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

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SILLIMANITE

1, f-sillimanite

Al(2)SiO(5)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

Pbnm

25 .5 .1988

Ref.Str.:

         Burnham C.W. (1963)

         * Z. Kristallogr., 118, 127-148

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.4856   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.6738   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.7698   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   331.43

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    49.91

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

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

   1 0.3599  0.4078  0.75     0.0    O     = 1.00
   2 0.3576  0.4352  0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   3 0.4753  0.0008  0.75     0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.1248  0.2237  0.5164   0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.1535  0.3404  0.75     0.0    Si    = 1.00
   6 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Al    = 1.00
   7 0.1419  0.3447  0.25     0.0    Al    = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.3599     0.4078     0.75  
     2       2     0.3576     0.4352     0.25  
     3       3     0.4753     0.0008     0.75  
     4       4     0.1248     0.2237     0.5164
     5       5     0.1535     0.3404     0.75  
     6       6     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     7       7     0.1419     0.3447     0.25  
     8       1     0.6401     0.5922     0.25  
     9       2     0.6424     0.5648     0.75  
    10       3     0.5247     0.9992     0.25  
    11       4     0.8752     0.7763     0.4836
    12       5     0.8465     0.6596     0.25  
    13       7     0.8581     0.6553     0.75  
    14       4     0.8752     0.7763     0.0164
    15       6     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    16       4     0.1248     0.2237     0.9836
    17       1     0.1401     0.9078     0.75  
    18       2     0.1424     0.9352     0.25  
    19       3     0.0247     0.5008     0.75  
    20       4     0.3752     0.7237     0.5164
    21       5     0.3465     0.8404     0.75  
    22       6     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    23       7     0.3581     0.8447     0.25  
    24       1     0.8599     0.0922     0.25  
    25       2     0.8576     0.0648     0.75  
    26       3     0.9753     0.4992     0.25  
    27       4     0.6248     0.2763     0.4836
    28       5     0.6535     0.1596     0.25  
    29       7     0.6419     0.1553     0.75  
    30       4     0.6248     0.2763     0.0164
    31       6     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    32       4     0.3752     0.7237     0.9836


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.25

MU (1/cm) =     105.069    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     32.365

