Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
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GEHLENITE

8, t-melilite, syn, g-melilite

Ca(2)Al(Al,Si)(2)O(7)


Tetragonal  P 4(-)2(1)m  Z = 2

R =0.0215          NR =546

10 .9 .1996

Ref.Str.:

         Malinovskiy Yu.A., Panina Z.V. (1996)

         * Kristallogr., 41, 240-247

Reserv:

         Ca(2)Al[Al(0.5)Si(0.5)](2)O(7).      N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   7.6895   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   7.6895   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.0662   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   299.56

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    90.22

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

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

   1 0.3388  0.1612  0.5117   1.14   Ca    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.62   Al    = 1.00
   3 0.1433  0.3568  0.9564   0.51   Al    = 0.5 , Si    = 0.5 
   4 0.5     0.0     0.1779   1.06   O     = 1.00
   5 0.1424  0.3576  0.2835   1.06   O     = 1.00
   6 0.0876  0.1672  0.8066   1.08   O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.3388     0.1612     0.5117
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.1433     0.3568     0.9564
     4       4     0.5        0.0        0.1779
     5       5     0.1424     0.3576     0.2835
     6       6     0.0876     0.1672     0.8066
     7       1     0.1612     0.6612     0.4883
     8       1     0.6612     0.8388     0.5117
     9       1     0.8388     0.3388     0.4883
    10       3     0.3568     0.8568     0.0436
    11       3     0.8568     0.6432     0.9564
    12       3     0.6432     0.1432     0.0436
    13       4     0.0        0.5        0.8221
    14       5     0.3576     0.8576     0.7165
    15       5     0.8576     0.6424     0.2835
    16       5     0.6424     0.1424     0.7165
    17       6     0.1672     0.9124     0.1934
    18       6     0.9124     0.8328     0.8066
    19       6     0.8328     0.0876     0.1934
    20       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    21       6     0.4124     0.6672     0.1934
    22       6     0.3328     0.4124     0.8066
    23       6     0.5876     0.3328     0.1934
    24       6     0.6672     0.5876     0.8066


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.04

MU (1/cm) =     206.127    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     67.828

