Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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SPODUMENE

1, DF

LiAl[Si(2)O(6)]


Tetragonal  P 4(3)2(1)2  Z = 4

P4(3)2(1)2

26 .5 .1988

Ref.Str.:

         Chi-Tang Li, Peacor D.R. (1968)

         * Z. Kristallogr., 126, 46-65

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.451    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.451    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   9.156    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   508.32

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    76.54

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

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

   1 0.3323  0.1121  0.2384   0.0    Al    = 0.25, Si    = 0.75
   2 0.4178  0.4178  0.0      0.0    Al    = 0.25, Si    = 0.75
   3 0.4432  0.1207  0.3931   0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.1245  0.1159  0.2994   0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.3637  0.3046  0.1459   0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.0705  0.1953  0.5011   0.0    Li    = 0.5 , Li    = 0.0 


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.3323     0.1121     0.2384
     2       2     0.4178     0.4178     0.0   
     3       3     0.4432     0.1207     0.3931
     4       4     0.1245     0.1159     0.2994
     5       5     0.3637     0.3046     0.1459
     6       6     0.0705     0.1953     0.5011
     7       1     0.1121     0.3323     0.7616
     8       3     0.1207     0.4432     0.6069
     9       4     0.1159     0.1245     0.7006
    10       5     0.3046     0.3637     0.8541
    11       6     0.1953     0.0705     0.4989
    12       1     0.3879     0.8323     0.9884
    13       1     0.6677     0.8879     0.7384
    14       1     0.6121     0.1677     0.4884
    15       2     0.0822     0.9178     0.75  
    16       2     0.5822     0.5822     0.5   
    17       2     0.9178     0.0822     0.25  
    18       3     0.3793     0.9432     0.1431
    19       3     0.5568     0.8793     0.8931
    20       3     0.6207     0.0568     0.6431
    21       4     0.3841     0.6245     0.0494
    22       4     0.8755     0.8841     0.7994
    23       4     0.6159     0.3755     0.5494
    24       5     0.1954     0.8637     0.8959
    25       5     0.6363     0.6954     0.6459
    26       5     0.8046     0.1363     0.3959
    27       6     0.3047     0.5705     0.2511
    28       6     0.9295     0.8047     0.0011
    29       6     0.6953     0.4295     0.7511
    30       1     0.1677     0.6121     0.5116
    31       1     0.8879     0.6677     0.2616
    32       1     0.8323     0.3879     0.0116
    33       3     0.0568     0.6207     0.3569
    34       3     0.8793     0.5568     0.1069
    35       3     0.9432     0.3793     0.8569
    36       4     0.3755     0.6159     0.4506
    37       4     0.8841     0.8755     0.2006
    38       4     0.6245     0.3841     0.9506
    39       5     0.1363     0.8046     0.6041
    40       5     0.6954     0.6363     0.3541
    41       5     0.8637     0.1954     0.1041
    42       6     0.4295     0.6953     0.2489
    43       6     0.8047     0.9295     0.9989
    44       6     0.5705     0.3047     0.7489


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      2.43

MU (1/cm) =      77.356    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     31.776

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

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

    1   Al   ,Si             2.316        4
                                                 1.6411       3
                                                 1.6462       4
                                                 1.6821       5
                                                 1.5709       3
    2   Al   ,Si             2.316        4
                                                 1.6305       5
                                                 1.6305       5
                                                 1.6247       4
                                                 1.6247       4
    3    O                   3.264        6
                                                 2.5251       4
                                                 2.7113       5
                                                 2.6861       3
                                                 2.6861       3
                                                 2.7034       4
                                                 2.6954       5
    4    O                   3.264        6
                                                 2.5251       3
                                                 2.67         5
                                                 2.7034       3
                                                 2.5466       5
                                                 2.6898       4
                                                 2.7064       5
    5    O                   3.264        6
                                                 2.7113       3
                                                 2.67         4
                                                 2.7433       5
                                                 2.6954       3
                                                 2.5466       4
                                                 2.7064       4
    6   Li   ,Li             2.448        4
                                                 1.9805       4
                                                 2.119        3
                                                 1.9311       4
                                                 2.2464       5

