Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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VILLIAUMITE

1, t-halite, g-villiaumite

NaF


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

28 .5 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Wyckoff R.W.G. (1963)

         * Crystal Structures, 1, 85-88

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.62     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.62     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.62     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    98.61

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    14.85

  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.)   =      2.83

MU (1/cm) =     104.476    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     36.953

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

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

    1    Na                  2.772        6
                                                 2.31         2
                                                 2.31         2
                                                 2.31         2
                                                 2.31         2
                                                 2.31         2
                                                 2.31         2
    2    F                   3.192        0

  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   1 19.593  39.186   0.187   15.11    8        6.3       49.9
    2   2   0   0 22.781  45.562   0.216   10.78    6       58.1     2247.2
    3   2   2   0 33.203  66.405   0.306    4.62   12       47.0     1261.9
    4   1   1   3 39.95   79.9     0.359    3.26   24        7.2       41.2
    5   2   2   2 42.119  84.238   0.375    3.03    8       39.4      386.7


  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   1  19.593  39.186  2.66736       49.9      2.2      2.2     5.7
    2   2   0   0  22.781  45.562  2.31        2247.2    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   2   2   0  33.203  66.405  1.63342     1261.9     56.2     54.6     5.9
    4   1   1   3  39.95   79.9    1.39298       41.2      1.8      1.7     6.0
    5   2   2   2  42.119  84.238  1.33368      386.7     17.2     16.1     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)