Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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STERNBERGITE

1, f-cubanite

AgFe(2)S(3)


Orthorhombic  C cmb  Z = 8

R =0.078

6 .4 .1990

Ref.Str.:

         Pertlik F. (1987)

         * Neues Jb. Miner., Nh., 458-464

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   6.615    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  11.639    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  12.693    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   977.26

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    73.58

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

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

   1 0.8531  0.0     0.6996   0.0    Ag    = 1.00
   2 0.8335  0.3351  0.5635   0.0    Fe    = 1.00
   3 0.6952  0.0     0.88     0.0    S     = 1.00
   4 0.6658  0.1786  0.6179   0.0    S     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.8531     0.0        0.6996
     2       2     0.8335     0.3351     0.5635
     3       3     0.6952     0.0        0.88  
     4       4     0.6658     0.1786     0.6179
     5       1     0.1469     0.0        0.3004
     6       2     0.1665     0.6649     0.4365
     7       3     0.3048     0.0        0.12  
     8       4     0.3342     0.8214     0.3821
     9       2     0.8335     0.6649     0.5635
    10       4     0.6658     0.8214     0.6179
    11       2     0.1665     0.3351     0.4365
    12       4     0.3342     0.1786     0.3821
    13       1     0.8531     0.5        0.8004
    14       2     0.8335     0.8351     0.9365
    15       3     0.6952     0.5        0.62  
    16       4     0.6658     0.6786     0.8821
    17       1     0.1469     0.5        0.1996
    18       2     0.1665     0.1649     0.0635
    19       3     0.3048     0.5        0.38  
    20       4     0.3342     0.3214     0.1179
    21       2     0.8335     0.1649     0.9365
    22       4     0.6658     0.3214     0.8821
    23       2     0.1665     0.8351     0.0635
    24       4     0.3342     0.6786     0.1179
    25       1     0.6469     0.5        0.3004
    26       2     0.6665     0.1649     0.4365
    27       3     0.8048     0.5        0.12  
    28       4     0.8342     0.3214     0.3821
    29       1     0.3531     0.5        0.6996
    30       2     0.3335     0.8351     0.5635
    31       3     0.1952     0.5        0.88  
    32       4     0.1658     0.6786     0.6179
    33       2     0.6665     0.8351     0.4365
    34       4     0.8342     0.6786     0.3821
    35       2     0.3335     0.1649     0.5635
    36       4     0.1658     0.3214     0.6179
    37       1     0.6469     0.0        0.1996
    38       2     0.6665     0.6649     0.0635
    39       3     0.8048     0.0        0.38  
    40       4     0.8342     0.8214     0.1179
    41       1     0.3531     0.0        0.8004
    42       2     0.3335     0.3351     0.9365
    43       3     0.1952     0.0        0.62  
    44       4     0.1658     0.1786     0.8821
    45       2     0.6665     0.3351     0.0635
    46       4     0.8342     0.1786     0.1179
    47       2     0.3335     0.6649     0.9365
    48       4     0.1658     0.8214     0.8821


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.29

MU (1/cm) =     728.42     Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    169.77 

