Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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FORSTERITE

20, t-olivine, at 19.0 GPa, f-olivine, s-forsterite

Mg(2)SiO(4)


Orthorhombic  P bnm  Z = 4

Pbnm

9 .7 .1998

Ref.Str.:

         Wentzcovitch R., Stixrude L. (1997)

         * Amer. Mineral., 82, 663-671

Reserv:

         D.T.N.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   4.574    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.505    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.619    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   244.29

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    36.79

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

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

   1 0.4274  0.0951  0.25     0.0    Si    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   3 0.9889  0.2739  0.25     0.0    Mg    = 1.00
   4 0.7736  0.091   0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   5 0.226   0.44    0.25     0.0    O     = 1.00
   6 0.266   0.167   0.0245   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.4274     0.0951     0.25  
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.9889     0.2739     0.25  
     4       4     0.7736     0.091      0.25  
     5       5     0.226      0.44       0.25  
     6       6     0.266      0.167      0.0245
     7       1     0.5726     0.9049     0.75  
     8       3     0.0111     0.7261     0.75  
     9       4     0.2264     0.909      0.75  
    10       5     0.774      0.56       0.75  
    11       6     0.734      0.833      0.9755
    12       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       6     0.734      0.833      0.5245
    14       6     0.266      0.167      0.4755
    15       1     0.0726     0.5951     0.25  
    16       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    17       3     0.5111     0.7739     0.25  
    18       4     0.7264     0.591      0.25  
    19       5     0.274      0.94       0.25  
    20       6     0.234      0.667      0.0245
    21       1     0.9274     0.4049     0.75  
    22       3     0.4889     0.2261     0.75  
    23       4     0.2736     0.409      0.75  
    24       5     0.726      0.06       0.75  
    25       6     0.766      0.333      0.9755
    26       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
    27       6     0.766      0.333      0.5245
    28       6     0.234      0.667      0.4755


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.82

MU (1/cm) =     117.266    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     30.665

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

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

    1    Si                  2.1          4
                                                 1.584        4
                                                 1.6179       6
                                                 1.6179       6
                                                 1.6327       5
    2    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 1.9478       4
                                                 2.0047       6
                                                 1.9478       4
                                                 2.0047       6
                                                 1.967        5
                                                 1.967        5
    3    Mg                  2.52         6
                                                 1.998        4
                                                 1.9154       5
                                                 2.0602       6
                                                 2.0602       6
                                                 1.9324       6
                                                 1.9324       6
    4    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.6833       6
                                                 2.7419       6
                                                 2.9027       6
                                                 2.9027       6
                                                 2.6833       6
                                                 2.7419       6
                                                 2.7016       5
                                                 2.6985       5
                                                 2.8333       5
                                                 2.8333       5
                                                 2.7697       6
                                                 2.7697       6
    5    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8935       6
                                                 2.8935       6
                                                 2.7016       4
                                                 2.6985       4
                                                 2.5024       6
                                                 2.8333       4
                                                 2.8333       4
                                                 3.0845       6
                                                 2.8001       6
                                                 3.0845       6
                                                 2.8001       6
                                                 2.5024       6
    6    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.7419       4
                                                 2.6833       4
                                                 2.8935       5
                                                 2.9027       4
                                                 2.5342       6
                                                 3.0848       6
                                                 2.5024       5
                                                 2.7697       4
                                                 2.8001       5
                                                 3.0845       5
                                                 2.7921       6
                                                 2.7921       6