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

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

    1    Ca                  2.88         8
                                                 2.4357       4
                                                 2.4286       5
                                                 2.4424       6
                                                 2.5588       5
                                                 2.5588       5
                                                 2.8287       6
                                                 2.4424       6
                                                 2.8287       6
    2    Al                  2.316        4
                                                 1.7512       6
                                                 1.7512       6
                                                 1.7512       6
                                                 1.7512       6
    3   Al   ,Si             2.316        4
                                                 1.6574       5
                                                 1.698        6
                                                 1.6998       4
                                                 1.698        6
    4    O                   3.264        8
                                                 3.1374       5
                                                 2.8039       5
                                                 3.1374       5
                                                 2.8039       5
                                                 2.6474       6
                                                 2.6474       6
                                                 2.6474       6
                                                 2.6474       6
    5    O                   3.264        9
                                                 3.0568       6
                                                 2.8563       6
                                                 3.1374       4
                                                 2.8039       4
                                                 3.0971       5
                                                 3.1916       6
                                                 3.1916       6
                                                 3.0568       6
                                                 2.8563       6
    6    O                   3.264        8
                                                 2.8563       5
                                                 3.0568       5
                                                 2.6474       4
                                                 3.1916       5
                                                 2.8379       6
                                                 2.9029       6
                                                 2.8379       6
                                                 2.6665       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   1   1   0  8.144  16.289   0.092   96.71    4       16.8      121.3
    2   0   0   1  8.745  17.491   0.099   83.58    2       19.0       67.4
    3   1   0   1 10.491  20.981   0.118   57.42    8        9.8       48.7
    4   2   0   0 11.557  23.114   0.13    46.94    4       11.5       27.5
    5   1   1   1 11.994  23.988   0.135   43.43    8       32.2      401.8
    6   2   1   0 12.944  25.887   0.145   37.0     8       12.1       48.3
    7   2   0   1 14.567  29.133   0.163   28.8     8       43.5      485.4
    8   2   1   1 15.707  31.414   0.176   24.5    16       73.2     2340.4
    9   2   2   0 16.459  32.918   0.184   22.14    4       34.2      115.3
   10   0   0   2 17.703  35.406   0.197   18.89    2       46.7       91.9
   11   3   1   0 18.468  36.936   0.206   17.22    8       50.6      393.3
   12   1   0   2 18.673  37.345   0.208   16.81    8       35.0      183.6
   13   2   2   1 18.757  37.513   0.209   16.64    8       38.7      221.7
   14   1   1   2 19.601  39.202   0.218   15.1     8       24.8       82.9
   15   3   0   1 19.682  39.363   0.219   14.96    8       39.6      209.0
   16   3   1   1 20.571  41.143   0.228   13.56   16       13.3       42.7
   17   3   2   0 21.173  42.345   0.234   12.71    8        1.6        0.3
   18   2   0   2 21.355  42.711   0.236   12.47    8       13.4       20.1
   19   2   1   2 22.19   44.38    0.245   11.44   16       33.2      225.1
   20   3   2   1 23.071  46.143   0.254   10.48   16       17.4       56.3
   21   4   0   0 23.621  47.243   0.26     9.93    4       69.7      215.1
   22   4   1   0 24.395  48.79    0.268    9.23    8       34.2       96.4
   23   2   2   2 24.559  49.118   0.27     9.09    8       26.6       57.2
   24   3   3   0 25.151  50.301   0.276    8.61    4       75.9      221.4
   25   3   0   2 25.311  50.622   0.278    8.49    8       12.0       10.9
