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

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SYLVITE

3, t-halite, syn, at 36'C, 0.4 kbar, g-halite

KCl


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

5 .10 .12

Ref.Str.:

         Walker D., Verma P.K., Cranswick L.M.D., Jones R.L., Clark S.M., Buhre S.

         (2004) * Amer. Mineral., 89, 204-210

         R: sample r57689.    N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   6.2987   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   6.2987   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   6.2987   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   249.89

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    37.63

  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    K     = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Cl    = 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     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
     7       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     8       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      1.98

MU (1/cm) =     248.417    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    125.405

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

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

    1    K                   3.768        6
                                                 3.1493       2
                                                 3.1493       2
                                                 3.1493       2
                                                 3.1493       2
                                                 3.1493       2
                                                 3.1493       2
    2    Cl                  4.344        0

  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   1 12.229  24.458   0.137   41.7     8        6.5       22.7
    2   2   0   0 14.157  28.314   0.159   30.6     6      116.2     3971.9
    3   2   2   0 20.236  40.473   0.225   14.06   12      100.3     2717.2
    4   1   1   3 23.929  47.857   0.263    9.64   24        6.4       15.4
    5   2   2   2 25.064  50.128   0.275    8.68    8       89.8      897.5
    6   4   0   0 29.286  58.572   0.318    6.09    6       82.6      399.4
    7   3   3   1 32.212  64.425   0.346    4.93   24        4.7        4.2
    8   4   2   0 33.155  66.31    0.355    4.64   24       77.3     1065.5
    9   2   2   4 36.806  73.612   0.389    3.76   24       73.3      776.7
   10   1   1   5 39.453  78.906   0.412    3.33   24        3.4        1.5
   11   3   3   3 39.453  78.906   0.412    3.33    8        3.4        0.5
   12   4   4   0 43.772  87.544   0.449    2.9    12       67.8      255.9


  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   2   0   0  14.157  28.314  3.14935     3971.9    100.0    100.0     5.6
    2   2   2   0  20.236  40.473  2.22693     2717.2     68.4     67.7     5.7
    3   2   2   2  25.064  50.128  1.81828      897.5     22.6     22.1     5.7
    4   4   0   0  29.286  58.572  1.57467      399.4     10.1      9.7     5.8
    5   4   2   0  33.155  66.31   1.40843     1065.5     26.8     25.7     5.9
    6   2   2   4  36.806  73.612  1.28572      776.7     19.6     18.5     6.0
    7   4   4   0  43.772  87.544  1.11346      255.9      6.4      5.9     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)