COL ICSD Collection Code 67689 DATE Recorded Jan 19, 1994; updated Jun 29, 1998 NAME Calcium magnesium alumosilicate * MINR Akermanite-Gehlenite - synthetic from glas at 1523 K for 2 d MINR Melilite FORM Ca2 (Mg0.5 Al0.5) (Si1.5 Al0.5 O7) = Al Ca2 Mg.5 O7 Si1.5 FORM Ca2.03 Mg.46 Al.99 Si1.52 O7 TITL Neutron diffraction study of the akermanite-gehlenite solid solution series REF Physics and Chemistry of Minerals (Germany) PCMID 19 (1992) 185-195 AUT Swainson I P, Dove˙M˙T, Schmahl˙W˙W, Putnis˙A CELL a=7.747 b=7.747 c=5.036 ŕ=90.0 á=90.0 ç=90.0 V=302.3 Z=2 SGR P -4 21 m (113) - tetragonal CLAS -42m (Hermann-Mauguin) - D2d (Schoenflies) PRS tP24 ANX AB2C2X7 PARM Atom__No OxStat Wyck ---X--- ---Y--- ---Z--- -SOF- Ca 1 2.000 4e 0.3369 0.1631 0.5093 Al 1 3.000 2a 0. 0. 0. 0.5 Mg 1 2.000 2a 0. 0. 0. 0.5 Si 2 4.000 4e 0.1419 0.3581 0.9427 0.75 Al 2 3.000 4e 0.1419 0.3581 0.9427 0.25 O 1 -2.000 2c 1/2 0. 0.1782 O 2 -2.000 4e 0.1423 0.3577 0.2676 O 3 -2.000 8f 0.085 0.1778 0.798 WYCK f e3 c a ˙ TF Atom B(1,1) B(2,2) B(3,3) B(1,2) B(1,3) B(2,3) Ca 1 2.7400 2.7400 -0.0900 0.9600 -0.2100 -0.2100 Al 1 1.0100 1.0100 0.1800 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 Mg 1 1.0100 1.0100 0.1800 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 Si 2 1.2900 1.2900 -0.4000 -0.0900 -0.1200 -0.1200 Al 2 1.2900 1.2900 -0.4000 -0.0900 -0.1200 -0.1200 O 1 2.6000 2.6000 -0.2600 -1.4700 0.0000 0.0000 O 2 2.9000 2.9000 -0.2900 0.0000 0.6900 0.6900 O 3 3.0700 2.2700 0.1600 -0.5100 -0.3700 -0.2400 REM TEM 300 REM NDP (neutron diffraction from a powder) REM F 50% Akermanite RVAL 0.069 TEST At least one temperature factor is implausible or meaningless but agrees with the value given in the paper. (Code 52)