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

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

    1    Ag                  3.54         4
                                                 2.5168       3
                                                 2.6328       4
                                                 2.6328       4
                                                 2.4783       3
    2    Fe                  3.144        4
                                                 2.2417       4
                                                 2.2439       3
                                                 2.308        4
                                                 2.3096       4
    3    S                   4.368       11
                                                 3.9277       4
                                                 3.9937       3
                                                 3.9277       4
                                                 3.7459       4
                                                 3.7459       4
                                                 3.7795       4
                                                 3.7434       4
                                                 4.0726       4
                                                 3.7795       4
                                                 3.7434       4
                                                 4.0726       4
    4    S                   4.368       11
                                                 3.9277       3
                                                 4.1575       4
                                                 3.7108       4
                                                 3.7459       3
                                                 3.7428       4
                                                 3.6002       4
                                                 3.7016       4
                                                 3.7016       4
                                                 3.7795       3
                                                 4.0726       3
                                                 3.7434       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   0   0   2  8.102  16.204   0.079   97.74    2       11.3        2.6
    2   0   2   0  8.841  17.683   0.086   81.73    2      142.4      347.0
    3   1   1   1  9.831  19.663   0.095   65.68    8       32.1       56.8
    4   0   2   2 12.037  24.073   0.117   43.11    4      406.9     2989.5
    5   1   1   2 12.116  24.232   0.117   42.52    8       25.0       22.2
    6   1   1   3 15.216  30.431   0.147   26.23    8      190.0      793.1
    7   2   0   0 15.69   31.38    0.151   24.55    2      438.9      990.3
    8   1   3   1 16.046  32.092   0.155   23.39    8      318.1     1982.3
    9   2   0   1 16.228  32.456   0.156   22.83    4      255.1      622.4
   10   0   0   4 16.372  32.744   0.158   22.4     2      203.5      194.2
   11   1   3   2 17.587  35.175   0.169   19.17    8      109.5      192.5
   12   2   0   2 17.755  35.511   0.17    18.77    4       60.3       28.6
   13   0   4   0 17.903  35.805   0.172   18.44    2      190.8      140.6
   14   2   2   0 18.123  36.246   0.174   17.95    4       21.3        3.4
   15   2   2   1 18.599  37.198   0.178   16.95    8      262.9      981.2
   16   0   2   4 18.727  37.454   0.179   16.7     4      120.4      101.4
   17   1   1   4 18.78   37.56    0.18    16.6     8      384.5     2055.5
   18   0   4   2 19.765  39.531   0.189   14.82    4      370.9      854.0
   19   1   3   3 19.924  39.849   0.19    14.56    8      166.3      337.4
   20   2   2   2 19.968  39.936   0.191   14.49    8      122.8      183.1
   21   2   0   3 20.076  40.151   0.192   14.32    4       80.6       38.9
   22   2   2   3 22.092  44.185   0.21    11.55    8      257.9      643.5
   23   1   1   5 22.653  45.305   0.215   10.92    8      220.9      446.3
   24   1   3   4 22.858  45.716   0.217   10.7     8        7.7        0.5
   25   2   0   4 22.993  45.987   0.218   10.56    4      127.1       71.5
   26   2   4   0 24.169  48.338   0.229    9.43    4       43.5        7.5
   27   1   5   1 24.419  48.837   0.231    9.21    8       36.6       10.3
