Card No: 12387       Created: 8/10/25    Last edition: 05/04/2026

Name: SCHAFERITE
Specification: [2], structure type - garnet
Formula: NaCa2Mg2[(V,As)O4]3
Symmetry Class: cubic
Space Group: I a3d
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 12.3974
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 8Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 1905.41
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 160 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 143.46
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 352
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.61
R-factor: R = 0.0210MU, 1/cm: µ = 332.187
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 92.135
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45