Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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FEROXYHYTE

1, DN

FeOOH


Hexagonal  P 3(-)m1  Z = 1

P3(-)m1

17 .2 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         Waychunas Glenn A. (1991)

         * Reviews in Mineralogy, 25, 38-46

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   2.95     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   2.95     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.56     gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    34.37

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    20.7 

  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    Fe    = 0.5 , Fe    = 0.0 
   2 0.0     0.0     0.5      0.0    Fe    = 0.5 , Fe    = 0.0 
   3 0.3333  0.6667  0.246    0.0    O     = 1.00
   4 0.3333  0.6667  0.51     0.0    H     = 0.5 , H     = 0.0 


  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        0.5   
     3       3     0.3333     0.6667     0.246 
     4       4     0.3333     0.6667     0.51  
     5       3     0.6667     0.3333     0.754 
     6       4     0.6667     0.3333     0.49  


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.29

MU (1/cm) =     169.964    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     39.602

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

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

    1   Fe   ,Fe             2.592        6
                                                 2.0394       3
                                                 2.0394       3
                                                 2.0394       3
                                                 2.0394       3
                                                 2.0394       3
                                                 2.0394       3
    2   Fe   ,Fe             2.592        6
                                                 2.0597       3
                                                 2.0597       3
                                                 2.0597       3
                                                 2.0597       3
                                                 2.0597       3
                                                 2.0597       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.95         3
                                                 2.8752       3
                                                 2.8168       3
                                                 2.8752       3
                                                 2.8168       3
                                                 2.8752       3
                                                 2.8168       3
    4   H    ,H              1.632        1
                                                 1.2038       3

  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   1 11.312  22.624   0.11    49.09    2        0.5        1.8
    2   1   0   0 20.494  40.988   0.196   13.67    6       14.2     1402.0
    3   0   0   2 23.098  46.196   0.219   10.45    2        9.3      153.5
    4   1   0  -1 23.661  47.321   0.224    9.89    6        9.1      418.5
    5   1   0   1 23.661  47.321   0.224    9.89    6        8.9      396.9
    6   1   0  -2 31.723  63.447   0.294    5.1     6       21.3     1179.7
    7   1   0   2 31.723  63.447   0.294    5.1     6       20.5     1092.9
    8   0   0   3 36.048  72.096   0.329    3.91    2        0.8        0.5
    9   1   1   0 37.331  74.661   0.339    3.66    6       23.0      986.7
   10   1   1   1 39.594  79.189   0.356    3.31   12        0.1        0.0
   11   1   0  -3 43.215  86.43    0.383    2.94    6        5.2       39.6
   12   1   0   3 43.215  86.43    0.383    2.94    6        5.8       50.7
   13   2   0   0 44.445  88.89    0.391    2.86    6       10.9      172.1


  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   0   0  20.494  40.988  2.55477     1402.0     61.7     63.5     5.7
    2   0   0   2  23.098  46.196  2.28         153.5      6.8      6.9     5.7
    3   1   0   1  23.661  47.321  2.22881      815.4     35.9     36.7     5.7
    4   1   0   2  31.723  63.447  1.70108     2272.6    100.0    100.0     5.9
    5   1   1   0  37.331  74.661  1.475        986.7     43.4     42.6     6.0
    6   1   0   3  43.215  86.43   1.30628       90.3      4.0      3.8     6.1
    7   2   0   0  44.445  88.89   1.27739      172.1      7.6      7.2     6.2

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)