   28   2   4   1 24.547  49.095   0.232    9.1     8      195.7      292.1
   29   0   4   4 24.65   49.3     0.233    9.01    4       45.0        7.7
   30   3   1   1 24.761  49.522   0.234    8.92    8       59.3       26.2
   31   2   2   4 24.82   49.641   0.235    8.87    8       11.9        1.0
   32   0   0   6 25.012  50.025   0.236    8.72    2      186.2       63.3
   33   1   5   2 25.534  51.067   0.241    8.32    8       84.2       49.5
   34   2   4   2 25.658  51.317   0.242    8.23    8      115.9       92.6
   35   3   1   2 25.865  51.731   0.244    8.08    8      103.2       72.1
   36   1   3   5 26.247  52.495   0.247    7.81    8       21.5        3.0
   37   2   0   5 26.37   52.74    0.248    7.73    4      333.3      359.8
   38   0   2   6 26.736  53.472   0.251    7.49    4      205.4      132.3
   39   1   1   6 26.776  53.553   0.252    7.47    8      140.0      122.6
   40   1   5   3 27.319  54.637   0.257    7.13    8      140.0      117.1
   41   2   4   3 27.438  54.875   0.258    7.06    8      295.7      517.5
   42   0   6   0 27.458  54.916   0.258    7.05    2      786.0      912.3
   43   3   1   3 27.635  55.271   0.259    6.95    8      265.5      410.3
   44   2   2   5 28.035  56.069   0.263    6.73    8      128.3       92.8
   45   3   3   1 28.156  56.313   0.264    6.66    8      503.2     1412.8
   46   0   6   2 28.827  57.653   0.27     6.32    4        5.1        0.1
   47   3   3   2 29.171  58.341   0.272    6.15    8       95.5       47.0
   48   1   5   4 29.694  59.388   0.277    5.91    8      304.9      460.2
   49   2   4   4 29.807  59.613   0.278    5.86    8       17.7        1.5
   50   3   1   4 29.994  59.988   0.279    5.78    8       88.6       38.0
   51   1   3   6 30.014  60.027   0.28     5.77    8      557.0     1498.9
   52   2   0   6 30.126  60.252   0.281    5.72    4      108.2       28.1
   53   3   3   3 30.814  61.627   0.286    5.44    8      228.6      238.2
   54   1   1   7 31.146  62.292   0.289    5.31    8       63.0       17.6
   55   0   4   6 31.517  63.034   0.292    5.18    4      187.0       75.8
   56   2   2   6 31.662  63.324   0.293    5.12    8       71.9       22.2
   57   2   6   0 32.314  64.627   0.299    4.9     4      324.0      215.5
   58   1   5   5 32.588  65.175   0.301    4.81    8      209.6      177.1
   59   2   6   1 32.628  65.256   0.301    4.8     8      218.6      192.2
   60   2   4   5 32.695  65.389   0.302    4.78    8      104.6       43.8
   61   0   6   4 32.713  65.426   0.302    4.77    4      128.5       33.0
   62   4   0   0 32.743  65.485   0.302    4.76    2      415.4      172.1
   63   3   1   5 32.873  65.745   0.303    4.72    8      298.8      353.2
   64   3   3   4 33.033  66.066   0.305    4.67    8       84.3       27.9
   65   4   0   1 33.055  66.109   0.305    4.67    4       86.0       14.5
   66   2   6   2 33.561  67.122   0.309    4.52    8       44.5        7.5
   67   4   0   2 33.982  67.963   0.312    4.4     4       76.8       10.9
   68   1   7   1 33.997  67.993   0.313    4.4     8        3.1        0.0
   69   1   3   7 34.128  68.255   0.314    4.36    8      200.6      147.1
   70   4   2   0 34.214  68.428   0.314    4.34    4       93.5       15.9
   71   2   0   7 34.232  68.464   0.314    4.34    4      371.4      250.6
   72   3   5   1 34.276  68.551   0.315    4.33    8       72.2       18.9
   73   0   0   8 34.316  68.631   0.315    4.32    2      267.2       64.5
   74   4   2   1 34.519  69.038   0.317    4.26    8       86.9       27.0
   75   1   7   2 34.911  69.823   0.32     4.17    8       37.9        5.0
   76   2   6   3 35.088  70.177   0.321    4.12    8       54.3       10.2
   77   3   5   2 35.187  70.375   0.322    4.1     8       91.1       28.5
   78   4   2   2 35.428  70.856   0.324    4.04    8      219.5      163.2
   79   4   0   3 35.501  71.002   0.325    4.03    4       17.1        0.5
   80   2   2   7 35.674  71.347   0.326    3.99    8       77.8       20.2
   81   0   2   8 35.755  71.511   0.327    3.97    4       95.4       15.1
   82   3   3   5 35.78   71.561   0.327    3.97    8       35.9        4.3
   83   1   1   8 35.79   71.579   0.327    3.96    8      109.4       39.7