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

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

    1    O                   3.264       11
                                                 2.8926       2
                                                 2.8926       2
                                                 3.2405       3
                                                 2.6286       4
                                                 2.4338       2
                                                 2.6286       4
                                                 2.6087       3
                                                 2.776        4
                                                 2.7042       4
                                                 2.7042       4
                                                 2.776        4
    2    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.8926       1
                                                 2.8926       1
                                                 2.8344       4
                                                 2.4338       1
                                                 2.8344       4
                                                 2.6984       4
                                                 2.9036       3
                                                 2.7026       4
                                                 2.7026       4
                                                 2.6984       4
    3    O                   3.264        9
                                                 3.2405       1
                                                 2.9085       3
                                                 2.9085       3
                                                 2.6087       1
                                                 2.6267       4
                                                 2.9036       2
                                                 2.8433       4
                                                 2.8433       4
                                                 2.6267       4
    4    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.6286       1
                                                 2.8344       2
                                                 2.6957       4
                                                 3.0741       4
                                                 2.776        1
                                                 2.6984       2
                                                 2.6267       3
                                                 2.7042       1
                                                 2.7026       2
                                                 2.8433       3
    5    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.6293       1
                                                 1.6324       4
                                                 1.6324       4
                                                 1.5635       3
    6    Al                  2.316        6
                                                 1.9567       4
                                                 1.9567       4
                                                 1.9186       1
                                                 1.8612       2
                                                 1.9186       1
                                                 1.8612       2
    7    Al                  2.316        4
                                                 1.7577       2
                                                 1.8003       4
                                                 1.8003       4
                                                 1.7207       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   0  8.265  16.53    0.093   93.84    4       25.1      215.2
