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

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RINGWOODITE

5, t-spinel, syn, f-olivine

(Mg,Fe)(2)SiO(4)


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

R =0.022          NR =1839

31 .5 .1904

Ref.Str.:

         J.R. Smith et al. (2003)

         * Amer. Mineral., 88, 1402-1407

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.0603   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.0603   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.0603   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   523.66

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    39.43

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

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

   1 0.125   0.125   0.125    0.0    Si    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Mg    = 0.85, Fe    = 0.1 
   3 0.2435  0.2435  0.2435   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.125      0.125      0.125 
     2       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       3     0.2435     0.2435     0.2435
     4       1     0.875      0.875      0.875 
     5       3     0.7565     0.7565     0.7565
     6       1     0.375      0.875      0.375 
     7       1     0.625      0.125      0.625 
     8       1     0.375      0.375      0.875 
     9       2     0.0        0.25       0.75  
    10       2     0.25       0.75       0.0   
    11       2     0.75       0.0        0.25  
    12       3     0.2565     0.9935     0.4935
    13       3     0.5065     0.0065     0.7435
    14       3     0.4935     0.2565     0.9935
    15       1     0.625      0.625      0.125 
    16       1     0.875      0.375      0.375 
    17       1     0.125      0.625      0.625 
    18       3     0.7435     0.5065     0.0065
    19       3     0.9935     0.4935     0.2565
    20       3     0.0065     0.7435     0.5065
    21       2     0.0        0.75       0.25  
    22       2     0.75       0.25       0.0   
    23       2     0.25       0.0        0.75  
    24       3     0.2565     0.4935     0.9935
    25       3     0.0065     0.5065     0.7435
    26       3     0.9935     0.2565     0.4935
    27       3     0.7435     0.0065     0.5065
    28       3     0.4935     0.9935     0.2565
    29       3     0.5065     0.7435     0.0065
    30       2     0.25       0.25       0.5   
    31       2     0.25       0.5        0.25  
    32       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    33       2     0.75       0.5        0.75  
    34       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    35       2     0.5        0.25       0.25  
    36       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   
    37       2     0.5        0.75       0.75  
    38       2     0.75       0.75       0.5   
    39       3     0.5065     0.5065     0.2435
    40       3     0.9935     0.7565     0.9935
    41       3     0.7435     0.2435     0.7435
    42       3     0.4935     0.7565     0.4935
    43       3     0.7435     0.7435     0.2435
    44       3     0.7565     0.9935     0.9935
    45       3     0.2435     0.7435     0.7435
    46       3     0.7565     0.4935     0.4935
    47       3     0.0065     0.0065     0.2435
    48       3     0.9935     0.9935     0.7565
    49       3     0.5065     0.2435     0.5065
    50       3     0.2565     0.7565     0.2565
    51       3     0.0065     0.2435     0.0065
    52       3     0.2565     0.2565     0.7565
    53       3     0.2435     0.5065     0.5065
    54       3     0.7565     0.2565     0.2565
    55       3     0.2435     0.0065     0.0065
    56       3     0.4935     0.4935     0.7565


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.68

MU (1/cm) =     173.387    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     47.119

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

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

    1    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6549       3
                                                 1.6549       3
                                                 1.6549       3
                                                 1.6549       3
    2   Mg   ,Fe             2.592        6
                                                 2.0684       3
                                                 2.0684       3
                                                 2.0684       3
                                                 2.0684       3
                                                 2.0684       3
                                                 2.0684       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.8516       3
                                                 2.997        3
                                                 2.7025       3
                                                 2.997        3
                                                 2.7025       3
                                                 2.997        3
                                                 2.7025       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   1   1 11.082  22.163   0.107   51.24    8        8.5       10.7
    2   2   2   0 18.293  36.586   0.175   17.58   12       82.6      525.6
    3   3   1   0 20.544  41.088   0.196   13.6    24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 21.595  43.191   0.206   12.16   24      133.2     1888.7
    5   2   2   2 22.608  45.215   0.215   10.97    8       21.5       14.7
    6   4   0   0 26.352  52.704   0.248    7.74    6      222.8      841.1
    7   3   3   1 28.928  57.856   0.27     6.27   24       33.9       63.1
    8   2   2   4 32.932  65.864   0.304    4.71   24       64.6      172.1
    9   1   1   5 35.213  70.427   0.322    4.09   24       90.3      292.0
   10   3   3   3 35.213  70.427   0.322    4.09    8      129.4      199.9
   11   4   4   0 38.884  77.769   0.351    3.41   12      288.0     1236.3
   12   5   3   0 40.321  80.642   0.362    3.22   24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 41.035  82.069   0.367    3.13   48        8.4        3.8
   14   4   4   2 41.746  83.492   0.372    3.06   24        2.7        0.2
   15   6   2   0 44.575  89.15    0.392    2.85   24       56.3       79.0


  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   2   2   0  18.293  36.586  2.84974      525.6     27.8     28.0     5.7
    2   1   1   3  21.595  43.191  2.43026     1888.7    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   4   0   0  26.352  52.704  2.01507      841.1     44.5     44.0     5.8
    4   3   3   1  28.928  57.856  1.84915       63.1      3.3      3.3     5.8
    5   2   2   4  32.932  65.864  1.6453       172.1      9.1      8.8     5.9
    6   1   1   5  35.213  70.427  1.5512       491.9     26.0     25.1     5.9
    7   4   4   0  38.884  77.769  1.42487     1236.3     65.5     62.1     6.0
    8   6   2   0  44.575  89.15   1.27444       79.0      4.2      3.9     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)