   84   1   5   6 35.952  71.905   0.328    3.93    8       93.3       28.7
   85   2   4   6 36.055  72.109   0.329    3.91    8       65.6       14.1
   86   3   1   6 36.225  72.45    0.33     3.87    8       49.2        7.8
   87   1   7   3 36.413  72.827   0.332    3.83    8      161.8       84.1
   88   3   5   3 36.684  73.369   0.334    3.78    8      199.9      126.5
   89   4   2   3 36.921  73.842   0.336    3.73    8      165.0       85.1
   90   2   6   4 37.18   74.36    0.338    3.69    8       94.7       27.7
   91   4   0   4 37.583  75.166   0.341    3.61    4        2.5        0.0
   92   0   8   0 37.938  75.875   0.344    3.55    2       83.5        5.2
   93   4   4   0 38.471  76.942   0.348    3.47    4      110.0       17.6
   94   1   7   4 38.477  76.954   0.348    3.47    8      310.4      279.9
   95   1   3   8 38.602  77.203   0.349    3.45    8       64.7       12.1
   96   2   0   8 38.701  77.402   0.35     3.43    4       63.0        5.7
   97   0   6   6 38.727  77.454   0.35     3.43    4      145.4       30.4
   98   3   5   4 38.743  77.485   0.35     3.43    8       78.9       17.9
   99   4   4   1 38.763  77.526   0.35     3.42    8       47.1        6.4
  100   4   2   4 38.975  77.95    0.352    3.39    8      117.7       39.4
  101   3   3   6 39.025  78.051   0.352    3.39    8       51.1        7.4
  102   0   8   2 39.105  78.211   0.353    3.37    4      269.9      103.0
  103   4   4   2 39.634  79.269   0.357    3.3     8      210.4      122.4
  104   1   5   7 39.772  79.544   0.358    3.28    8       74.8       15.4
  105   2   6   5 39.809  79.618   0.358    3.28    8      266.6      195.2
  106   2   4   7 39.871  79.742   0.358    3.27    8      111.3       34.0
  107   0   4   8 39.95   79.899   0.359    3.26    4       28.4        1.1
  108   3   1   7 40.035  80.071   0.36     3.25    8       56.5        8.7
  109   2   2   8 40.081  80.162   0.36     3.24    8       16.2        0.7
  110   4   0   5 40.204  80.408   0.361    3.23    4      284.6      109.6
  111   1   1   9 40.769  81.538   0.365    3.16    8       87.7       20.4
  112   4   4   3 41.076  82.152   0.367    3.13    8      202.6      107.6
  113   1   7   5 41.081  82.163   0.367    3.13    8      150.1       59.0
  114   3   5   5 41.343  82.686   0.369    3.1     8      300.9      235.3
  115   4   2   5 41.572  83.143   0.371    3.08    8       89.6       20.7
  116   2   8   0 42.195  84.389   0.375    3.02    4        6.5        0.1
  117   2   8   1 42.48   84.961   0.378    3.0     8      217.3      118.5
  118   0   8   4 42.558  85.117   0.378    2.99    4      121.6       18.5
  119   3   7   1 42.643  85.286   0.379    2.98    8       13.3        0.4
  120   3   3   7 42.765  85.53    0.38     2.97    8      299.4      223.2
  121   2   6   6 42.965  85.931   0.381    2.96    8       88.0       19.2
  122   4   4   4 43.078  86.157   0.382    2.95    8       86.5       18.5
  123   5   1   1 43.163  86.326   0.382    2.94    8       33.5        2.8
  124   2   8   2 43.336  86.673   0.384    2.93    8       85.2       17.8
  125   4   0   6 43.355  86.71    0.384    2.93    4       37.0        1.7
  126   1   3   9 43.491  86.982   0.385    2.92    8       13.9        0.5
  127   3   7   2 43.499  86.997   0.385    2.92    8       81.3       16.2
  128   2   0   9 43.588  87.176   0.385    2.91    4      355.9      154.5
  129   5   1   2 44.018  88.036   0.388    2.88    8      100.0       24.1
  130   1   5   8 44.069  88.137   0.389    2.88    8      113.4       31.0
  131   2   4   8 44.166  88.332   0.389    2.87    8       44.9        4.8
  132   1   7   6 44.223  88.447   0.39     2.87    8      153.6       56.8
  133   3   1   8 44.328  88.656   0.391    2.86    8       55.2        7.3
  134   3   5   6 44.483  88.965   0.392    2.86    8       43.6        4.5
  135   4   2   6 44.71   89.419   0.393    2.84    8      114.6       31.3
  136   2   8   3 44.76   89.52    0.394    2.84    8      153.4       56.0
  137   0   0  10 44.804  89.609   0.394    2.84    2      149.7       13.3
  138   3   7   3 44.922  89.844   0.395    2.83    8      250.2      148.5
  139   2   2   9 44.942  89.884   0.395    2.83    8      159.1       60.0


