Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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SPINEL

36, t-spinel, Ti-analogue

Mg(2)TiO(4)


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

*Fd3m

4 .11 .1999

Ref.Str.:

         Millard R.L., Peterson R.C., Hunter B.K. (1995)

         * Amer. Mineral. 80, 885-896

Reserv:

         Sample RLM445.   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.4418   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.4418   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.4418   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   601.6 

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    45.3 

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

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

   1 0.125   0.125   0.125    0.53   Ti    = 0.04, Mg    = 0.96
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.41   Ti    = 0.48, Mg    = 0.52
   3 0.2616  0.2616  0.2616   0.62   O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.125      0.125      0.125 
     2       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       3     0.2616     0.2616     0.2616
     4       1     0.875      0.875      0.875 
     5       3     0.7384     0.7384     0.7384
     6       1     0.375      0.875      0.375 
     7       1     0.625      0.125      0.625 
     8       1     0.375      0.375      0.875 
     9       2     0.0        0.25       0.75  
    10       2     0.25       0.75       0.0   
    11       2     0.75       0.0        0.25  
    12       3     0.2384     0.0116     0.5116
    13       3     0.4884     0.9884     0.7616
    14       3     0.5116     0.2384     0.0116
    15       1     0.625      0.625      0.125 
    16       1     0.875      0.375      0.375 
    17       1     0.125      0.625      0.625 
    18       3     0.7616     0.4884     0.9884
    19       3     0.0116     0.5116     0.2384
    20       3     0.9884     0.7616     0.4884
    21       2     0.0        0.75       0.25  
    22       2     0.75       0.25       0.0   
    23       2     0.25       0.0        0.75  
    24       3     0.2384     0.5116     0.0116
    25       3     0.9884     0.4884     0.7616
    26       3     0.0116     0.2384     0.5116
    27       3     0.7616     0.9884     0.4884
    28       3     0.5116     0.0116     0.2384
    29       3     0.4884     0.7616     0.9884
    30       2     0.25       0.25       0.5   
    31       2     0.25       0.5        0.25  
    32       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    33       2     0.75       0.5        0.75  
    34       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    35       2     0.5        0.25       0.25  
    36       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   
    37       2     0.5        0.75       0.75  
    38       2     0.75       0.75       0.5   
    39       3     0.4884     0.4884     0.2616
    40       3     0.0116     0.7384     0.0116
    41       3     0.7616     0.2616     0.7616
    42       3     0.5116     0.7384     0.5116
    43       3     0.7616     0.7616     0.2616
    44       3     0.7384     0.0116     0.0116
    45       3     0.2616     0.7616     0.7616
    46       3     0.7384     0.5116     0.5116
    47       3     0.9884     0.9884     0.2616
    48       3     0.0116     0.0116     0.7384
    49       3     0.4884     0.2616     0.4884
    50       3     0.2384     0.7384     0.2384
    51       3     0.9884     0.2616     0.9884
    52       3     0.2384     0.2384     0.7384
    53       3     0.2616     0.4884     0.4884
    54       3     0.7384     0.2384     0.2384
    55       3     0.2616     0.9884     0.9884
    56       3     0.5116     0.5116     0.7384


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.54

MU (1/cm) =     277.596    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     78.349

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

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

    1   Ti   ,Mg             2.568        4
                                                 1.9973       3
                                                 1.9973       3
                                                 1.9973       3
                                                 1.9973       3
    2   Ti   ,Mg             2.568        6
                                                 2.0173       3
                                                 2.0173       3
                                                 2.0173       3
                                                 2.0173       3
                                                 2.0173       3
                                                 2.0173       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.9911       3
                                                 2.7077       3
                                                 3.2616       3
                                                 2.7077       3
                                                 3.2616       3
                                                 2.7077       3
                                                 3.2616       3

  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  9.093  18.187   0.103   77.14    8       82.5     1159.6
    2   2   2   0 14.956  29.913   0.168   27.22   12       80.3      581.4
    3   3   1   0 16.771  33.542   0.187   21.26   24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 17.615  35.231   0.196   19.1    24      143.1     2595.0
    5   2   2   2 18.426  36.853   0.205   17.31    8       25.6       25.1
    6   4   0   0 21.407  42.813   0.237   12.4     6      265.3     1447.5
    7   3   3   1 23.436  46.873   0.258   10.11   24       16.4       18.1
    8   2   2   4 26.552  53.104   0.29     7.61   24       58.4      171.9
    9   1   1   5 28.302  56.605   0.308    6.58   24      150.8      992.9
   10   3   3   3 28.302  56.605   0.308    6.58    8       82.4       98.8
   11   4   4   0 31.075  62.15    0.335    5.34   12      306.6     1664.1
   12   5   3   0 32.144  64.288   0.345    4.96   24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 32.671  65.342   0.35     4.79   48       45.0      128.7
   14   4   4   2 33.194  66.388   0.355    4.63   24        8.4        2.2
   15   6   2   0 35.246  70.492   0.375    4.09   24       45.0       55.0
   16   3   3   5 36.751  73.502   0.388    3.77   24       99.7      248.2
   17   2   2   6 37.247  74.494   0.393    3.67   24       51.4       64.3
   18   4   4   4 39.21   78.421   0.41     3.36    8      155.3      179.0
   19   7   1   0 40.181  80.362   0.419    3.23   24        0.0        0.0
   20   1   1   7 40.664  81.328   0.423    3.18   24       14.7        4.5
   21   5   5   1 40.664  81.328   0.423    3.18   24       59.9       75.5
   22   6   4   2 43.064  86.129   0.443    2.95   48       47.9       89.6
   23   5   5   3 44.497  88.994   0.455    2.85   24      103.5      202.7
   24   7   3   1 44.497  88.994   0.455    2.85   48       65.2      160.8


  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   9.093  18.187  4.87389     1159.6     44.7     45.3     5.6
    2   2   2   0  14.956  29.913  2.98464      581.4     22.4     22.5     5.6
    3   1   1   3  17.615  35.231  2.54531     2595.0    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   4   0   0  21.407  42.813  2.11046     1447.5     55.8     55.4     5.7
    5   2   2   4  26.552  53.104  1.72318      171.9      6.6      6.5     5.8
    6   1   1   5  28.302  56.605  1.62463     1091.7     42.1     41.1     5.8
    7   4   4   0  31.075  62.15   1.49232     1664.1     64.1     62.1     5.8
    8   5   3   1  32.671  65.342  1.42693      128.7      5.0      4.8     5.9
    9   6   2   0  35.246  70.492  1.33477       55.0      2.1      2.0     5.9
   10   3   3   5  36.751  73.502  1.28737      248.2      9.6      9.1     6.0
   11   2   2   6  37.247  74.494  1.27265       64.3      2.5      2.3     6.0
   12   4   4   4  39.21   78.421  1.21847      179.0      6.9      6.5     6.0
   13   5   5   1  40.664  81.328  1.18209       80.0      3.1      2.9     6.1
   14   6   4   2  43.064  86.129  1.12809       89.6      3.5      3.2     6.1
   15   5   5   3  44.497  88.994  1.09903      363.6     14.0     12.8     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)