Card No: 268       Created: 09/03/1992    Last edition: 05/07/2018

Name: APATITE
Specification: [3], structure type - apatite, rare-earth bearing
Formula: Ca10[PO4]6(OH,F,Cl)2
Symmetry Class: hexagonal
Space Group: P 6(3)/m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 9.4052 | c = 6.9125
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 1Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 529.54
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 42 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 318.96
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 557
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.34
R-factor: R = 0.0150MU, 1/cm: µ = 360.352
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 107.764
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45