Inorganic Solid Phases

Ca2Al2MnSi3O12(OH) (Ca2MnAl2[SiO4][Si2O7]O[OH]) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): Ca2MnAl2[SiO4][Si2O7]O[OH]
  • Structure Class(es): –
  • Classification by Properties: –
  • Mineral Name(s): piemontite
  • Pearson Symbol: mP42
  • Space Group: 11
  • Phase Prototype: Ca2FeAl2[SiO4][Si2O7]O[OH]
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer (determination of cell parameters), automatic diffractometer; Rigaku (determination of structural parameters), X-rays, Cu Kα (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): hydroxide, orthosilicate, disilicate, oxide
  • Interpretation Detail(s): positions of non-H atoms determined; composition dependence studied, Rietveld refinement, multiphase, RP = 0.0837; wRP = 0.1089; RB = 0.0214
  • Sample Detail(s): piemontite sample from synthetic, sample prepared from CaCO3, MnO2, Al2O3, SiO2, amounts of parawollastonite (1.0 wt.%) and bixbyite (0.8 wt.%), powder (determination of cell and structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: Ca2.08Mn1.04Al1.88[SiO4][Si2O7]O[OH]
  • Alphabetic Formula: Al1.88Ca2.08Mn1.04O[OH][SiO4][Si2O7]
  • Published Formula: Ca2Al2MnSi3O12(OH)
  • Refined Formula: Al2Ca2MnO13Si3
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 11,f3e13ca
  • Z Formula Units: 2
  • Density: ρ = 3.49 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

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Atom Coordinates

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    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1121433

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    ©Springer & Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Switzerland & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2016

  • Chief Editor

    Pierre Villars, Material Phases Data System (MPDS), CH-6354 Vitznau, Switzerland

    villars.mpds@bluewin.ch

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    Project Coordinator: Shuichi Iwata

    Section-Editor: Karin Cenzual (Crystal Structures)

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