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

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TROILITE

1, td-nickeline, f-troilite, g-troilite

FeS


Hexagonal  P 6(-)2c  Z = 12

P6(-)2c

4 .4 .1988

Ref.Str.:

         Ewans H.T. (1970)

         * Science, 20, 621-623

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.962    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.962    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  11.75     gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   361.7 

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    18.16

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

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

   1 0.3797  0.0551  0.123    0.0    Fe    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    S     = 1.00
   3 0.3333  0.6667  0.0199   0.0    S     = 1.00
   4 0.6652  0.9969  0.25     0.0    S     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.3797     0.0551     0.123 
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.3333     0.6667     0.0199
     4       4     0.6652     0.9969     0.25  
     5       1     0.9449     0.3246     0.123 
     6       1     0.6754     0.6203     0.123 
     7       4     0.0031     0.6683     0.25  
     8       4     0.3317     0.3348     0.25  
     9       1     0.3797     0.0551     0.377 
    10       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    11       3     0.3333     0.6667     0.4801
    12       1     0.9449     0.3246     0.377 
    13       1     0.6754     0.6203     0.377 
    14       1     0.0551     0.3797     0.623 
    15       3     0.6667     0.3333     0.5199
    16       4     0.9969     0.6652     0.75  
    17       1     0.3246     0.9449     0.623 
    18       1     0.6203     0.6754     0.623 
    19       4     0.6683     0.0031     0.75  
    20       4     0.3348     0.3317     0.75  
    21       1     0.0551     0.3797     0.877 
    22       3     0.6667     0.3333     0.9801
    23       1     0.3246     0.9449     0.877 
    24       1     0.6203     0.6754     0.877 


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.84

MU (1/cm) =     402.52     Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     83.143

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

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

    1    Fe                  3.144        5
                                                 2.5034       3
                                                 2.4156       4
                                                 2.7219       4
                                                 2.3594       4
                                                 2.3791       3
    2    S                   2.532        0
    3    S                   4.368        9
                                                 3.3475       4
                                                 3.3474       4
                                                 3.3475       4
                                                 3.7501       4
                                                 3.7501       4
                                                 3.7501       4
                                                 3.4737       3
                                                 3.4739       3
                                                 3.4737       3
    4    S                   4.368       10
                                                 3.3475       3
                                                 3.4666       4
                                                 3.4415       4
                                                 3.4186       4
                                                 3.4415       4
                                                 3.4666       4
                                                 3.4186       4
                                                 3.3475       3
                                                 3.7501       3
                                                 3.7501       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  8.757  17.515   0.085   83.35    2        5.5        3.8
    2   1   0   0  9.976  19.952   0.097   63.73    6       22.7      150.6
    3   1   0   1 10.907  21.815   0.106   52.96   12       28.9      405.5
    4   1   0   2 13.334  26.668   0.129   34.75   12        0.3        0.0
    5   1   0   3 16.657  33.314   0.16    21.58   12       19.5       75.0
    6   1   1   0 17.461  34.922   0.168   19.47    6      156.2     2179.8
    7   0   0   4 17.728  35.456   0.17    18.84    2      115.1      381.5
    8   1   1   2 19.662  39.324   0.188   14.99   12      117.8     1909.3
    9   2   0   0 20.272  40.543   0.194   14.01    6       19.1       23.5
   10   1   0   4 20.507  41.015   0.196   13.65   12       22.0       60.7
   11   2   0   1 20.777  41.555   0.198   13.26   12       50.2      305.9
   12   2   0   2 22.238  44.475   0.212   11.38   12        1.2        0.1
   13   2   0   3 24.517  49.034   0.232    9.13   12       60.5      306.4
   14   1   0   5 24.72   49.441   0.234    8.96   12       48.7      194.9
   15   1   1   4 25.309  50.617   0.239    8.49   12      260.3     5275.8
   16   0   0   6 27.177  54.355   0.255    7.22    2       27.0        8.0
   17   2   1   0 27.28   54.56    0.256    7.16   12       46.9      144.1
   18   2   0   4 27.468  54.937   0.258    7.05   12       14.8       14.1
   19   2   1   1 27.686  55.371   0.26     6.92   24       71.0      639.6
   20   2   1   2 28.879  57.758   0.27     6.29   24        1.5        0.3
   21   1   0   6 29.242  58.483   0.273    6.12   12        6.3        2.3
   22   2   1   3 30.803  61.605   0.286    5.44   24       71.8      514.6
   23   2   0   5 30.977  61.955   0.288    5.38   12       20.0       19.8
   24   3   0   0 31.313  62.625   0.291    5.25    6      255.8     1575.8
   25   3   0   1 31.685  63.371   0.294    5.12   12        3.3        0.5
   26   3   0   2 32.789  65.578   0.303    4.75   12        2.5        0.3
   27   1   1   6 33.126  66.253   0.305    4.65   12       85.0      308.1
   28   2   1   4 33.385  66.771   0.308    4.57   24       41.5      144.1
   29   1   0   7 34.078  68.156   0.313    4.38   12       50.3      101.7
   30   3   0   3 34.588  69.176   0.317    4.25   12        3.3        0.4
   31   2   0   6 34.98   69.96    0.32     4.15   12        3.6        0.5
   32   2   1   5 36.568  73.136   0.333    3.8    24       52.1      189.1
   33   2   2   0 36.878  73.755   0.335    3.74    6       67.7       78.6
   34   3   0   4 37.038  74.076   0.337    3.71   12       35.1       42.0
   35   0   0   8 37.517  75.034   0.34     3.63    2      271.4      408.3
   36   2   2   2 38.252  76.504   0.346    3.5    12       86.3      239.1
   37   3   1   0 38.654  77.307   0.349    3.44   12       23.9       18.0
   38   3   1   1 38.994  77.987   0.352    3.39   24       47.5      140.4
   39   1   0   8 39.283  78.566   0.354    3.35   12        6.7        1.4
   40   2   0   7 39.465  78.93    0.355    3.32   12       15.3        7.1
   41   3   1   2 40.008  80.017   0.359    3.25   24        0.1        0.0
   42   3   0   5 40.104  80.209   0.36     3.24   12        2.7        0.2
   43   2   1   6 40.321  80.641   0.362    3.22   24        3.9        0.9
   44   3   1   3 41.686  83.373   0.372    3.07   24       43.1      104.7
   45   2   2   4 42.294  84.589   0.376    3.01   12      155.4      667.0
   46   1   1   8 42.758  85.516   0.38     2.97   12      114.1      354.7
   47   3   0   6 43.78   87.56    0.387    2.9    12       17.7        8.3
   48   4   0   0 43.864  87.727   0.387    2.89    6       62.8       52.3
   49   3   1   4 44.018  88.035   0.388    2.88   24       24.2       30.9
   50   4   0   1 44.196  88.392   0.39     2.87   12       75.7      151.0
   51   2   0   8 44.48   88.959   0.392    2.86   12       20.5       11.0
   52   2   1   7 44.658  89.315   0.393    2.85   24       56.4      166.0
   53   1   0   9 44.965  89.931   0.395    2.83   12        6.2        1.0