    2   1   0   1  9.704  19.408   0.109   67.47    4       13.3       43.4
    3   1   1   1 11.314  22.628   0.127   49.07    8        1.0        0.3
    4   0   2   0 11.581  23.162   0.13    46.74    2       12.8       13.9
    5   2   0   0 11.877  23.753   0.134   44.34    2       32.5       85.1
    6   1   2   0 13.038  26.075   0.146   36.44    4       84.4      946.2
    7   2   1   0 13.237  26.474   0.149   35.29    4       95.7     1176.5
    8   0   2   1 13.951  27.902   0.156   31.57    4        4.7        2.5
    9   1   2   1 15.197  30.393   0.17    26.3     8        8.4       13.4
   10   2   1   1 15.37   30.74    0.172   25.67    8        8.1       12.3
   11   0   0   2 15.486  30.972   0.173   25.26    2       67.5      209.3
   12   2   2   0 16.709  33.417   0.187   21.43    4       64.5      324.2
   13   1   1   2 17.652  35.305   0.197   19.01    8       65.7      598.2
   14   2   2   1 18.481  36.962   0.206   17.19    8        5.8        4.2
   15   1   3   0 18.556  37.112   0.207   17.04    4       47.5      140.1
   16   3   1   0 18.942  37.884   0.211   16.28    4       16.7       16.5
   17   0   2   2 19.515  39.03    0.217   15.24    4       18.6       19.2
   18   3   0   1 19.654  39.308   0.218   15.01    4        6.6        2.4
   19   2   0   2 19.701  39.402   0.219   14.93    4       45.9      114.7
   20   1   3   1 20.188  40.376   0.224   14.14    8        5.8        3.5
   21   1   2   2 20.46   40.919   0.227   13.72    8       90.2      812.6
   22   3   1   1 20.548  41.096   0.228   13.59    8        4.8        2.3
   23   2   1   2 20.594  41.188   0.228   13.52    8        0.6        0.0
   24   2   3   0 21.392  42.783   0.237   12.42    4       62.0      173.6
   25   3   2   0 21.607  43.214   0.239   12.14    4       29.0       37.1
   26   2   3   1 22.855  45.711   0.252   10.7     8       16.7       21.8
   27   3   2   1 23.06   46.12    0.254   10.49    8        5.9        2.6
   28   2   2   2 23.102  46.203   0.255   10.44    8       12.4       11.8
   29   0   4   0 23.673  47.345   0.261    9.88    2       20.9        7.8
   30   4   0   0 24.306  48.612   0.267    9.31    2       79.4      106.8
   31   1   0   3 24.426  48.852   0.268    9.2     4        2.4        0.2
   32   1   4   0 24.487  48.974   0.269    9.15    4        0.0        0.0
   33   1   3   2 24.545  49.09    0.27     9.1     8        2.9        0.6
   34   3   1   2 24.855  49.709   0.273    8.85    8       38.6       96.0
   35   0   4   1 25.032  50.064   0.275    8.7     4        6.6        1.4
   36   4   1   0 25.066  50.133   0.275    8.68    4       24.1       18.4
   37   1   1   3 25.184  50.368   0.276    8.59    8       10.0        6.3
   38   3   3   0 25.547  51.094   0.28     8.31    4       36.1       39.4
   39   1   4   1 25.814  51.629   0.283    8.12    8        3.4        0.7
   40   4   1   1 26.372  52.745   0.288    7.73    8        4.0        0.9
   41   0   2   3 26.616  53.231   0.291    7.57    4        7.2        1.4
   42   2   4   0 26.82   53.639   0.293    7.44    4       64.0      111.0
   43   3   3   1 26.836  53.673   0.293    7.43    8        4.1        0.9
   44   2   3   2 26.874  53.748   0.293    7.41    8        8.2        3.6
   45   3   2   2 27.056  54.111   0.295    7.29    8       41.5       91.6
   46   4   2   0 27.255  54.51    0.297    7.17    4       82.9      179.5
   47   1   2   3 27.366  54.732   0.298    7.11    8        3.2        0.5
   48   2   1   3 27.474  54.947   0.299    7.04    8        7.3        2.8
   49   2   4   1 28.068  56.136   0.305    6.71    8        5.3        1.4
   50   4   2   1 28.491  56.982   0.31     6.49    8        1.9        0.2
   51   0   4   2 28.828  57.656   0.313    6.31    4       96.7      214.9
   52   4   0   2 29.382  58.763   0.318    6.05    4       70.6      109.9
