Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B5C_oP32_58_eg_3gh_g

  • M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)
  • D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)
  • D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

Andalusite (Al2SiO5, $S0_{2}$) Structure : A2B5C_oP32_58_eg_3gh_g

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Prototype : Al2O5Si
AFLOW prototype label : A2B5C_oP32_58_eg_3gh_g
Strukturbericht designation : $S0_{2}$
Pearson symbol : oP32
Space group number : 58
Space group symbol : $Pnnm$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2B5C_oP32_58_eg_3gh_g
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$z_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$y_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$,$x_{4}$,$y_{4}$,$x_{5}$,$y_{5}$,$x_{6}$,$y_{6}$,$x_{7}$,$y_{7}$,$z_{7}$



Simple Orthorhombic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & z_{1}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Al I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - z_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{1}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Al I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & -z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -z_{1}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Al I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{1}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Al I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Al II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & -x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Al II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{2}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Al II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{2}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Al II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & -x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{4}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & -x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{4}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{4}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{4}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{17} & = & x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{5}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{18} & = & -x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{5}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{19} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{5}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{20} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{5}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{21} & = & x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{6}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{22} & = & -x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{6}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{23} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{24} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{6}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{25} & = & x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{7}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{7}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{7}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{26} & = & -x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{7}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{7}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{7}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{27} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - z_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{7}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{7}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{7}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{28} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - z_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{7}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{7}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{7}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{29} & = & -x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{7}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{7}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{7}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{30} & = & x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{7}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{7}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{7}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{31} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{7}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{7}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{7}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \mathbf{B}_{32} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{7}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{7}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{7}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{O IV} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • J. K. Winter and S. Ghose, Thermal expansion and high–temperaturce crystal chemistry of the Al2SiO4 polymorphs, Am. Mineral. 64, 573–586 (1979).
  • C. Hermann, O. Lohrmann, and H. Philipp, eds., Strukturbericht Band II 1928–1932 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).

Found in

  • R. T. Downs and M. Hall–Wallace, The American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database, Am. Mineral. 88, 247–250 (2003).

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