   26   4   0   1 25.377  50.754   0.278    8.44    8       16.4       20.3
   27   3   1   2 26.047  52.094   0.285    7.95   16       64.6      590.9
   28   4   1   1 26.112  52.223   0.286    7.91   16       35.2      174.6
   29   4   2   0 26.615  53.229   0.291    7.57    8       46.2      144.4
   30   3   3   1 26.832  53.664   0.293    7.43    8       34.3       78.0
   31   0   0   3 27.138  54.275   0.296    7.24    2       31.1       15.7
   32   1   0   3 27.84   55.679   0.303    6.83    8       12.7        9.9
   33   3   2   2 28.173  56.347   0.306    6.65   16       20.9       52.0
   34   4   2   1 28.235  56.469   0.307    6.62   16       12.8       19.2
   35   1   1   3 28.53   57.06    0.31     6.46    8       24.4       34.2
   36   2   0   3 29.88   59.76    0.323    5.83    8       19.7       20.2
   37   4   3   0 30.057  60.114   0.325    5.75    8        6.8        2.4
   38   4   0   2 30.2    60.399   0.327    5.69    8       15.2       11.7
   39   2   1   3 30.541  61.083   0.33     5.55   16       47.9      226.8
   40   5   1   0 30.716  61.432   0.332    5.48    8        6.1        1.8
   41   4   1   2 30.857  61.713   0.333    5.42   16       13.8       18.5
   42   3   3   2 31.506  63.011   0.339    5.18    8       33.2       50.9
   43   4   3   1 31.563  63.126   0.34     5.16   16        7.6        5.4
   44   5   0   1 31.563  63.126   0.34     5.16    8       11.3        5.9
   45   5   1   1 32.204  64.408   0.346    4.94   16       21.5       40.9
   46   2   2   3 32.477  64.954   0.349    4.85    8       46.5       93.4
   47   5   2   0 32.646  65.292   0.35     4.79    8       20.8       18.5
   48   4   2   2 32.782  65.564   0.351    4.75   16       22.7       43.8
   49   3   0   3 33.109  66.217   0.355    4.65    8       26.5       29.1
   50   3   1   3 33.734  67.468   0.36     4.47   16       25.4       51.3
   51   5   2   1 34.088  68.176   0.364    4.38   16       59.7      278.2
   52   4   4   0 34.518  69.036   0.368    4.26    4       71.9       98.4
   53   3   2   3 35.578  71.156   0.378    4.01   16       22.4       36.0
   54   5   3   0 35.74   71.479   0.379    3.98    8       21.9       17.1
   55   4   3   2 35.87   71.74    0.38     3.95   16       20.1       28.5
   56   5   0   2 35.87   71.74    0.38     3.95    8        8.4        2.5
   57   4   4   1 35.924  71.847   0.381    3.94    8       28.7       28.9
   58   5   1   2 36.473  72.947   0.386    3.82   16       16.2       17.9
   59   6   0   0 36.944  73.889   0.39     3.73    4       75.8       95.5
   60   5   3   1 37.126  74.252   0.392    3.7    16        7.8        4.0
   61   4   0   3 37.382  74.765   0.394    3.65    8       15.9        8.2
   62   0   0   4 37.457  74.915   0.395    3.64    2       66.4       35.7
   63   6   1   0 37.541  75.082   0.396    3.62    8       18.4       11.0
   64   4   1   3 37.977  75.953   0.399    3.55   16       42.9      116.6
   65   1   0   4 38.051  76.103   0.4      3.54    8        6.4        1.3
   66   5   2   2 38.261  76.523   0.402    3.5    16       24.3       36.7
   67   6   0   1 38.314  76.628   0.402    3.49    8        2.7        0.2
   68   3   3   3 38.568  77.135   0.405    3.45    8       29.0       25.9
   69   1   1   4 38.642  77.284   0.405    3.44    8        6.3        1.2
   70   6   1   1 38.904  77.807   0.408    3.4    16       25.1       38.3
   71   6   2   0 39.312  78.625   0.411    3.35    8        7.6        1.7
   72   4   2   3 39.742  79.484   0.415    3.29   16       17.1       17.2
   73   2   0   4 39.816  79.632   0.416    3.28    8        6.6        1.3
   74   5   4   0 39.898  79.796   0.416    3.27    8       12.1        4.3
   75   4   4   2 40.023  80.047   0.417    3.25    8       28.9       24.2
   76   2   1   4 40.399  80.798   0.421    3.21   16        9.4        5.0
   77   6   2   1 40.658  81.315   0.423    3.18   16       27.7       43.3
   78   5   3   2 41.187  82.374   0.427    3.12   16       20.7       23.8
   79   5   4   1 41.238  82.477   0.428    3.11   16       33.3       61.7
   80   2   2   4 42.139  84.278   0.436    3.03    8       26.9       19.5
   81   6   3   0 42.22   84.44    0.436    3.02    8       10.9        3.2
   82   6   0   2 42.344  84.688   0.437    3.01    8       46.7       58.6
   83   4   3   3 42.644  85.287   0.44     2.98   16       22.4       26.6
   84   5   0   3 42.644  85.287   0.44     2.98    8        2.5        0.2
   85   3   0   4 42.716  85.433   0.44     2.98    8       35.0       32.6
   86   6   1   2 42.921  85.842   0.442    2.96   16       20.1       21.2
   87   5   1   3 43.22   86.44    0.445    2.94   16       34.0       60.6
   88   3   1   4 43.293  86.585   0.445    2.93   16       36.1       68.3
   89   6   3   1 43.548  87.097   0.447    2.91   16        8.0        3.3
   90   6   2   2 44.648  89.296   0.456    2.85   16       15.9       12.8
   91   5   2   3 44.946  89.892   0.459    2.83   16       35.9       65.0