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

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

    1   0   2   0  9.328  18.655   0.105   73.21    2       23.8      138.8
    2   1   1   0 10.771  21.543   0.121   54.36    4        3.5        4.4
    3   0   2   1 12.256  24.512   0.138   41.51    4       43.7      531.0
    4   1   0   1 12.541  25.083   0.141   39.55    4       25.2      168.7
    5   1   1   1 13.402  26.803   0.15    34.38    8       18.7      160.6
    6   1   2   0 13.517  27.033   0.152   33.76    4       22.5      114.5
    7   1   2   1 15.722  31.443   0.176   24.45    8       13.0       55.6
    8   0   0   2 15.913  31.825   0.178   23.82    2       43.8      153.0
    9   1   3   0 17.202  34.405   0.192   20.12    4       62.4      524.5
   10   0   2   2 18.572  37.144   0.207   17.01    4        7.8        6.9
   11   0   4   0 18.915  37.829   0.21    16.34    2        0.8        0.0
   12   1   3   1 19.025  38.049   0.212   16.13    8       59.3      760.6
   13   1   1   2 19.379  38.757   0.215   15.48    8       66.9      930.2
   14   2   0   0 19.683  39.365   0.219   14.96    2        9.4        4.5
   15   2   1   0 20.269  40.537   0.225   14.01    4       29.9       84.2
   16   0   4   1 20.607  41.214   0.228   13.51    4       34.5      107.5
   17   1   2   2 21.117  42.234   0.234   12.79    8       49.7      423.5
   18   1   4   0 21.426  42.851   0.237   12.38    4       60.2      301.1
   19   2   1   1 21.873  43.747   0.242   11.82    8       34.5      188.4
   20   2   2   0 21.949  43.897   0.243   11.72    4        8.0        5.0
   21   1   4   1 22.965  45.93    0.253   10.59    8        2.8        1.1
   22   2   2   1 23.461  46.922   0.258   10.09    8        1.9        0.5
   23   1   3   2 23.783  47.567   0.262    9.78    8       16.5       35.5
   24   2   3   0 24.544  49.087   0.27     9.1     4       23.7       34.1
   25   0   4   2 25.123  50.245   0.276    8.63    4       25.1       36.3
   26   2   0   2 25.74   51.48    0.282    8.17    4       20.2       22.4
   27   2   3   1 25.94   51.879   0.284    8.03    8        3.7        1.5
   28   1   5   0 26.027  52.055   0.285    7.97    4       37.3       74.4
   29   2   1   2 26.218  52.436   0.287    7.83    8       14.8       23.1
   30   0   2   3 26.234  52.468   0.287    7.82    4       13.5        9.6
   31   1   0   3 26.385  52.77    0.288    7.72    4        2.2        0.3
   32   1   1   3 26.855  53.709   0.293    7.42    8       16.7       27.8
   33   1   4   2 27.177  54.353   0.296    7.22    8        7.7        5.7
   34   1   5   1 27.369  54.737   0.298    7.1     8       21.1       42.6
   35   2   2   2 27.616  55.233   0.301    6.96    8       85.3      678.4
   36   2   4   0 27.869  55.739   0.303    6.82    4       65.2      194.0
   37   1   2   3 28.231  56.463   0.307    6.62    8       19.7       34.5
   38   0   6   0 29.094  58.187   0.316    6.19    2       12.4        3.2
   39   2   4   1 29.153  58.306   0.316    6.16    8       38.3      120.9
   40   2   3   2 29.849  59.697   0.323    5.84    8       22.1       38.3
   41   0   6   1 30.344  60.688   0.328    5.63    4       52.8      105.3
   42   1   3   3 30.435  60.869   0.329    5.59    8       50.5      191.1
   43   3   1   0 30.775  61.55    0.332    5.45    4       24.4       21.7
   44   1   6   0 30.969  61.938   0.334    5.38    4       11.3        4.6
   45   1   5   2 31.159  62.317   0.336    5.31    8       19.5       26.9
   46   3   0   1 31.566  63.132   0.34     5.16    4       21.4       15.9
   47   0   4   3 31.577  63.155   0.34     5.15    4       45.9       72.8
   48   2   5   0 31.796  63.593   0.342    5.08    4        1.1        0.0
   49   3   1   1 31.986  63.973   0.344    5.01    8       19.2       24.8
   50   3   2   0 32.044  64.089   0.344    4.99    4       27.9       26.0
   51   1   6   1 32.176  64.352   0.346    4.95    8        2.6        0.4
   52   2   1   3 32.528  65.056   0.349    4.83    8       26.4       45.2
   53   2   4   2 32.815  65.63    0.352    4.74    8       24.3       37.4
   54   2   5   1 32.987  65.973   0.353    4.69    8       32.2       65.2
   55   3   2   1 33.23   66.459   0.356    4.62    8       15.0       13.9
   56   0   0   4 33.253  66.506   0.356    4.61    2      137.5      292.1
