Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2BC7D2_tP24_113_e_a_cef_e

  • 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)

Akermanite (Ca2MgSi2O7, $S5_{3}$) Structure: A2BC7D2_tP24_113_e_a_cef_e

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Prototype : Ca2MgSi2O7
AFLOW prototype label : A2BC7D2_tP24_113_e_a_cef_e
Strukturbericht designation : $S5_{3}$
Pearson symbol : tP24
Space group number : 113
Space group symbol : $P\bar{4}2_{1}m$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2BC7D2_tP24_113_e_a_cef_e
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$z_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$z_{3}$,$x_{4}$,$z_{4}$,$x_{5}$,$z_{5}$,$x_{6}$,$y_{6}$,$z_{6}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe)(Si,Al)2O7 (melilite), (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe)(Si2O7) (alumoakermanite), Ca2Al2SiO7 (gehlenite), Ca2BeSi2O7 (gugiaite), Ca2ZnSi2O7 (hardystonite), Ca2B2SiO7 (okayamalite), (Ca,Na)2(Mg,Al,Si)3O7, Sr2ZrSi2O7, Sr2MnGe2O7, Sr2MnGe2S6O

  • Akermanite is an end point of the mineral melilite, which, like thortveitite ($S2_{1}$), is a sorosilicate, a mineral containing isolated Si2O7 or related groups. We have followed (Parthé, 1997) and use akermanite to represent the entire class of materials. We use the ambient pressure data from (Yang, 1997) to describe the structure.

Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(2a\right) & \text{Mg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(2a\right) & \text{Mg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(2c\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-z_{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(2c\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Ca} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & -x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Ca} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Ca} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Ca} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & -x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & -x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4e\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{17} & = & x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{18} & = & -x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{19} & = & y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{20} & = & -y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{6}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{21} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{22} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{23} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{24} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{6}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{6}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8f\right) & \text{O III} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • H. Yang, R. M. Hazen, R. T. Downs, and L. W. Finger, Structural change associated with the incommensurate–normal phase transition in akermanite, Ca2MgSi2O7, at high pressure, Phys. Chem. Miner. 24, 510–519 (1997), doi:10.1007/s002690050066.
  • E. Parthé, L. Gelato, B. Chabot, M. Penso, K. Cenzula, and R. Gladyshevskii, Standardized Data and Crystal Chemical Characterization of Inorganic Structure Types, Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 2 (Springer–Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1993), 8 edn., doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02909-1_3.

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