Card No: 12097       Created: 26/09/24    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: ENSTATITE
Specification: [42], structure type - hypersthene, Ge-analogue
Formula: MgGeO3
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P bca
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 18.8189 | b = 8.9516 | c = 5.3470
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 16Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 900.75
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 80 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 33.91
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 1250
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 4.27
R-factor: R = 0.0152MU, 1/cm: µ = 205.755
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 48.160
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45