   57   1   4   3 33.371  66.743   0.357    4.57    8        4.2        1.1
   58   2   2   3 33.761  67.522   0.361    4.46    8       17.2       17.7
   59   0   6   2 33.932  67.864   0.362    4.42    4      120.4      429.5
   60   3   3   0 34.102  68.204   0.364    4.37    4       35.6       37.1
   61   0   2   4 34.875  69.751   0.371    4.17    4       16.8        7.9
   62   3   3   1 35.253  70.505   0.375    4.09    8       40.4       89.4
   63   1   1   4 35.402  70.804   0.376    4.05    8        1.4        0.1
   64   3   1   2 35.485  70.971   0.377    4.03    8       38.7       81.1
   65   1   6   2 35.666  71.332   0.378    3.99    8       10.9        6.4
   66   2   3   3 35.77   71.54    0.379    3.97    8        0.3        0.0
   67   2   6   0 36.263  72.526   0.384    3.86    4       12.3        3.9
   68   1   7   0 36.281  72.562   0.384    3.86    4       62.0       99.6
   69   2   5   2 36.439  72.878   0.386    3.83    8        8.0        3.3
   70   1   2   4 36.589  73.179   0.387    3.8     8       10.8        5.9
   71   3   2   2 36.671  73.343   0.388    3.78    8       67.4      230.3
   72   3   4   0 36.889  73.778   0.39     3.74    4       58.0       84.4
   73   1   5   3 36.97   73.94    0.39     3.73    8       16.1       13.0
   74   2   6   1 37.385  74.771   0.394    3.65    8       15.4       11.6
   75   1   7   1 37.403  74.806   0.394    3.65    8        9.7        4.6
   76   3   4   1 38.004  76.008   0.4      3.54    8       31.9       48.5
   77   2   4   3 38.507  77.015   0.404    3.46    8       20.2       18.9
   78   1   3   4 38.536  77.073   0.404    3.46    8       43.0       85.9
   79   3   3   2 38.617  77.234   0.405    3.45    8        3.3        0.5
   80   0   6   3 39.556  79.112   0.413    3.31    4       44.6       44.2
   81   0   4   4 39.568  79.135   0.413    3.31    4        7.4        1.2
   82   2   0   4 40.055  80.109   0.418    3.25    4       25.9       14.6
   83   3   5   0 40.363  80.726   0.42     3.21    4       20.6        9.2
   84   0   8   0 40.415  80.829   0.421    3.2     2       10.3        1.1
   85   2   1   4 40.436  80.872   0.421    3.2     8       20.1       17.4
   86   3   0   3 40.65   81.3     0.423    3.18    4       33.2       23.4
   87   2   6   2 40.689  81.377   0.423    3.17    8       16.4       11.4
   88   1   7   2 40.706  81.411   0.423    3.17    8       11.4        5.5
   89   3   1   3 41.03   82.061   0.426    3.13    8       13.0        7.2
   90   1   6   3 41.203  82.405   0.428    3.12    8       16.9       11.9
   91   1   4   4 41.214  82.428   0.428    3.12    8       28.0       32.7
   92   2   7   0 41.279  82.558   0.428    3.11    4       21.5        9.6
   93   3   4   2 41.293  82.587   0.428    3.11    8       16.4       11.1
   94   3   5   1 41.451  82.902   0.43     3.09    8        9.4        3.6
   95   0   8   1 41.502  83.005   0.43     3.09    4       15.9        5.2
   96   2   2   4 41.576  83.152   0.431    3.08    8        4.5        0.8
   97   2   5   3 41.943  83.887   0.434    3.04    8       29.8       36.1
   98   1   8   0 42.054  84.108   0.435    3.03    4       14.5        4.3
   99   3   2   3 42.167  84.334   0.436    3.02    8        7.1        2.0
  100   4   0   0 42.347  84.694   0.437    3.01    2       78.0       61.3
  101   2   7   1 42.363  84.725   0.437    3.01    8       13.2        7.0
  102   4   1   0 42.724  85.449   0.44     2.98    4       13.3        3.5
  103   1   8   1 43.135  86.269   0.444    2.94    8       10.7        4.5
  104   2   3   4 43.465  86.93    0.447    2.92    8       19.0       14.1
  105   4   1   1 43.803  87.606   0.449    2.9     8       10.1        3.9
  106   4   2   0 43.855  87.711   0.45     2.89    4        0.5        0.0
  107   3   3   3 44.053  88.106   0.451    2.88    8       34.5       46.0
  108   3   6   0 44.522  89.045   0.455    2.85    4        3.6        0.2
  109   1   5   4 44.612  89.223   0.456    2.85    8       30.0       34.3
  110   3   5   2 44.69   89.38    0.457    2.84    8       32.6       40.5
  111   0   8   2 44.741  89.482   0.457    2.84    4       14.2        3.9
  112   0   2   5 44.775  89.55    0.457    2.84    4       34.1       22.1
  113   1   0   5 44.895  89.79    0.458    2.83    4       25.1       12.0
  114   4   2   1 44.932  89.865   0.458    2.83    8        8.3        2.6


