Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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STRUVERITE

1, t-rutile

[Ti(0.6)Ta(0.2)Nb(0.1)Fe'''(0.2)]O(2)


Tetragonal  P 4(2)/mnm  Z = 2

P4(2)/mnm

28 .1 .1905

Ref.Str.:

         A. Bolzan, C. Fong, B.J. Kennedy and C.J. Howard (1997)

         * Acta Cryst., B53, 373-380

Ref.Composition & Lattice:

         B.H. Flinter (1964)

         * Amer. Mineral., 49, 792-794

Reserv:

         The coordinates of atoms are from rutile. N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.645    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.645    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   2.999    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    64.71

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    19.49

  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      0.0    Ti    = 0.6 , Fe    = 0.2 , Ta    = 0.2 
   2 0.3053  0.3053  0.0      0.0    O     = 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     0.3053     0.3053     0.0   
     3       2     0.6947     0.6947     0.0   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     5       2     0.1947     0.8053     0.5   
     6       2     0.8053     0.1947     0.5   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      5.55

MU (1/cm) =     966.731    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    174.302

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

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

    1   Ti   ,Fe   ,Ta       2.592        6
                                                 2.0055       2
                                                 2.0055       2
                                                 1.9709       2
                                                 1.9709       2
                                                 1.9709       2
                                                 1.9709       2
    2    O                   3.264       11
                                                 2.999        2
                                                 2.999        2
                                                 2.558        2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2
                                                 2.8118       2

  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   0 15.803  31.606   0.152   24.18    4       58.8     7977.7
    2   1   0   1 20.794  41.589   0.198   13.23    8       44.4     4975.3
    3   2   0   0 22.652  45.303   0.215   10.92    4       34.3     1224.1
    4   1   1   1 23.821  47.642   0.226    9.74    8       18.4      627.9
    5   2   1   0 25.505  51.01    0.241    8.34    8       11.9      226.8
    6   2   1   1 31.587  63.174   0.293    5.15   16       49.4     4795.2
    7   2   2   0 33.001  66.002   0.304    4.68    4       53.7     1289.0
    8   0   0   2 36.62   73.24    0.333    3.79    2       56.9      585.7
    9   3   1   0 37.513  75.026   0.34     3.63    8       37.5      972.8
   10   2   2   1 38.387  76.774   0.347    3.48    8        5.8       22.2
   11   3   0   1 40.552  81.104   0.363    3.19    8       51.8     1632.2
   12   1   1   2 40.975  81.95    0.367    3.14    8       41.5     1035.3
   13   3   1   1 42.692  85.384   0.379    2.98   16        6.1       41.8
   14   3   2   0 43.971  87.943   0.388    2.89    8        4.0        8.9


  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   1   0  15.803  31.606  3.28451     7977.7    100.0    100.0     5.6
    2   1   0   1  20.794  41.589  2.5195      4975.3     62.4     61.8     5.7
    3   2   0   0  22.652  45.303  2.3225      1224.1     15.3     15.1     5.7
    4   1   1   1  23.821  47.642  2.21468      627.9      7.9      7.7     5.7
    5   2   1   0  25.505  51.01   2.07731      226.8      2.8      2.8     5.8
    6   2   1   1  31.587  63.174  1.70766     4795.2     60.1     57.9     5.9
    7   2   2   0  33.001  66.002  1.64226     1289.0     16.2     15.5     5.9
    8   0   0   2  36.62   73.24   1.4995       585.7      7.3      7.0     6.0
    9   3   1   0  37.513  75.026  1.46888      972.8     12.2     11.5     6.0
   10   3   0   1  40.552  81.104  1.37579     1632.2     20.5     19.1     6.1
   11   1   1   2  40.975  81.95   1.36407     1035.3     13.0     12.1     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)