Card No: 533       Created: 23/10/1990    Last edition: 26/02/2015

Name: BIOTITE
Specification: [3], 2M(1)
Formula: K(Mg,Fe)3{[AlSi3]O10}(OH)2
Symmetry Class: monoclinic-beta
Space Group: C 2/c
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 5.3570 | b = 9.2450 | c = 20.2340 | beta = 94.9780
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 998.32
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 80 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 150.33
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

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X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.12
R-factor: R = 0.0420MU, 1/cm: µ = 190.295
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Co=1.78892Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 60.981
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45