Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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BYSTROMITE

3, t-bystromite, analogue

MoRh(2)O(6)


Tetragonal  P 4(2)/mnm  Z = 2

P4(2)/mnm

22 .7 .19

Ref.Str.:

         Badaud J., Fournier J., Omaly J. (1977)

         * Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie

         des Sciences, 284, 921-923

         R: N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   4.606    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.606    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   9.063    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   192.27

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    57.91

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Mo    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.3333   0.0    Rh    = 1.00
   3 0.306   0.306   0.0      0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.308   0.308   0.3333   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.3333
     3       3     0.306      0.306      0.0   
     4       4     0.308      0.308      0.3333
     5       3     0.694      0.694      0.0   
     6       4     0.692      0.692      0.3333
     7       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     8       2     0.5        0.5        0.8333
     9       3     0.194      0.806      0.5   
    10       4     0.192      0.808      0.8333
    11       3     0.806      0.194      0.5   
    12       4     0.808      0.192      0.8333
    13       2     0.0        0.0        0.6667
    14       4     0.308      0.308      0.6667
    15       4     0.692      0.692      0.6667
    16       2     0.5        0.5        0.1667
    17       4     0.192      0.808      0.1667
    18       4     0.808      0.192      0.1667


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      6.87

MU (1/cm) =    1455.533    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    211.934

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1    Mo                  2.448        6
                                                 1.9932       3
                                                 1.9932       3
                                                 1.9613       4
                                                 1.9613       4
                                                 1.9613       4
                                                 1.9613       4
    2    Rh                  2.532        6
                                                 2.0063       4
                                                 2.0063       4
                                                 1.9696       3
                                                 1.9696       3
                                                 1.9606       4
                                                 1.9606       4
    3    O                   3.264       11
                                                 3.0207       4
                                                 2.5274       3
                                                 2.8115       4
                                                 2.7964       4
                                                 2.8115       4
                                                 2.7964       4
                                                 3.0207       4
                                                 2.8115       4
                                                 2.7964       4
                                                 2.8115       4
                                                 2.7964       4
    4    O                   3.264       11
                                                 3.0207       3
                                                 2.5013       4
                                                 2.7964       3
                                                 2.8115       3
                                                 2.7964       3
                                                 2.8115       3
                                                 3.0216       4
                                                 2.8052       4
                                                 2.8052       4
                                                 2.8052       4
                                                 2.8052       4

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   0   0   2 11.384  22.768   0.11    48.44    2        6.4       10.7
    2   1   0   1 12.582  25.164   0.122   39.28    8        6.0       30.2
    3   1   1   0 15.94   31.88    0.154   23.73    4      236.2    14319.8
    4   1   1   1 16.967  33.935   0.163   20.73    8        0.2        0.0
    5   1   1   2 19.768  39.535   0.189   14.82    8        6.2       12.4
    6   1   0   3 20.737  41.475   0.198   13.32    8      187.4    10124.7
    7   2   0   0 22.854  45.709   0.217   10.7     4      156.9     2849.7
    8   0   0   4 23.252  46.504   0.221   10.29    2        5.5        1.7
    9   1   1   3 23.818  47.637   0.226    9.75    8       54.6      628.2
   10   2   1   0 25.736  51.473   0.243    8.17    8       36.5      235.0
   11   2   0   2 25.828  51.656   0.244    8.11    8        5.6        5.6
   12   2   1   1 26.443  52.886   0.249    7.68   16        5.2        9.1
   13   2   1   2 28.489  56.978   0.267    6.49   16        0.3        0.0
   14   1   1   4 28.745  57.489   0.269    6.36    8        5.0        3.4
   15   2   1   3 31.706  63.413   0.294    5.11   16      194.6     8367.1
   16   1   0   5 32.026  64.052   0.296    5.0     8        4.5        2.2
   17   2   2   0 33.317  66.633   0.307    4.59    4      204.6     2080.1
   18   2   0   4 33.628  67.256   0.31     4.5     8        4.6        2.1
   19   2   2   1 33.922  67.844   0.312    4.42    8        0.4        0.0
   20   1   1   5 34.384  68.769   0.316    4.3     8        0.1        0.0
   21   2   2   2 35.708  71.416   0.326    3.98    8        3.9        1.3
   22   2   1   4 35.934  71.869   0.328    3.93   16        0.2        0.0
   23   3   0   1 36.22   72.44    0.33     3.87    8        4.4        1.6
   24   0   0   6 36.311  72.621   0.331    3.85    2      215.5      968.7
   25   3   1   0 37.886  75.773   0.343    3.56    8      154.6     1843.7
   26   3   1   1 38.461  76.921   0.348    3.47   16        0.5        0.0
   27   2   2   3 38.608  77.215   0.349    3.45    8       18.3       25.0
   28   3   1   2 40.169  80.337   0.361    3.23   16        3.7        1.9
   29   1   1   6 40.749  81.498   0.365    3.17    8      167.6     1924.4
   30   3   0   3 40.806  81.613   0.365    3.16    8      197.8     2674.1
   31   2   1   5 41.096  82.191   0.367    3.13   16        3.9        2.1
   32   2   2   4 42.564  85.128   0.378    2.99    8        3.3        0.7
   33   3   1   3 42.98   85.961   0.381    2.96   16       16.8       36.0
   34   3   2   0 44.441  88.883   0.391    2.86    8       11.5        8.1
   35   3   2   1 44.999  89.999   0.395    2.83   16        3.5        1.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   1   1   0  15.94   31.88   3.25693    14319.8    100.0    100.0     5.6
    2   1   0   3  20.737  41.475  2.52612    10124.7     70.7     70.1     5.7
    3   2   0   0  22.854  45.709  2.303       2849.7     19.9     19.6     5.7
    4   1   1   3  23.818  47.637  2.21489      628.2      4.4      4.3     5.7
    5   2   1   0  25.736  51.473  2.05987      235.0      1.6      1.6     5.8
    6   2   1   3  31.706  63.413  1.70189     8367.1     58.4     56.3     5.9
    7   2   2   0  33.317  66.633  1.62847     2080.1     14.5     13.9     5.9
    8   0   0   6  36.311  72.621  1.5105       968.7      6.8      6.4     6.0
    9   3   1   0  37.886  75.773  1.45654     1843.7     12.9     12.1     6.0
   10   1   1   6  40.749  81.498  1.3703      1924.4     13.4     12.5     6.1
   11   3   0   3  40.806  81.613  1.36871     2674.1     18.7     17.4     6.1

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)