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (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   0   2   0   9.328  18.655  4.7525       138.8     14.9     15.2     5.6
    2   0   2   1  12.256  24.512  3.62864      531.0     57.1     57.8     5.6
    3   1   0   1  12.541  25.083  3.5473       168.7     18.1     18.4     5.6
    4   1   1   1  13.402  26.803  3.3234       160.6     17.3     17.5     5.6
    5   1   2   0  13.517  27.033  3.2956       114.5     12.3     12.4     5.6
    6   1   2   1  15.722  31.443  2.84273       55.6      6.0      6.0     5.6
    7   0   0   2  15.913  31.825  2.8095       153.0     16.5     16.6     5.6
    8   1   3   0  17.202  34.405  2.60452      524.5     56.4     56.6     5.7
    9   1   3   1  19.025  38.049  2.36301      760.6     81.8     81.8     5.7
   10   1   1   2  19.379  38.757  2.32146      930.2    100.0    100.0     5.7
   11   2   1   0  20.269  40.537  2.22354       84.2      9.1      9.0     5.7
   12   0   4   1  20.607  41.214  2.18859      107.5     11.6     11.5     5.7
   13   1   2   2  21.117  42.234  2.13803      423.5     45.5     45.4     5.7
   14   1   4   0  21.426  42.851  2.10867      301.1     32.4     32.2     5.7
   15   2   1   1  21.873  43.747  2.06754      188.4     20.3     20.2     5.7
   16   1   3   2  23.783  47.567  1.91003       35.5      3.8      3.8     5.7
   17   2   3   0  24.544  49.087  1.85437       34.1      3.7      3.6     5.7
   18   0   4   2  25.123  50.245  1.81432       36.3      3.9      3.9     5.8
   19   2   0   2  25.74   51.48   1.77365       22.4      2.4      2.4     5.8
   20   1   5   0  26.027  52.055  1.75543       74.4      8.0      7.9     5.8
   21   2   1   2  26.218  52.436  1.74355       32.7      3.5      3.5     5.8
   22   1   1   3  26.855  53.709  1.70519       27.8      3.0      2.9     5.8
   23   1   5   1  27.369  54.737  1.67556       42.6      4.6      4.5     5.8
   24   2   2   2  27.616  55.233  1.6617       678.4     72.9     71.6     5.8
   25   2   4   0  27.869  55.739  1.6478       194.0     20.9     20.4     5.8
   26   1   2   3  28.231  56.463  1.62839       34.5      3.7      3.6     5.8
   27   2   4   1  29.153  58.306  1.58121      120.9     13.0     12.7     5.8
   28   2   3   2  29.849  59.697  1.54765       38.3      4.1      4.0     5.8
   29   0   6   1  30.344  60.688  1.52473      105.3     11.3     11.0     5.8
   30   1   3   3  30.435  60.869  1.52063      191.1     20.5     20.0     5.8
   31   3   1   0  30.775  61.55   1.50542       21.7      2.3      2.3     5.8
   32   1   5   2  31.159  62.317  1.48872       26.9      2.9      2.8     5.8
   33   0   4   3  31.577  63.155  1.47098       88.7      9.5      9.2     5.9
