| Material Name: | Chiavennite | ||||
Chemical Formula: |
|Ca4 Mn4 (H2O)8 | [Be8Si20O52(OH)8]--CHI |
||||
| Unit Cell: |
orthorhombic |
P n a b (# 60) |
|||
| a' = 8.7290 Å | b' = 31.3260 Å | c' = 4.9030 Å | |||
| α' = 90.000° | β' = 90.000° | γ' = 90.000° | |||
| (Relationship to unit cell of Framework Type: a' = -c, b' = b, c' = a) | |||||
| Framework Density: |
20.9 T/1000 Å3 |
||||
| |
Channels: |
[001] 9 3.9 x 4.3*
| |||||||||||
| References: |
|||
| Tazzoli, V., Domeneghetti, M.C., Mazzi, F. and Cannillo, E. | |||
| "The crystal structure of chiavennite" | |||
| Eur. J. Mineral., 7, 1339-1344 (1995) | |||
| |
Name and Code derivation: |
|
|
Chiavennite -CHI | ||
| Limiting Rings | |
|
|
9-ring viewed along [001] | |