  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   0   1  7.659  15.319   0.087  109.63    8       11.6       46.0
    2   1   1   0  8.407  16.814   0.095   90.63    4        7.0        6.8
    3   1   1   1  9.711  19.422   0.109   67.37    8       33.7      237.0
    4   1   0   2 11.39   22.779   0.128   48.39    8       73.5      808.6
    5   2   0   0 11.932  23.865   0.134   43.9     4        7.2        3.5
    6   1   1   2 12.879  25.759   0.145   37.39    8       62.1      446.8
    7   2   0   1 12.898  25.796   0.145   37.28    8      146.5     2477.9
    8   2   1   0 13.366  26.731   0.15    34.58    8        5.3        3.0
    9   2   1   1 14.241  28.481   0.16    30.22   16       40.2      302.3
   10   2   0   2 15.46   30.921   0.173   25.35    8        4.2        1.4
   11   1   0   3 15.827  31.654   0.177   24.1     8       12.2       11.2
   12   2   1   2 16.613  33.227   0.186   21.7    16        3.4        1.5
   13   1   1   3 16.958  33.916   0.189   20.75    8       26.8       46.3
   14   2   2   0 17.002  34.004   0.19    20.64    4        7.5        1.8
   15   2   2   1 17.714  35.428   0.198   18.87    8        2.5        0.4
   16   3   0   1 18.744  37.489   0.209   16.66    8       11.9        7.3
   17   2   0   3 19.042  38.084   0.212   16.1     8        0.8        0.0
   18   3   1   0 19.082  38.163   0.212   16.02    8        4.2        0.9
   19   0   0   4 19.665  39.329   0.218   14.99    2       55.6       35.8
   20   2   2   2 19.716  39.432   0.219   14.9     8       47.0      101.9
   21   3   1   1 19.729  39.457   0.219   14.88   16       11.0       11.2
   22   2   1   3 20.014  40.028   0.222   14.41   16       32.3       93.0
   23   1   0   4 20.612  41.224   0.229   13.5     8       31.3       41.0
   24   3   0   2 20.661  41.322   0.229   13.43    8       13.6        7.7
   25   1   1   4 21.525  43.049   0.238   12.25    8       27.1       27.9
   26   3   1   2 21.572  43.144   0.239   12.19   16       34.6       90.6
   27   3   2   0 21.885  43.769   0.242   11.8     8       16.9       10.5
   28   3   2   1 22.465  44.93    0.248   11.13   16        7.1        3.5
   29   2   2   3 22.722  45.444   0.251   10.84    8        5.2        0.9
   30   2   0   4 23.263  46.527   0.256   10.28    8        7.8        2.0
   31   3   0   3 23.569  47.138   0.26     9.98    8       74.0      169.2
   32   2   1   4 24.096  48.191   0.265    9.49   16       30.9       56.2
   33   3   2   2 24.139  48.279   0.265    9.45   16       38.1       85.0
   34   3   1   3 24.394  48.787   0.268    9.23   16       58.6      196.2
   35   4   0   0 24.426  48.852   0.268    9.2     4      132.4      249.9
   36   4   0   1 24.96   49.92    0.274    8.76    8        6.5        1.2
   37   4   1   0 25.229  50.459   0.277    8.55    8       25.3       16.9
   38   1   0   5 25.668  51.336   0.281    8.22    8        6.7        1.2
   39   4   1   1 25.751  51.503   0.282    8.16   16        3.6        0.7
   40   3   3   0 26.015  52.029   0.285    7.97    4       13.3        2.2
   41   1   1   5 26.444  52.888   0.289    7.68    8       13.4        4.3
   42   2   2   4 26.475  52.949   0.289    7.66    8        3.9        0.4
   43   4   0   2 26.515  53.031   0.29     7.64    8       35.5       29.8
   44   3   3   1 26.526  53.051   0.29     7.63    8        6.3        0.9
   45   3   2   3 26.753  53.506   0.292    7.48   16       18.2       15.3
   46   3   0   4 27.234  54.469   0.297    7.18    8       17.7        6.9
   47   4   1   2 27.274  54.549   0.297    7.16   16       34.0       51.4
   48   4   2   0 27.537  55.075   0.3      7.01    8        3.9        0.3
