Information card for entry 9000608

Structure parameters

• Mineral name: Bustamite
• Formula: Ca4.88 Mn1.12 O18 Si6
• Calculated formula: Ca4.88 Mn1.12 O18 Si6
• Title of publication: The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series sample Ca-BS, from Hijikuzu, Iwate, Japan
• Authors of publication: Ohashi, Y.; Finger, L. W.
• Journal of publication: American Mineralogist
• Year of publication: 1978
• Journal volume: 63
• Pages of publication: 274 - 288
• a: 9.994 Å
• b: 10.946 Å
• c: 7.231 Å
• α: 99.3°
• β: 100.56°
• γ: 83.29°
• Cell volume: 764.303 ų
• Number of distinct elements: 4
• Space group number: 2
• Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol: I -1
• Hall space group symbol: -P 1 (-1/2*x+1/2*y+1/2*z,1/2*x-1/2*y+1/2*z,1/2*x+1/2*y-1/2*z)
• Has coordinates: Yes
• Has disorder: No
• Has Fobs: No