   53   2   2   3 29.539  59.078   0.32     5.98    8        4.7        1.0
   54   1   4   2 29.541  59.082   0.32     5.98    8       30.0       39.2
   55   4   1   2 30.052  60.104   0.325    5.75    8       23.4       22.9
   56   3   0   3 30.376  60.752   0.328    5.62    4        5.1        0.5
   57   3   4   0 30.429  60.858   0.329    5.59    4        9.3        1.7
   58   3   3   2 30.479  60.958   0.329    5.57    8      115.4      540.1
   59   4   3   0 30.664  61.328   0.331    5.5     4        5.6        0.6
   60   1   3   3 30.767  61.533   0.332    5.46    8        3.2        0.4
   61   1   5   0 30.819  61.638   0.333    5.44    4        9.5        1.8
   62   3   1   3 31.033  62.067   0.335    5.35    8        4.3        0.7
   63   3   4   1 31.585  63.171   0.34     5.15    8        8.7        2.8
   64   5   1   0 31.615  63.23    0.34     5.14    4       12.2        2.8
   65   2   4   2 31.619  63.238   0.34     5.14    8        2.7        0.3
   66   4   3   1 31.815  63.631   0.342    5.07    8       14.1        7.4
   67   1   5   1 31.967  63.935   0.344    5.02    8        8.3        2.5
   68   4   2   2 32.013  64.025   0.344    5.0     8       39.2       56.0
   69   5   0   1 32.11   64.22    0.345    4.97    4        5.8        0.6
   70   0   0   4 32.277  64.553   0.347    4.91    2      161.7      233.8
   71   5   1   1 32.748  65.495   0.351    4.76    8        8.2        2.3
   72   2   3   3 32.8    65.599   0.352    4.75    8        6.4        1.4
   73   2   5   0 32.85   65.701   0.352    4.73    4       54.0       50.2
   74   3   2   3 32.961  65.922   0.353    4.7     8       12.2        5.1
   75   5   2   0 33.524  67.048   0.358    4.53    4       70.7       82.5
   76   1   1   4 33.574  67.149   0.359    4.52    8       14.2        6.6
   77   2   5   1 33.961  67.923   0.363    4.41    8       13.0        5.5
   78   0   4   3 34.549  69.098   0.368    4.26    4       12.4        2.4
   79   5   2   1 34.624  69.249   0.369    4.24    8       17.5        9.5
   80   0   2   4 34.785  69.57    0.37     4.2     4       10.0        1.5
   81   2   0   4 34.91   69.821   0.371    4.17    4       19.5        5.8
   82   3   4   2 34.927  69.855   0.372    4.16    8       15.8        7.6
   83   4   4   0 35.1    70.2     0.373    4.12    4       62.2       58.1
   84   4   3   2 35.146  70.293   0.374    4.11    8        4.8        0.7
   85   1   4   3 35.196  70.392   0.374    4.1     8        8.7        2.3
   86   1   5   2 35.291  70.582   0.375    4.08    8       75.4      169.0
   87   1   2   4 35.43   70.859   0.376    4.04    8       55.0       89.2
   88   2   1   4 35.523  71.046   0.377    4.02    8       59.2      102.7
   89   4   1   3 35.663  71.325   0.378    3.99    8        2.4        0.2
   90   5   1   2 36.036  72.072   0.382    3.91    8       38.8       42.9
   91   3   3   3 36.054  72.108   0.382    3.91    8        3.2        0.3
   92   3   5   0 36.102  72.205   0.382    3.9     4       33.0       15.5
   93   4   4   1 36.178  72.357   0.383    3.88    8        0.6        0.0
   94   5   3   0 36.595  73.19    0.387    3.8     4       23.9        7.9
   95   0   6   0 37.032  74.065   0.391    3.71    2       60.6       24.8
   96   2   4   3 37.107  74.213   0.392    3.7     8        4.7        0.6
   97   3   5   1 37.169  74.337   0.392    3.69    8        5.8        0.9
   98   2   5   2 37.2    74.4     0.392    3.68    8       84.8      192.7
   99   2   2   4 37.336  74.671   0.394    3.66    8       43.9       51.3
  100   4   2   3 37.473  74.945   0.395    3.63    8        1.7        0.1
  101   5   3   1 37.656  75.312   0.397    3.6     8        4.4        0.5
  102   1   6   0 37.661  75.323   0.397    3.6     4       27.2        9.7
  103   5   2   2 37.839  75.678   0.398    3.57    8       77.1      154.8
  104   0   6   1 38.089  76.178   0.4      3.53    4       10.6        1.4
