Card No: 12068       Created: 27/04/24    Last edition: 30/03/2026

Name: TOMSQUARRYITE
Specification: [1], 2R, "distorted" structure type - alunite, DF
Formula: NaMgAl3[PO4]2(OH,F)6 · 8H2O
Symmetry Class: trigonal
Space Group: R 3(-)m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 6.9864 | c = 30.6340
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 6Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 1294.92
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 141 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 130.00
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 303
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 2.15
R-factor: R = 0.0690MU, 1/cm: µ = 55.380
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 25.743
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45