  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   1   1   0   8.144  16.289  5.4373       121.3      5.2      5.2     5.6
    2   0   0   1   8.745  17.491  5.0662        67.4      2.9      2.9     5.6
    3   1   0   1  10.491  20.981  4.23054       48.7      2.1      2.1     5.6
    4   2   0   0  11.557  23.114  3.84475       27.5      1.2      1.2     5.6
    5   1   1   1  11.994  23.988  3.7066       401.8     17.2     17.3     5.6
    6   2   1   0  12.944  25.887  3.43885       48.3      2.1      2.1     5.6
    7   2   0   1  14.567  29.133  3.06266      485.4     20.7     20.8     5.6
    8   2   1   1  15.707  31.414  2.84529     2340.4    100.0    100.0     5.6
    9   2   2   0  16.459  32.918  2.71865      115.3      4.9      4.9     5.6
   10   0   0   2  17.703  35.406  2.5331        91.9      3.9      3.9     5.7
   11   3   1   0  18.468  36.936  2.43163      393.3     16.8     16.7     5.7
   12   1   0   2  18.673  37.345  2.40592      183.6      7.8      7.8     5.7
   13   2   2   1  18.757  37.513  2.39553      221.7      9.5      9.4     5.7
   14   1   1   2  19.601  39.202  2.29615       82.9      3.5      3.5     5.7
   15   3   0   1  19.682  39.363  2.28711      209.0      8.9      8.9     5.7
   16   3   1   1  20.571  41.143  2.1922        42.7      1.8      1.8     5.7
   17   2   1   2  22.19   44.38   2.03951      225.1      9.6      9.5     5.7
   18   3   2   1  23.071  46.143  1.96562       56.3      2.4      2.4     5.7
   19   4   0   0  23.621  47.243  1.92237      215.1      9.2      9.0     5.7
   20   4   1   0  24.395  48.79   1.86498       96.4      4.1      4.0     5.7
   21   2   2   2  24.559  49.118  1.8533        57.2      2.4      2.4     5.7
   22   3   3   0  25.151  50.301  1.81243      221.4      9.5      9.3     5.8
   23   3   1   2  26.047  52.094  1.7542       590.9     25.2     24.7     5.8
   24   4   1   1  26.112  52.223  1.75016      174.6      7.5      7.3     5.8
   25   4   2   0  26.615  53.229  1.71942      144.4      6.2      6.0     5.8
   26   3   3   1  26.832  53.664  1.70652       78.0      3.3      3.3     5.8
   27   3   2   2  28.173  56.347  1.63146       52.0      2.2      2.2     5.8
   28   1   1   3  28.53   57.06   1.61274       34.2      1.5      1.4     5.8
   29   2   1   3  30.541  61.083  1.51582      226.8      9.7      9.4     5.8
   30   3   3   2  31.506  63.011  1.47399       50.9      2.2      2.1     5.9
   31   5   1   1  32.204  64.408  1.44536       40.9      1.7      1.7     5.9
   32   2   2   3  32.477  64.954  1.43451       93.4      4.0      3.8     5.9
   33   4   2   2  32.782  65.564  1.42264       43.8      1.9      1.8     5.9
   34   3   0   3  33.109  66.217  1.41018       29.1      1.2      1.2     5.9
   35   3   1   3  33.734  67.468  1.38705       51.3      2.2      2.1     5.9
   36   5   2   1  34.088  68.176  1.37436      278.2     11.9     11.4     5.9
   37   4   4   0  34.518  69.036  1.35932       98.4      4.2      4.0     5.9
   38   3   2   3  35.578  71.156  1.32394       36.0      1.5      1.5     5.9
   39   4   3   2  35.87   71.74   1.31459       31.0      1.3      1.3     5.9
   40   4   4   1  35.924  71.847  1.31289       28.9      1.2      1.2     5.9
   41   6   0   0  36.944  73.889  1.28158       95.5      4.1      3.9     6.0
   42   0   0   4  37.457  74.915  1.26655       35.7      1.5      1.4     6.0
   43   4   1   3  37.977  75.953  1.2518       116.6      5.0      4.7     6.0
   44   5   2   2  38.261  76.523  1.24389       36.7      1.6      1.5     6.0
   45   3   3   3  38.568  77.135  1.23553       25.9      1.1      1.0     6.0
   46   6   1   1  38.904  77.807  1.22654       38.3      1.6      1.5     6.0
   47   4   4   2  40.023  80.047  1.19776       24.2      1.0      1.0     6.0
   48   6   2   1  40.658  81.315  1.18225       43.3      1.9      1.7     6.1
   49   5   3   2  41.187  82.374  1.16972       23.8      1.0      0.9     6.1
   50   5   4   1  41.238  82.477  1.16852       61.7      2.6      2.4     6.1
   51   6   0   2  42.344  84.688  1.14356       58.6      2.5      2.3     6.1
   52   4   3   3  42.644  85.287  1.13705       26.7      1.1      1.1     6.1
   53   3   0   4  42.716  85.433  1.13549       32.6      1.4      1.3     6.1
   54   5   1   3  43.22   86.44   1.12482       60.6      2.6      2.4     6.1
   55   3   1   4  43.293  86.585  1.12331       68.3      2.9      2.7     6.1
   56   5   2   3  44.946  89.892  1.09037       65.0      2.8      2.5     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)