  105   6   0   0 38.127  76.254   0.401    3.52    2       91.9       54.1
  106   1   3   4 38.436  76.872   0.404    3.47    8       43.5       47.8
  107   3   1   4 38.677  77.354   0.406    3.44    8       24.9       15.5
  108   1   6   1 38.712  77.425   0.406    3.43    8        3.2        0.3
  109   6   1   0 38.72   77.44    0.406    3.43    4       44.8       25.0
  110   4   4   2 39.344  78.688   0.412    3.34    8       41.0       41.0
  111   2   6   0 39.528  79.057   0.413    3.32    4       27.4        9.1
  112   6   1   1 39.762  79.525   0.415    3.29    8       14.3        4.9
  113   3   4   3 40.217  80.435   0.419    3.23    8        2.0        0.1
  114   2   3   4 40.292  80.584   0.42     3.22    8       31.3       23.0
  115   3   5   2 40.308  80.617   0.42     3.22    8        1.2        0.0
  116   4   3   3 40.426  80.852   0.421    3.2     8       12.3        3.6
  117   3   2   4 40.441  80.882   0.421    3.2     8       21.6       10.9
  118   4   5   0 40.473  80.945   0.421    3.2     4       34.5       13.9
  119   6   2   0 40.483  80.967   0.421    3.2     4       24.7        7.1
  120   1   5   3 40.564  81.128   0.422    3.19    8        1.9        0.1
  121   2   6   1 40.565  81.13    0.422    3.19    8        2.3        0.1
  122   5   0   3 40.694  81.387   0.423    3.17    4       10.4        1.3
  123   5   4   0 40.74   81.481   0.424    3.17    4       10.8        1.3
  124   5   3   2 40.785  81.569   0.424    3.16    8       46.5       49.7
  125   0   6   2 41.208  82.417   0.428    3.12    4       29.5        9.9
  126   5   1   3 41.277  82.553   0.428    3.11    8       13.9        4.4
  127   4   5   1 41.504  83.008   0.43     3.09    8        0.9        0.0
  128   6   2   1 41.515  83.029   0.43     3.08    8        8.7        1.7
  129   5   4   1 41.77   83.541   0.432    3.06    8       13.0        3.7
  130   1   6   2 41.82   83.639   0.433    3.06    8        0.9        0.0
  131   0   4   4 41.922  83.843   0.434    3.05    4        8.0        0.7
  132   6   0   2 42.274  84.547   0.437    3.01    4       33.9       12.6
  133   4   0   4 42.394  84.789   0.438    3.0     4       50.7       28.1
  134   2   5   3 42.398  84.796   0.438    3.0     8       17.7        6.8
  135   1   0   5 42.485  84.97    0.438    3.0     4       12.2        1.6
  136   1   4   4 42.531  85.062   0.439    2.99    8        8.4        1.5
  137   3   6   0 42.592  85.184   0.439    2.99    4       18.6        3.8
  138   6   1   2 42.853  85.706   0.441    2.97    8        0.8        0.0
  139   4   1   4 42.973  85.947   0.442    2.96    8       20.4        9.0
  140   5   2   3 43.017  86.035   0.443    2.95    8        8.8        1.7
  141   1   1   5 43.064  86.128   0.443    2.95    8        6.3        0.9
  142   3   3   4 43.346  86.692   0.446    2.93    8       28.5       17.3
  143   6   3   0 43.388  86.776   0.446    2.93    4       29.8        9.4
  144   3   6   1 43.616  87.231   0.448    2.91    8        1.2        0.0
  145   2   6   2 43.646  87.291   0.448    2.91    8       26.3       14.7
  146   0   2   5 44.19   88.381   0.452    2.87    4        0.1        0.0
  147   2   4   4 44.354  88.709   0.454    2.86    8       47.5       47.0
  148   6   3   1 44.41   88.819   0.454    2.86    8        3.9        0.3
  149   4   4   3 44.486  88.973   0.455    2.86    8        6.1        0.8
  150   4   5   2 44.576  89.152   0.456    2.85    8       32.5       21.9
  151   6   2   2 44.587  89.174   0.456    2.85    8       28.6       17.0
  152   4   2   4 44.707  89.414   0.457    2.84    8       59.3       72.9
  153   1   2   5 44.797  89.594   0.457    2.84    8        9.9        2.0
  154   5   4   2 44.841  89.682   0.458    2.84    8       29.2       17.6
  155   2   1   5 44.885  89.771   0.458    2.83    8        2.3        0.1


