Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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THEOPHRASTITE

1, g-pyrochroite

Ni(OH)(2)


Hexagonal  P 3(-)m1  Z = 1

P3(-)m1

18 .8 .1999

Ref.Str.:

         Antoni J., Bideaux R., Bladh K., Nicols M. (1997)

         * Handbook of Mineralogy, vol. 1

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   3.131    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   3.131    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.608    gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    39.12

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    23.56

  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    Ni    = 1.00
   2 0.3333  0.6667  0.25     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     0.3333     0.6667     0.25  
     3       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.75  


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.85

MU (1/cm) =    1153.905    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    299.829

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

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

    1    Ni                  2.52         6
                                                 2.1436       2
                                                 2.1435       2
                                                 2.1436       2
                                                 2.1436       2
                                                 2.1435       2
                                                 2.1436       2
    2    O                   3.264       12
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 3.131        2
                                                 2.9285       2
                                                 2.9285       2
                                                 2.9285       2
                                                 2.9285       2
                                                 2.9285       2
                                                 2.9285       2

  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   0   0   1  9.623  19.246   0.109   68.65    2       22.6     4567.7
    2   1   0   0 16.504  33.007   0.184   22.01    6       13.8     1648.3
    3   1   0  -1 19.245  38.49    0.214   15.72    6       28.1     4876.1
    4   1   0   1 19.245  38.49    0.214   15.72    6        9.3      531.7
    5   0   0   2 19.531  39.063   0.217   15.22    2        7.8      121.8
    6   1   0  -2 26.022  52.044   0.285    7.97    6       20.6     1328.5
    7   1   0   2 26.022  52.044   0.285    7.97    6       20.6     1328.5
    8   1   1   0 29.474  58.949   0.319    6.01    6       22.9     1236.5
    9   0   0   3 30.098  60.197   0.326    5.73    2       14.9      166.9
   10   1   1   1 31.309  62.618   0.337    5.25   12       14.5      871.4
   11   2   0   0 34.621  69.243   0.369    4.24    6       10.2      173.4
   12   1   0  -3 35.195  70.389   0.374    4.1     6        7.7       95.1
   13   1   0   3 35.195  70.389   0.374    4.1     6       19.1      586.6
   14   2   0  -1 36.316  72.631   0.384    3.85    6        7.6       86.2
   15   2   0   1 36.316  72.631   0.384    3.85    6       18.6      524.2
   16   1   1   2 36.503  73.007   0.386    3.82   12        6.7      133.4
   17   2   0  -2 41.24   82.481   0.428    3.11    6       14.7      263.0
   18   2   0   2 41.24   82.481   0.428    3.11    6       14.7      263.0
   19   0   0   4 41.963  83.925   0.434    3.04    2       17.3      118.4
   20   1   1   3 44.632  89.265   0.456    2.85   12       11.1      275.0


  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   0   0   1   9.623  19.246  4.608       4567.7     84.5     85.8     5.6
    2   1   0   0  16.504  33.007  2.71153     1648.3     30.5     30.6     5.6
    3   1   0   1  19.245  38.49   2.33695     5407.8    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   0   0   2  19.531  39.063  2.304        121.8      2.3      2.3     5.7
    5   1   0   2  26.022  52.044  1.75576     2657.1     49.1     48.4     5.8
    6   1   1   0  29.474  58.949  1.5655      1236.5     22.9     22.3     5.8
    7   0   0   3  30.098  60.197  1.536        166.9      3.1      3.0     5.8
    8   1   1   1  31.309  62.618  1.48229      871.4     16.1     15.6     5.8
    9   2   0   0  34.621  69.243  1.35576      173.4      3.2      3.1     5.9
   10   1   0   3  35.195  70.389  1.33647      681.7     12.6     12.1     5.9
   11   2   0   1  36.316  72.631  1.30064      610.4     11.3     10.8     6.0
   12   1   1   2  36.503  73.007  1.29487      133.4      2.5      2.4     6.0
   13   2   0   2  41.24   82.481  1.16847      526.1      9.7      9.1     6.1
   14   0   0   4  41.963  83.925  1.152        118.4      2.2      2.0     6.1
   15   1   1   3  44.632  89.265  1.0964       275.0      5.1      4.7     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)