   49   2   0   5 27.951  55.901   0.304    6.77    8       71.5      107.1
   50   3   1   4 27.98   55.96    0.305    6.76   16       34.5       49.7
   51   3   3   2 28.019  56.038   0.305    6.73    8       23.2       11.3
   52   4   2   1 28.029  56.058   0.305    6.73   16       39.9       66.3
   53   2   1   5 28.684  57.368   0.312    6.39   16       24.0       22.8
   54   4   0   3 28.977  57.953   0.314    6.24    8       16.2        5.1
   55   4   2   2 29.472  58.943   0.319    6.01   16        3.4        0.4
   56   4   1   3 29.694  59.387   0.322    5.91   16        6.8        1.7
   57   3   2   4 30.144  60.288   0.326    5.71   16       50.5       90.3
   58   3   3   3 30.4    60.8     0.328    5.61    8       50.1       43.6
   59   2   2   5 30.816  61.633   0.333    5.44    8       10.3        1.8
   60   1   0   6 31.014  62.028   0.334    5.36    8       34.4       19.6
   61   4   3   0 31.124  62.249   0.336    5.32    8        9.9        1.6
   62   3   0   5 31.508  63.016   0.339    5.18    8       58.7       55.2
   63   4   3   1 31.581  63.161   0.34     5.15   16       21.0       14.1
   64   5   0   1 31.581  63.161   0.34     5.15    8       11.7        2.2
   65   1   1   6 31.703  63.406   0.341    5.11    8        8.2        1.1
   66   4   2   3 31.785  63.57    0.342    5.08   16       18.1       10.3
   67   5   1   0 31.812  63.624   0.342    5.07    8       16.0        4.0
   68   3   1   5 32.191  64.382   0.346    4.94   16       30.4       28.3
   69   4   0   4 32.218  64.436   0.346    4.93    8       46.8       33.5
   70   5   1   1 32.263  64.526   0.347    4.92   16       36.5       40.7
   71   4   1   4 32.893  65.786   0.353    4.72   16       13.1        5.0
   72   4   3   2 32.929  65.857   0.353    4.71   16       13.9        5.6
   73   5   0   2 32.929  65.857   0.353    4.71    8       91.2      121.1
   74   2   0   6 33.057  66.114   0.354    4.67    8        5.9        0.5
   75   3   3   4 33.561  67.122   0.359    4.52    8       53.1       39.4
   76   5   1   2 33.596  67.192   0.359    4.51   16       51.2       73.1
   77   2   1   6 33.723  67.447   0.36     4.47   16       22.2       13.6
   78   5   2   0 33.829  67.658   0.361    4.45    8       16.5        3.7
   79   3   2   5 34.196  68.392   0.365    4.35   16       35.7       34.3
   80   5   2   1 34.266  68.532   0.365    4.33   16       53.2       75.9
   81   4   2   4 34.878  69.756   0.371    4.17   16       13.6        4.8
   82   4   3   3 35.115  70.23    0.373    4.12   16       49.9       63.5
   83   5   0   3 35.115  70.23    0.373    4.12    8       39.5       19.9
   84   5   2   2 35.562  71.124   0.378    4.01   16        6.8        1.2
   85   2   2   6 35.686  71.372   0.379    3.99    8      101.1      126.1
   86   5   1   3 35.763  71.527   0.379    3.97   16       33.4       27.4
   87   4   4   0 35.789  71.578   0.38     3.96    4       50.6       15.7
   88   4   0   5 36.147  72.294   0.383    3.89    8        1.7        0.0
   89   4   4   1 36.215  72.431   0.384    3.87    8        6.5        0.5
   90   3   0   6 36.33   72.66    0.385    3.85    8        4.4        0.2
   91   1   0   7 36.72   73.44    0.388    3.77    8       16.5        3.2
   92   4   1   5 36.788  73.575   0.389    3.76   16       16.1        6.1
   93   3   1   6 36.969  73.939   0.39     3.73   16        6.6        1.0
   94   5   3   0 37.071  74.141   0.391    3.71    8        8.1        0.8
   95   1   1   7 37.357  74.713   0.394    3.65    8       14.7        2.5
   96   3   3   5 37.424  74.848   0.394    3.64    8       22.0        5.5
   97   4   4   2 37.483  74.966   0.395    3.63    8        0.8        0.0
