COL ICSD Collection Code 9685 DATE Recorded Jan 1, 1980; updated Apr 26, 1985 NAME Magnesium silicate MINR Forsterite - synthetic MINR Olivine FORM Mg2 Si O4 = Mg2 O4 Si TITL The Crystal Structures of Forsterite and Hortonolite at several Temperatures up to 900C REF American Mineralogist AMMIA 58 (1973) 588-593 AUT Smyth J R, HazenÿRÿM CELL a=4.756 b=10.207 c=5.980 à=90.0 á=90.0 ç=90.0 V=290.3 Z=4 SGR P b n m (62) - orthorhombic CLAS mmm (Hermann-Mauguin) - D2h (Schoenflies) PRS oP28 ANX AB2X4 PARM Atom__No OxStat Wyck ---X--- ---Y--- ---Z--- -SOF- Mg 1 2.000 4a 0. 0. 0. Mg 2 2.000 4d 0.9915 0.2774 1/4 Si 1 4.000 4d 0.4262 0.094 1/4 O 1 -2.000 4d 0.7657 0.0913 1/4 O 2 -2.000 4d 0.2215 0.4474 1/4 O 3 -2.000 8e 0.2777 0.1628 0.0331 WYCK e d4 a ITF Mg 1 B=0.26 ITF Mg 2 B=0.22 ITF Si 1 B=0.08 ITF O 1 B=0.27 ITF O 2 B=0.24 ITF O 3 B=0.27 REM TEM 293 RVAL 0.048 TEST At least one temperature factor is implausible or meaningless but agrees with the value given in the paper. (Code 52)