  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   1   0   0   9.976  19.952  5.16324      150.6      2.9      2.9     5.6
    2   1   0   1  10.907  21.815  4.727        405.5      7.7      7.9     5.6
    3   1   0   3  16.657  33.314  3.12045       75.0      1.4      1.4     5.6
    4   1   1   0  17.461  34.922  2.981       2179.8     41.3     42.0     5.7
    5   0   0   4  17.728  35.456  2.9375       381.5      7.2      7.3     5.7
    6   1   1   2  19.662  39.324  2.65837     1909.3     36.2     36.6     5.7
    7   1   0   4  20.507  41.015  2.55321       60.7      1.2      1.2     5.7
    8   2   0   1  20.777  41.555  2.52148      305.9      5.8      5.9     5.7
    9   2   0   3  24.517  49.034  2.1555       306.4      5.8      5.8     5.7
   10   1   0   5  24.72   49.441  2.13888      194.9      3.7      3.7     5.7
   11   1   1   4  25.309  50.617  2.09234     5275.8    100.0    100.0     5.8
   12   2   1   0  27.28   54.56   1.95152      144.1      2.7      2.7     5.8
   13   2   1   1  27.686  55.371  1.92515      639.6     12.1     12.0     5.8
   14   2   1   3  30.803  61.605  1.74671      514.6      9.8      9.6     5.8
   15   3   0   0  31.313  62.625  1.72108     1575.8     29.9     29.4     5.8
   16   1   1   6  33.126  66.253  1.63674      308.1      5.8      5.7     5.9
   17   2   1   4  33.385  66.771  1.6255       144.1      2.7      2.7     5.9
   18   1   0   7  34.078  68.156  1.59633      101.7      1.9      1.9     5.9
   19   2   1   5  36.568  73.136  1.50134      189.1      3.6      3.5     6.0
   20   2   2   0  36.878  73.755  1.4905        78.6      1.5      1.4     6.0
   21   0   0   8  37.517  75.034  1.46875      408.3      7.7      7.4     6.0
   22   2   2   2  38.252  76.504  1.44473      239.1      4.5      4.3     6.0
   23   3   1   1  38.994  77.987  1.42151      140.4      2.7      2.5     6.0
   24   3   1   3  41.686  83.373  1.34495      104.7      2.0      1.9     6.1
   25   2   2   4  42.294  84.589  1.32918      667.0     12.6     11.9     6.1
   26   1   1   8  42.758  85.516  1.31751      354.7      6.7      6.3     6.1
   27   4   0   1  44.196  88.392  1.28309      151.0      2.9      2.7     6.2
   28   2   1   7  44.658  89.315  1.27258      166.0      3.1      2.9     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)