   98   5   3   1 37.491  74.983   0.395    3.63   16       20.7        9.7
   99   5   2   3 37.68   75.36    0.397    3.6    16       52.2       60.8
  100   4   3   4 38.082  76.164   0.4      3.53   16        5.2        0.6
  101   5   0   4 38.082  76.164   0.4      3.53    8       15.7        2.7
  102   6   0   0 38.336  76.673   0.403    3.49    4       16.9        1.5
  103   2   0   7 38.619  77.238   0.405    3.45    8       68.1       49.5
  104   4   2   5 38.686  77.372   0.406    3.44   16       64.4       88.2
  105   5   1   4 38.711  77.421   0.406    3.43   16       37.7       30.2
  106   5   3   2 38.744  77.488   0.406    3.43   16       50.5       54.2
  107   6   0   1 38.752  77.505   0.406    3.43    8       42.5       19.1
  108   3   2   6 38.864  77.729   0.407    3.41   16       34.3       24.9
  109   6   1   0 38.964  77.928   0.408    3.39    8       46.3       22.5
  110   2   1   7 39.245  78.491   0.411    3.35   16       40.8       34.5
  111   6   1   1 39.378  78.756   0.412    3.34   16       33.6       23.3
  112   4   4   3 39.564  79.128   0.413    3.31    8        2.7        0.1
  113   6   0   2 39.993  79.986   0.417    3.26    8        7.6        0.6
  114   5   2   4 40.581  81.161   0.422    3.18   16       52.0       53.4
  115   6   1   2 40.614  81.227   0.423    3.18   16       22.7       10.1
  116   4   0   6 40.732  81.465   0.424    3.17    8       25.4        6.3
  117   5   3   3 40.806  81.613   0.424    3.16   16       46.2       41.8
  118   6   2   0 40.831  81.662   0.424    3.16    8        7.0        0.5
  119   2   2   7 41.109  82.218   0.427    3.13    8        6.0        0.3
  120   6   2   1 41.24   82.481   0.428    3.11   16       12.0        2.8
  121   4   1   6 41.351  82.701   0.429    3.1    16        3.0        0.2
  122   5   4   0 41.449  82.898   0.43     3.09    8       36.6       12.8
  123   3   0   7 41.726  83.453   0.432    3.06    8       36.1       12.4
  124   4   3   5 41.792  83.583   0.433    3.06   16       26.1       12.9
  125   5   0   5 41.792  83.583   0.433    3.06    8       19.7        3.7
  126   5   4   1 41.857  83.714   0.433    3.05   16       13.2        3.3
  127   3   3   6 41.967  83.934   0.434    3.04    8       16.4        2.5
  128   6   0   3 42.041  84.081   0.435    3.03    8        8.2        0.6
  129   0   0   8 42.301  84.602   0.437    3.01    2       86.4       17.4
  130   3   1   7 42.342  84.684   0.437    3.01   16       20.3        7.7
  131   5   1   5 42.407  84.814   0.438    3.0    16       16.6        5.1
  132   4   4   4 42.432  84.863   0.438    3.0     8       43.7       17.7
  133   6   2   2 42.464  84.929   0.438    3.0    16        4.0        0.3
  134   6   1   3 42.656  85.311   0.44     2.98   16       17.2        5.5
  135   1   0   8 42.916  85.831   0.442    2.96    8        1.6        0.0
  136   5   4   2 43.079  86.157   0.443    2.95   16       55.5       56.2
  137   4   2   6 43.196  86.393   0.444    2.94   16        6.9        0.9
  138   1   1   8 43.529  87.058   0.447    2.92    8       10.8        1.1
  139   5   3   4 43.659  87.319   0.448    2.91   16       11.8        2.5
  140   6   3   0 43.907  87.814   0.45     2.89    8       42.5       16.1
  141   3   2   7 44.183  88.365   0.452    2.87   16       29.8       15.8
  142   5   2   5 44.248  88.495   0.453    2.87   16       18.4        6.0
  143   6   3   1 44.313  88.625   0.453    2.87   16       35.8       22.7
  144   6   2   3 44.495  88.99    0.455    2.86   16       13.8        3.4
  145   2   0   8 44.755  89.509   0.457    2.84    8        5.1        0.2
  146   6   0   4 44.885  89.769   0.458    2.83    8       16.8        2.5


