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GUPEIITE

1, f-suessite

Fe(3)Si


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

22 .7 .14

Ref.Str.:

         Yu Z. (1984)

         * Acta Petrol. Mineral. Analytica, 3, 231-238

         R:  cosmic dust found in placers, Yanshan, China.

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.67     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.67     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.67     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   182.28

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    27.45

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

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

   1 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Fe    = 0.99, Ni    = 0.01, Mn    = 0.01
   2 0.25    0.25    0.25     0.0    Fe    = 0.99, Ni    = 0.01, Mn    = 0.01
   3 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    S     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     2       2     0.25       0.25       0.25  
     3       3     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     4       2     0.75       0.75       0.75  
     5       2     0.75       0.25       0.25  
     6       2     0.75       0.75       0.25  
     7       2     0.25       0.75       0.25  
     8       2     0.25       0.75       0.75  
     9       2     0.25       0.25       0.75  
    10       2     0.75       0.25       0.75  
    11       1     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    12       1     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    13       1     0.5        0.0        0.0   
    14       3     0.5        0.0        0.5   
    15       3     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    16       3     0.0        0.5        0.5   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      7.32

MU (1/cm) =     481.91     Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     65.875

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

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

    1   Fe   ,Ni   ,Mn       3.276        6
                                                 2.835        3
                                                 2.835        3
                                                 2.835        3
                                                 2.835        3
                                                 2.835        3
                                                 2.835        3
    2   Fe   ,Ni   ,Mn       3.276        4
                                                 2.4552       3
                                                 2.4552       3
                                                 2.4552       3
                                                 2.4552       3
    3    S                   4.368       12
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       3
                                                 4.0093       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   1   1   1 15.857  31.714   0.153   24.0     8       37.5      814.5
    2   2   0   0 18.391  36.783   0.176   17.38    6       37.0      429.7
    3   2   2   0 26.5    52.999   0.249    7.65   12      262.0    18954.5
    4   1   1   3 31.548  63.095   0.292    5.16   24       31.8      378.1
    5   2   2   2 33.125  66.251   0.305    4.65    8       31.0      107.4
    6   4   0   0 39.125  78.25    0.353    3.37    6      216.5     2854.7
    7   3   3   1 43.443  86.886   0.384    2.92   24       25.4      136.5
    8   4   2   0 44.869  89.739   0.394    2.83   24       24.7      125.3


  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   1  15.857  31.714  3.27358      814.5      4.3      4.4     5.6
    2   2   0   0  18.391  36.783  2.835        429.7      2.3      2.3     5.7
    3   2   2   0  26.5    52.999  2.00465    18954.5    100.0    100.0     5.8
    4   1   1   3  31.548  63.095  1.70957      378.1      2.0      2.0     5.9
    5   4   0   0  39.125  78.25   1.4175      2854.7     15.1     14.4     6.0

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)