  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   0   8.265  16.53   5.35842      215.2     18.3     18.4     5.6
    2   1   0   1   9.704  19.408  4.56984       43.4      3.7      3.7     5.6
    3   0   2   0  11.581  23.162  3.8369        13.9      1.2      1.2     5.6
    4   2   0   0  11.877  23.753  3.7428        85.1      7.2      7.2     5.6
    5   1   2   0  13.038  26.075  3.41449      946.2     80.4     80.5     5.6
    6   2   1   0  13.237  26.474  3.364       1176.5    100.0    100.0     5.6
    7   1   2   1  15.197  30.393  2.93849       13.4      1.1      1.1     5.6
    8   2   1   1  15.37   30.74   2.90613       12.3      1.0      1.0     5.6
    9   0   0   2  15.486  30.972  2.8849       209.3     17.8     17.7     5.6
   10   2   2   0  16.709  33.417  2.67921      324.2     27.6     27.4     5.7
   11   1   1   2  17.652  35.305  2.54015      598.2     50.8     50.5     5.7
   12   1   3   0  18.556  37.112  2.42051      140.1     11.9     11.8     5.7
   13   3   1   0  18.942  37.884  2.37291       16.5      1.4      1.4     5.7
   14   0   2   2  19.515  39.03   2.30583       19.2      1.6      1.6     5.7
   15   2   0   2  19.701  39.402  2.28492      114.7      9.7      9.6     5.7
   16   1   2   2  20.46   40.919  2.20366      812.6     69.1     68.2     5.7
   17   2   3   0  21.392  42.783  2.11185      173.6     14.8     14.5     5.7
   18   3   2   0  21.607  43.214  2.09178       37.1      3.2      3.1     5.7
   19   2   3   1  22.855  45.711  1.98318       21.8      1.9      1.8     5.7
   20   2   2   2  23.102  46.203  1.96318       11.8      1.0      1.0     5.7
   21   4   0   0  24.306  48.612  1.8714       106.8      9.1      8.9     5.7
   22   3   1   2  24.855  49.709  1.83262       96.0      8.2      8.0     5.7
   23   4   1   0  25.066  50.133  1.81812       18.4      1.6      1.5     5.7
   24   3   3   0  25.547  51.094  1.78614       39.4      3.4      3.3     5.8
   25   2   4   0  26.82   53.639  1.70724      111.9      9.5      9.3     5.8
   26   3   2   2  27.056  54.111  1.69346       91.6      7.8      7.6     5.8
   27   4   2   0  27.255  54.51   1.682        179.5     15.3     14.8     5.8
   28   0   4   2  28.828  57.656  1.59748      214.9     18.3     17.7     5.8
   29   4   0   2  29.382  58.763  1.57         109.9      9.3      9.0     5.8
   30   1   4   2  29.541  59.082  1.5623        39.2      3.3      3.2     5.8
   31   4   1   2  30.052  60.104  1.53814       22.9      1.9      1.9     5.8
   32   3   3   2  30.479  60.958  1.51863      540.1     45.9     44.2     5.8
   33   4   2   2  32.013  64.025  1.45306       56.0      4.8      4.6     5.9
   34   0   0   4  32.277  64.553  1.44245      233.8     19.9     19.0     5.9
   35   2   5   0  32.85   65.701  1.42001       50.2      4.3      4.1     5.9
   36   5   2   0  33.524  67.048  1.39471       82.5      7.0      6.7     5.9
   37   3   4   2  34.927  69.855  1.34537       13.3      1.1      1.1     5.9
   38   4   4   0  35.1    70.2    1.3396        58.1      4.9      4.7     5.9
   39   1   5   2  35.291  70.582  1.33328      169.0     14.4     13.6     5.9
   40   1   2   4  35.43   70.859  1.32875       89.2      7.6      7.2     5.9
   41   2   1   4  35.523  71.046  1.32572      102.7      8.7      8.3     5.9
   42   5   1   2  36.036  72.072  1.30935       43.2      3.7      3.5     5.9
   43   3   5   0  36.102  72.205  1.30727       15.5      1.3      1.2     5.9
   44   0   6   0  37.032  74.065  1.27897       24.8      2.1      2.0     6.0
   45   2   5   2  37.2    74.4    1.27404      192.7     16.4     15.4     6.0
   46   2   2   4  37.336  74.671  1.27008       51.3      4.4      4.1     6.0
   47   5   2   2  37.839  75.678  1.25567      154.8     13.2     12.3     6.0
   48   6   0   0  38.127  76.254  1.2476        54.1      4.6      4.3     6.0
   49   1   3   4  38.436  76.872  1.23911       47.8      4.1      3.8     6.0
   50   3   1   4  38.677  77.354  1.23258       15.5      1.3      1.2     6.0
   51   6   1   0  38.72   77.44   1.23143       25.0      2.1      2.0     6.0
   52   4   4   2  39.344  78.688  1.215         41.0      3.5      3.2     6.0
   53   2   3   4  40.292  80.584  1.19112       23.1      2.0      1.8     6.1
   54   3   2   4  40.441  80.882  1.18749       14.5      1.2      1.1     6.1
   55   4   5   0  40.473  80.945  1.18671       20.9      1.8      1.7     6.1
   56   5   3   2  40.785  81.569  1.17921       49.7      4.2      3.9     6.1
   57   6   0   2  42.274  84.547  1.14511       12.6      1.1      1.0     6.1
   58   4   0   4  42.394  84.789  1.14246       34.9      3.0      2.7     6.1
   59   3   3   4  43.346  86.692  1.1222        17.3      1.5      1.3     6.1
   60   2   6   2  43.646  87.291  1.11603       14.7      1.2      1.1     6.2
   61   2   4   4  44.354  88.709  1.10183       47.0      4.0      3.6     6.2
   62   4   5   2  44.576  89.152  1.09749       38.9      3.3      3.0     6.2
   63   4   2   4  44.707  89.414  1.09495       72.9      6.2      5.6     6.2
   64   5   4   2  44.841  89.682  1.09238       17.6      1.5      1.4     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)