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VILLIAUMITE

4, t-halite, syn, at 254'C, g-villiaumite

NaF


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

8 .10 .12

Ref.Str.:

         Deshpande V.T. (1961)

         * Acta Cryst., 14, 794-794

         R: In the article there are structure data for synthetic villiaumite

         at different temperatures from 29.6'C up to 254'C. N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.6726   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.6726   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.6726   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   102.02

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    15.36

  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    Na    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    F     = 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.)   =      2.73

MU (1/cm) =      65.319    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     23.901

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

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

    1    Na                  2.772        6
                                                 2.3363       2
                                                 2.3363       2
                                                 2.3363       2
                                                 2.3363       2
                                                 2.3363       2
                                                 2.3363       2
    2    F                   3.192        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 16.59   33.181   0.185   21.76    8        6.6       72.0
    2   2   0   0 19.251  38.501   0.214   15.71    6       59.3     3182.0
    3   2   2   0 27.792  55.585   0.303    6.86   12       48.3     1844.0
    4   1   1   3 33.144  66.288   0.355    4.64   24        7.4       59.1
    5   2   2   2 34.824  69.648   0.371    4.19    8       40.7      533.0
    6   4   0   0 41.254  82.509   0.428    3.11    6       35.2      222.2


  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   1   1   1  16.59   33.181  2.69773       72.0      2.3      2.3     5.6
    2   2   0   0  19.251  38.501  2.3363      3182.0    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   2   2   0  27.792  55.585  1.65201     1844.0     58.0     56.8     5.8
    4   1   1   3  33.144  66.288  1.40884       59.1      1.9      1.8     5.9
    5   2   2   2  34.824  69.648  1.34886      533.0     16.8     16.1     5.9
    6   4   0   0  41.254  82.509  1.16815      222.2      7.0      6.5     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)