Card No: 12094       Created: 20/09/24    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: ENSTATITE
Specification: [39], structure type - hypersthene, Ge-analogue
Formula: MgSi0.63Ge0.37O3
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P bca
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 18.4792 | b = 8.8717 | c = 5.2519
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 16Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 861.01
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 80 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 32.41
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 1182
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.60
R-factor: R = 0.0232MU, 1/cm: µ = 141.388
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 39.261
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45