Card No: 12096       Created: 26/09/24    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: ENSTATITE
Specification: [41], structure type - hypersthene, Ge-analogue
Formula: MgSi0.22Ge0.78O3
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P bca
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 18.7076 | b = 8.9224 | c = 5.3146
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 16Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 887.09
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 80 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 33.40
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 1240
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 4.04
R-factor: R = 0.0160MU, 1/cm: µ = 183.193
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 45.393
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45