Card No: 1588       Created: 26/09/1991    Last edition: 13/01/2009

Name: FORSTERITE
Specification: [6], structure type - olivine, at 47 kbar
Formula: Mg2SiO4
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P bnm
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 4.7160 | b = 10.0310 | c = 5.9010
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 279.15
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 28 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 42.04
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 126
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.35
R-factor: R = 0.0360MU, 1/cm: µ = 102.621
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 30.665
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45