  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   0   2   0   8.841  17.683  5.8195       347.0     11.6     11.7     5.6
    2   1   1   1   9.831  19.663  5.23843       56.8      1.9      1.9     5.6
    3   0   2   2  12.037  24.073  4.28924     2989.5    100.0    100.0     5.6
    4   1   1   3  15.216  30.431  3.40806      793.1     26.5     26.4     5.6
    5   2   0   0  15.69   31.38   3.3075       990.3     33.1     32.9     5.6
    6   1   3   1  16.046  32.092  3.23598     1982.3     66.3     65.9     5.6
    7   2   0   1  16.228  32.456  3.20062      622.4     20.8     20.7     5.6
    8   0   0   4  16.372  32.744  3.17325      194.2      6.5      6.5     5.6
    9   1   3   2  17.587  35.175  2.96022      192.5      6.4      6.4     5.7
   10   0   4   0  17.903  35.805  2.90975      140.6      4.7      4.7     5.7
   11   2   2   1  18.599  37.198  2.80446      981.2     32.8     32.5     5.7
   12   0   2   4  18.727  37.454  2.78599      101.4      3.4      3.4     5.7
   13   1   1   4  18.78   37.56   2.77837     2055.5     68.8     68.0     5.7
   14   0   4   2  19.765  39.531  2.645        854.0     28.6     28.2     5.7
   15   1   3   3  19.924  39.849  2.62476      337.4     11.3     11.1     5.7
   16   2   2   2  19.968  39.936  2.61922      183.1      6.1      6.0     5.7
   17   2   0   3  20.076  40.151  2.60578       38.9      1.3      1.3     5.7
   18   2   2   3  22.092  44.185  2.37825      643.5     21.5     21.1     5.7
   19   1   1   5  22.653  45.305  2.32241      446.3     14.9     14.6     5.7
   20   2   0   4  22.993  45.987  2.28982       71.5      2.4      2.3     5.7
   21   2   4   1  24.547  49.095  2.15301      292.1      9.8      9.5     5.7
   22   0   0   6  25.012  50.025  2.1155        63.3      2.1      2.1     5.7
   23   1   5   2  25.534  51.067  2.07512       49.5      1.7      1.6     5.8
   24   2   4   2  25.658  51.317  2.0657        92.6      3.1      3.0     5.8
   25   3   1   2  25.865  51.731  2.0503        72.1      2.4      2.3     5.8
   26   2   0   5  26.37   52.74   2.01381      359.8     12.0     11.7     5.8
   27   0   2   6  26.736  53.472  1.98821      132.3      4.4      4.3     5.8
   28   1   1   6  26.776  53.553  1.98543      122.6      4.1      4.0     5.8
   29   1   5   3  27.319  54.637  1.94897      117.1      3.9      3.8     5.8
   30   0   6   0  27.458  54.916  1.93983     1429.8     47.8     46.4     5.8
   31   3   1   3  27.635  55.271  1.92836      410.3     13.7     13.3     5.8
   32   2   2   5  28.035  56.069  1.90309       92.8      3.1      3.0     5.8
   33   3   3   1  28.156  56.313  1.89552     1412.8     47.3     45.7     5.8
   34   3   3   2  29.171  58.341  1.83512       47.0      1.6      1.5     5.8
   35   1   5   4  29.694  59.388  1.80566      460.2     15.4     14.8     5.8
   36   1   3   6  30.014  60.027  1.78818     1536.9     51.4     49.5     5.8
   37   3   3   3  30.814  61.627  1.74614      238.2      8.0      7.6     5.8
   38   0   4   6  31.517  63.034  1.71107       75.8      2.5      2.4     5.9
   39   2   6   0  32.314  64.627  1.67328      215.5      7.2      6.9     5.9
   40   1   5   5  32.588  65.175  1.66074      177.1      5.9      5.7     5.9
   41   2   6   1  32.628  65.256  1.65893      192.2      6.4      6.1     5.9
   42   2   4   5  32.695  65.389  1.65591       76.8      2.6      2.5     5.9
   43   4   0   0  32.743  65.485  1.65375      172.1      5.8      5.5     5.9
   44   3   1   5  32.873  65.745  1.64794      353.2     11.8     11.3     5.9
   45   3   3   4  33.033  66.066  1.64084       42.3      1.4      1.3     5.9
   46   1   3   7  34.128  68.255  1.59429      147.1      4.9      4.7     5.9
   47   2   0   7  34.232  68.464  1.59001      266.5      8.9      8.5     5.9
   48   0   0   8  34.316  68.631  1.58662       64.5      2.2      2.0     5.9
   49   4   2   2  35.428  70.856  1.54303      163.2      5.5      5.2     5.9
   50   1   1   8  35.79   71.579  1.52949       39.7      1.3      1.3     5.9
   51   1   7   3  36.413  72.827  1.50682       84.1      2.8      2.7     6.0
   52   3   5   3  36.684  73.369  1.49724      126.5      4.2      4.0     6.0
   53   4   2   3  36.921  73.842  1.489         85.1      2.8      2.7     6.0
   54   1   7   4  38.477  76.954  1.43758      297.5     10.0      9.3     6.0
   55   0   6   6  38.727  77.454  1.42975       60.3      2.0      1.9     6.0
   56   4   2   4  38.975  77.95   1.42208       39.4      1.3      1.2     6.0
   57   0   8   2  39.105  78.211  1.41809      103.0      3.4      3.2     6.0
   58   4   4   2  39.634  79.269  1.40223      122.4      4.1      3.8     6.0
   59   2   6   5  39.809  79.618  1.39709      195.2      6.5      6.1     6.0
   60   2   4   7  39.871  79.742  1.39529       34.0      1.1      1.1     6.0
   61   4   0   5  40.204  80.408  1.38566      109.6      3.7      3.4     6.0
   62   4   4   3  41.076  82.152  1.36131      166.6      5.6      5.1     6.1
   63   3   5   5  41.343  82.686  1.35408      235.3      7.9      7.3     6.1
   64   2   8   1  42.48   84.961  1.32446      118.5      4.0      3.6     6.1
   65   3   3   7  42.765  85.53   1.31733      223.2      7.5      6.8     6.1
   66   2   0   9  43.588  87.176  1.29732      154.5      5.2      4.7     6.2
   67   1   5   8  44.069  88.137  1.28603       31.0      1.0      0.9     6.2
   68   1   7   6  44.223  88.447  1.28246       56.8      1.9      1.7     6.2
   69   4   2   6  44.71   89.419  1.27142       31.3      1.0      0.9     6.2
   70   2   8   3  44.76   89.52   1.27029       56.0      1.9      1.7     6.2
   71   3   7   3  44.922  89.844  1.26668      208.5      7.0      6.3     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)