Card No: 849       Created: 12/12/1999    Last edition: 27/09/2021

Name: CHESTERITE
Specification: [1]
Formula: (Mg,Fe)17Si20O54(OH)6
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: A 2(1)ma
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 18.6140 | b = 45.3060 | c = 5.2970
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 4467.10
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 388 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 672.67
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

-
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.02
R-factor: -MU, 1/cm: µ = 146.614
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Co=1.78892Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 48.487
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45