Card No: 12028       Created: 14/05/24    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: GEHLENITE
Specification: [16], structure type - melilite
Formula: Ca2Al(Si,Al)2O7
Symmetry Class: tetragonal
Space Group: P 4(-)2(1)m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 7.7404 | c = 5.0388
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 2Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 301.89
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 24 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 90.92
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 427
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.02
R-factor: R = 0.0212MU, 1/cm: µ = 206.680
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 68.402
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45