  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   1   7.659  15.319  5.77919       46.0      1.6      1.6     5.6
    2   1   1   1   9.711  19.422  4.56658      237.0      8.1      8.1     5.6
    3   1   0   2  11.39   22.779  3.90058      808.6     27.6     27.7     5.6
    4   2   0   1  12.898  25.796  3.45078     2924.7    100.0    100.0     5.6
    5   2   1   1  14.241  28.481  3.13127      302.3     10.3     10.3     5.6
    6   1   1   3  16.958  33.916  2.64091       46.3      1.6      1.6     5.7
    7   0   0   4  19.665  39.329  2.289         35.8      1.2      1.2     5.7
    8   2   2   2  19.716  39.432  2.28329      113.1      3.9      3.8     5.7
    9   2   1   3  20.014  40.028  2.25064       93.0      3.2      3.1     5.7
   10   1   0   4  20.612  41.224  2.18808       41.0      1.4      1.4     5.7
   11   3   1   2  21.572  43.144  2.09501       90.6      3.1      3.0     5.7
   12   3   0   3  23.569  47.138  1.9264       169.2      5.8      5.7     5.7
   13   2   1   4  24.096  48.191  1.88673       56.2      1.9      1.9     5.7
   14   3   2   2  24.139  48.279  1.88353       85.0      2.9      2.8     5.7
   15   3   1   3  24.394  48.787  1.86507      196.2      6.7      6.6     5.7
   16   4   0   0  24.426  48.852  1.86275      249.9      8.5      8.4     5.7
   17   4   0   2  26.515  53.031  1.72539       30.7      1.1      1.0     5.8
   18   4   1   2  27.274  54.549  1.68091       51.4      1.8      1.7     5.8
   19   2   0   5  27.951  55.901  1.6434       107.1      3.7      3.5     5.8
   20   3   1   4  27.98   55.96   1.64182       49.7      1.7      1.6     5.8
   21   4   2   1  28.029  56.058  1.63918       77.5      2.7      2.6     5.8
   22   3   2   4  30.144  60.288  1.5339        90.3      3.1      3.0     5.8
   23   3   3   3  30.4    60.8    1.52219       43.6      1.5      1.4     5.8
   24   3   0   5  31.508  63.016  1.4739        55.2      1.9      1.8     5.9
   25   4   0   4  32.218  64.436  1.4448        61.8      2.1      2.0     5.9
   26   5   1   1  32.263  64.526  1.443         40.7      1.4      1.3     5.9
   27   5   0   2  32.929  65.857  1.41702      126.7      4.3      4.1     5.9
   28   3   3   4  33.561  67.122  1.39336       39.4      1.3      1.3     5.9
   29   5   1   2  33.596  67.192  1.39207       73.1      2.5      2.4     5.9
   30   3   2   5  34.196  68.392  1.37054       34.3      1.2      1.1     5.9
   31   5   2   1  34.266  68.532  1.36808       75.9      2.6      2.5     5.9
   32   4   3   3  35.115  70.23   1.3391        83.4      2.9      2.7     5.9
   33   2   2   6  35.686  71.372  1.32045      126.1      4.3      4.1     5.9
   34   5   1   3  35.763  71.527  1.31798       43.1      1.5      1.4     5.9
   35   5   2   3  37.68   75.36   1.26017       60.8      2.1      1.9     6.0
   36   2   0   7  38.619  77.238  1.23415       49.5      1.7      1.6     6.0
   37   4   2   5  38.686  77.372  1.23235      118.4      4.0      3.8     6.0
   38   5   3   2  38.744  77.488  1.23079       73.3      2.5      2.3     6.0
   39   2   1   7  39.245  78.491  1.21756       34.5      1.2      1.1     6.0
   40   5   2   4  40.581  81.161  1.1841        53.4      1.8      1.7     6.1
   41   5   3   3  40.806  81.613  1.17869       42.2      1.4      1.3     6.1
   42   5   4   2  43.079  86.157  1.12779       56.2      1.9      1.8     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)