Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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DRIEKOPITE

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PtBi


Hexagonal  P 6(3)/mmc  Z = 2

P6(3)/mmc

7 .2 .23

Ref.Str.:

         McDonald A.M., Tamura N., Cabri L.J., Melcher F. (2022)

         * Eur. J. Mineral., 34, ht tps://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-591-2022

         R: ATOMIC. IMA 2022-058. Locality - Driekop mine, eastern limb

         of the Bushveld complex, South Africa.  N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   4.1993   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.1993   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.6194   gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    85.82

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    25.85

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Pt    = 1.00
   2 0.3333  0.6667  0.25     0.0    Bi    = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.25  
     3       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     4       2     0.6667     0.3333     0.75  


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =     15.63

MU (1/cm) =    3449.833    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    220.688

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1    Pt                  4.212       14
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 4.1993       1
                                                 2.8022       2
                                                 2.8019       2
                                                 2.8022       2
                                                 2.8097       1
                                                 2.8097       1
                                                 2.8022       2
                                                 2.8019       2
                                                 2.8022       2
    2    Bi                  5.112       28
                                                 4.8622       1
                                                 2.8022       1
                                                 5.0486       1
                                                 4.862        1
                                                 2.8019       1
                                                 4.8622       1
                                                 2.8022       1
                                                 5.0482       1
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 4.1993       2
                                                 2.8022       1
                                                 4.8622       1
                                                 5.0486       1
                                                 2.8019       1
                                                 4.862        1
                                                 2.8022       1
                                                 4.8622       1
                                                 5.0482       1
                                                 3.711        2
                                                 3.711        2
                                                 3.7114       2
                                                 3.7114       2
                                                 3.711        2
                                                 3.711        2

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   0   0 12.228  24.457   0.137   41.71    6       61.7    12914.9
    2   1   0   1 14.613  29.227   0.164   28.6    12      118.6    65567.6
    3   0   0   2 15.911  31.823   0.178   23.82    2        8.8       49.7
    4   1   0   2 20.27   40.539   0.225   14.01   12      181.6    75326.1
    5   1   1   0 21.522  43.044   0.238   12.25    6      240.9    57954.2
    6   2   0   0 25.063  50.126   0.275    8.68    6       50.9     1830.1
    7   2   0   1 26.439  52.877   0.289    7.69   12      101.4    12877.9
    8   1   1   2 27.257  54.514   0.297    7.17   12        8.7       87.7
    9   1   0   3 27.553  55.106   0.3      7.0    12      100.0    11404.6
   10   2   0   2 30.304  60.608   0.328    5.64   12      158.8    23196.2
   11   0   0   4 33.25   66.501   0.356    4.61    2      206.8     5352.1
   12   2   1   0 34.083  68.165   0.364    4.38   12       44.9     1435.0
   13   2   1   1 35.234  70.467   0.374    4.09   24       91.0    11045.7
   14   1   0   4 36.0    72.001   0.382    3.92   12       43.8     1222.8
   15   2   0   3 36.184  72.369   0.383    3.88   12       90.0     5121.9
   16   2   1   2 38.598  77.196   0.405    3.45   24      143.5    23132.2
   17   3   0   0 39.451  78.903   0.412    3.33    6      192.2    10008.6
   18   3   0   1 40.545  81.089   0.422    3.19   12        0.1        0.0
   19   1   1   4 41.278  82.556   0.428    3.11   12      188.3    17968.3
   20   3   0   2 43.792  87.584   0.449    2.9    12        8.0       29.9
   21   2   0   4 43.859  87.717   0.45     2.89   12       39.8      747.6
   22   2   1   3 44.034  88.068   0.451    2.88   24       82.7     6418.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   1   0   0  12.228  24.457  3.6367     12914.9     17.1     17.4     5.6
    2   1   0   1  14.613  29.227  3.05311    65567.6     87.0     87.9     5.6
    3   1   0   2  20.27   40.539  2.22341    75326.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   1   1   0  21.522  43.044  2.09965    57954.2     76.9     76.7     5.7
    5   2   0   0  25.063  50.126  1.81835     1830.1      2.4      2.4     5.7
    6   2   0   1  26.439  52.877  1.73003    12877.9     17.1     16.9     5.8
    7   1   0   3  27.553  55.106  1.66523    11404.6     15.1     14.9     5.8
    8   2   0   2  30.304  60.608  1.52656    23196.2     30.8     30.0     5.8
    9   0   0   4  33.25   66.501  1.40485     5352.1      7.1      6.9     5.9
   10   2   1   0  34.083  68.165  1.37454     1435.0      1.9      1.8     5.9
   11   2   1   1  35.234  70.467  1.33518    11045.7     14.7     14.1     5.9
   12   1   0   4  36.0    72.001  1.31047     1222.8      1.6      1.6     5.9
   13   2   0   3  36.184  72.369  1.30471     5121.9      6.8      6.5     5.9
   14   2   1   2  38.598  77.196  1.23471    23132.2     30.7     29.1     6.0
   15   3   0   0  39.451  78.903  1.21223    10008.6     13.3     12.5     6.0
   16   1   1   4  41.278  82.556  1.1676     17968.3     23.9     22.3     6.1
   17   2   1   3  44.034  88.068  1.10818     6418.5      8.5      7.9     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)