   34   3   1   1  31.986  63.973  1.45414       24.8      2.7      2.6     5.9
   35   3   2   0  32.044  64.089  1.45179       26.0      2.8      2.7     5.9
   36   2   1   3  32.528  65.056  1.43251       45.2      4.9      4.7     5.9
   37   2   4   2  32.815  65.63   1.42137       37.4      4.0      3.9     5.9
   38   2   5   1  32.987  65.973  1.41481       65.2      7.0      6.8     5.9
   39   0   0   4  33.253  66.506  1.40475      306.0     32.9     31.7     5.9
   40   2   2   3  33.761  67.522  1.38606       17.7      1.9      1.8     5.9
   41   0   6   2  33.932  67.864  1.37992      429.5     46.2     44.4     5.9
   42   3   3   0  34.102  68.204  1.37387       37.1      4.0      3.8     5.9
   43   3   3   1  35.253  70.505  1.33456       89.4      9.6      9.2     5.9
   44   3   1   2  35.485  70.971  1.32693       81.1      8.7      8.3     5.9
   45   1   7   0  36.281  72.562  1.30171      103.5     11.1     10.6     6.0
   46   3   2   2  36.671  73.343  1.28976      230.3     24.8     23.6     6.0
   47   3   4   0  36.889  73.778  1.28323       84.4      9.1      8.6     6.0
   48   1   5   3  36.97   73.94   1.28082       13.0      1.4      1.3     6.0
   49   2   6   1  37.385  74.771  1.26864       16.2      1.7      1.7     6.0
   50   3   4   1  38.004  76.008  1.25103       48.5      5.2      4.9     6.0
   51   1   3   4  38.536  77.073  1.23638      104.8     11.3     10.7     6.0
   52   0   6   3  39.556  79.112  1.20955       45.4      4.9      4.6     6.0
   53   2   0   4  40.055  80.109  1.19698       14.6      1.6      1.5     6.0
   54   2   1   4  40.436  80.872  1.1876        18.5      2.0      1.9     6.1
   55   3   0   3  40.65   81.3    1.18243       23.4      2.5      2.4     6.1
   56   2   6   2  40.689  81.377  1.18151       16.9      1.8      1.7     6.1
   57   1   4   4  41.214  82.428  1.16909       44.6      4.8      4.5     6.1
   58   3   4   2  41.293  82.587  1.16724       20.8      2.2      2.1     6.1
   59   2   5   3  41.943  83.887  1.15243       36.1      3.9      3.6     6.1
   60   4   0   0  42.347  84.694  1.1435        68.3      7.3      6.8     6.1
   61   2   3   4  43.465  86.93   1.11974       14.1      1.5      1.4     6.1
   62   3   3   3  44.053  88.106  1.1078        46.0      4.9      4.6     6.2
   63   1   5   4  44.612  89.223  1.0968        34.3      3.7      3.4     6.2
   64   3   5   2  44.69   89.38   1.09528       40.5      4.4      4.0     6.2
   65   0   2   5  44.775  89.55   1.09364       22.1      2.4      2.2     6.2
   66   1   0   5  44.895  89.79   1.09134       12.0      1.3      1.2     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)