Card No: 12303       Created: 11/06/25    Last edition: 05/04/2026

Name: FAYALITE
Specification: [16], structure type - olivine, syn, at 373oK
Formula: Fe2SiO4
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P bnm
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 4.8226 | b = 10.4843 | c = 6.0945
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 308.15
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 28 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 46.40
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

-
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 4.39
R-factor: -MU, 1/cm: µ = 208.090
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Co=1.78892Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 47.390
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45