data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Richterite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Della Ventura G'
'Robert J-L'
'Raudsepp M'
'Hawthorne F C'
'Welch M D'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 82 
_journal_year 1997
_journal_page_first 291
_journal_page_last 301
_publ_section_title
;
 Site occupancies in synthetic monoclinic amphiboles: Rietveld structure
 refinement and infrared spectroscopy of (nickel, magnesium, cobalt)-richterite
 Sample: Ni80
;
_database_code_amcsd 0001879
_chemical_formula_sum 'Si8 (Mg1.01 Ni3.99) Ca Na3 O24'
_cell_length_a 9.8886
_cell_length_b 17.933
_cell_length_c 5.2525
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 104.461
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 901.928
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.595
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/m 1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,z'
  'x,-y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,z'
  '-x,y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
Si1   0.27900   0.08470   0.29410   1.00000
Si2   0.28860   0.16960   0.80390   1.00000
Mg1   0.00000   0.08900   0.50000   0.12000
Ni1   0.00000   0.08900   0.50000   0.88000
Mg2   0.00000   0.17770   0.00000   0.32000
Ni2   0.00000   0.17770   0.00000   0.68000
Mg3   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.13000
Ni3   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.87000
Ca4   0.00000   0.27390   0.50000   0.50000
Na4   0.00000   0.27390   0.50000   0.50000
NaA   0.00000   0.47700   0.00000   1.00000
O1   0.11060   0.08720   0.21380   1.00000
O2   0.11710   0.16830   0.72960   1.00000
O3   0.10550   0.00000   0.71290   1.00000
O4   0.35980   0.24670   0.78020   1.00000
O5   0.34590   0.13050   0.09110   1.00000
O6   0.34340   0.11240   0.59250   1.00000
O7   0.34300   0.00000   0.29800   1.00000