   0   2 17.454  34.907   0.168   19.49    8      101.7      530.7
    8   2   2   0 20.263  40.526   0.194   14.02    4      352.4     2292.2
    9   0   0   4 20.264  40.529   0.194   14.02    2      352.4     1146.0
   10   3   0   1 22.173  44.346   0.211   11.46    8       55.6       93.2
   11   1   2   3 22.174  44.347   0.211   11.46    8       55.6       93.2
   12   2   1   3 22.174  44.347   0.211   11.46    8       55.7       93.7
   13   2   2   2 22.781  45.562   0.216   10.78    8        0.0        0.0
   14   1   1   4 22.782  45.564   0.216   10.78    8        0.0        0.0
   15   1   3   2 25.098  50.196   0.237    8.65    8       87.8      175.5
   16   3   1   2 25.098  50.196   0.237    8.65    8       87.8      175.4
   17   2   0   4 25.099  50.198   0.237    8.65    8       87.8      175.4
   18   2   3   1 26.737  53.474   0.251    7.49    8      198.7      779.0
   19   3   2   1 26.737  53.474   0.251    7.49    8      198.9      780.1
   20   3   0   3 26.737  53.475   0.251    7.49    8      164.3      532.5
   21   1   0   5 26.739  53.478   0.252    7.49    8      198.7      778.6
   22   4   0   0 29.326  58.652   0.274    6.08    4      456.0     1663.2
   23   2   2   4 29.327  58.655   0.274    6.07    8      456.0     3326.2
   24   1   4   1 30.812  61.624   0.286    5.44    8       63.9       58.5
   25   4   1   1 30.812  61.624   0.286    5.44    8       63.7       58.1
   26   2   3   3 30.813  61.626   0.286    5.44    8       63.8       58.3
   27   3   2   3 30.813  61.626   0.286    5.44    8       63.9       58.5
   28   1   2   5 30.814  61.628   0.286    5.44    8       63.6       58.0
   29   2   1   5 30.814  61.628   0.286    5.44    8       63.8       58.2
   30   4   0   2 31.298  62.597   0.29     5.26    8        1.8        0.0
   31   1   3   4 31.299  62.599   0.29     5.25    8        1.8        0.0
   32   3   1   4 31.299  62.599   0.29     5.25    8        1.8        0.0
   33   2   4   0 33.202  66.404   0.306    4.62    4       75.4       34.6
   34   4   2   0 33.202  66.404   0.306    4.62    4       75.3       34.5
   35   3   3   2 33.202  66.404   0.306    4.62    8       75.4       69.2
   36   1   1   6 33.205  66.409   0.306    4.62    8       75.4       69.1
   37   1   4   3 34.594  69.189   0.317    4.24    8      158.6      280.9
   38   4   1   3 34.594  69.189   0.317    4.24    8      158.4      280.2
   39   3   0   5 34.596  69.191   0.317    4.24    8      158.3      280.0
   40   2   4   2 35.052  70.104   0.321    4.13    8       89.0       86.2
   41   4   2   2 35.052  70.104   0.321    4.13    8       89.0       86.2
   42   2   0   6 35.054  70.109   0.321    4.13    8       89.0       86.1
   43   4   0   4 36.861  73.721   0.335    3.75    8      254.7      639.7
   44   3   4   1 38.193  76.387   0.346    3.51    8       42.7       16.8
   45   4   3   1 38.193  76.387   0.346    3.51    8       42.9       17.0
   46   5   0   1 38.193  76.387   0.346    3.51    8       70.5       46.0
   47   2   3   5 38.195  76.39    0.346    3.51    8       70.4       45.8
   48   3   2   5 38.195  76.39    0.346    3.51    8       70.5       46.0
   49   1   0   7 38.197  76.394   0.346    3.51    8       42.9       17.0
   50   3   3   4 38.636  77.271   0.349    3.44    8        0.0        0.0
   51   2   2   6 38.637  77.274   0.349    3.44    8        0.0        0.0
   52   1   5   2 40.385  80.77    0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.2
   53   5   1   2 40.385  80.77    0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.2
   54   2   4   4 40.386  80.772   0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.1
   55   4   2   4 40.386  80.772   0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.2
   56   1   3   6 40.387  80.775   0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.1
   57   3   1   6 40.387  80.775   0.362    3.21    8       68.1       39.2
   58   2   5   1 41.686  83.372   0.372    3.07    8      126.7      129.7
   59   5   2   1 41.686  83.372   0.372    3.07    8      126.7      129.6
   60   3   4   3 41.686  83.373   0.372    3.07    8      126.6      129.5
   61   4   3   3 41.686  83.373   0.372    3.07    8      126.8      129.9
   62   5   0   3 41.686  83.373   0.372    3.07    8      152.7      188.4
   63   1   4   5 41.688  83.375   0.372    3.07    8      152.7      188.4
   64   4   1   5 41.688  83.375   0.372    3.07    8      152.5      187.9
   65   1   2   7 41.689  83.379   0.372    3.07    8      126.8      129.8
   66   2   1   7 41.689  83.379   0.372    3.07    8      126.9      130.0
   67   4   4   0 43.84   87.681   0.387    2.89    4      353.7      476.6
   68   0   0   8 43.845  87.69    0.387    2.89    2      353.7      238.3


  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   1   8.625  17.25   5.96435     2133.7     27.5     27.8     5.6
    2   1   1   2  14.176  28.352  3.65235     1309.1     16.9     16.9     5.6
    3   1   0   3  16.689  33.378  3.11466     7760.3    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   2   0   2  17.454  34.907  2.98217      530.7      6.8      6.8     5.7
    5   2   2   0  20.263  40.526  2.58271     3438.2     44.3     44.0     5.7
    6   2   1   3  22.174  44.347  2.36996      280.2      3.6      3.6     5.7
    7   1   3   2  25.098  50.196  2.10874      526.3      6.8      6.7     5.7
    8   3   2   1  26.737  53.474  1.98816     2870.2     37.0     36.2     5.8
    9   2   2   4  29.327  58.655  1.82618     4989.4     64.3     62.5     5.8
   10   1   4   1  30.812  61.624  1.74622      349.7      4.5      4.4     5.8
   11   1   1   6  33.205  66.409  1.63333      207.4      2.7      2.6     5.9
   12   1   4   3  34.594  69.189  1.57541      841.1     10.8     10.4     5.9
   13   4   2   2  35.052  70.104  1.55742      258.4      3.3      3.2     5.9
   14   4   0   4  36.861  73.721  1.49109      639.7      8.2      7.8     6.0
   15   1   0   7  38.197  76.394  1.44649      188.6      2.4      2.3     6.0
   16   3   1   6  40.387  80.775  1.38044      235.0      3.0      2.8     6.1
   17   2   1   7  41.689  83.379  1.34487     1343.2     17.3     16.1     6.1
   18   4   4   0  43.84   87.681  1.29135      715.0      9.2      8.5     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)