Card No: 1247       Created: 11/01/1991    Last edition: 13/01/2009

Name: DIOPTASE
Specification: [4], structure type - dioptase
Formula: Cu6Si6O18 · 6H2O
Symmetry Class: trigonal
Space Group: R 3(-)
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 14.5690 | c = 7.7790
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 18Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 1429.93
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 144 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 47.85
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 539
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.29
R-factor: R = 0.0520MU, 1/cm: µ = 121.206
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 36.794
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45