Information card for entry 9005310

Structure parameters

• Mineral name: Diopside
• Formula: Al0.6 Ca0.96 Fe0.51 Mg0.44 O6 Si1.4
• Calculated formula: Al0.6 Ca0.96 Fe0.51 Mg0.44 O6 Si1.4
• Title of publication: Subsilicic ferrian aluminian diopside from the Chelyabinsk coal basin (Southern Urals) - an unusual clinopyroxene
• Authors of publication: Kabalov, Y. K.; Oeckler, O.; Sokolova, E. V.; Mironov, A. B.; Chesnokov, B. V.
• Journal of publication: European Journal of Mineralogy
• Year of publication: 1997
• Journal volume: 9
• Pages of publication: 617 - 621
• a: 9.786 Å
• b: 8.86 Å
• c: 5.338 Å
• α: 90°
• β: 105.87°
• γ: 90°
• Cell volume: 445.185 ų
• Number of distinct elements: 6
• Space group number: 15
• Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol: C 1 2/c 1
• Hall space group symbol: -C 2yc
• Has coordinates: Yes
• Has disorder: No
• Has Fobs: No