Card No: 12372       Created: 15/09/25    Last edition: 06/04/2026

Name: PETERSITE-(Y)
Specification: [1], structure type - mixite, DF
Formula: Cu6(Y,Ca,La)[PO4]3(OH)6 · 3H2O
Symmetry Class: hexagonal
Space Group: P 6(3)/m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 13.2348 | c = 5.8574
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 2Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 888.53
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 94 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 267.60
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 857
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.64
R-factor: R = 0.0250MU, 1/cm: µ = 175.517
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 48.230
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45