Pyroxene-ideal Thompson R M, Downs R T American Mineralogist 88 (2003) 653-666 Model pyroxenes I: Ideal pyroxene topologies Pyroxene #2 based on stacking sequence ABAC. Ideal analogue of protopyroxene, high-P protopyroxene. Note: Atoms Mg, Si, and O are assigned to atomic positions just for convenience. _database_code_amcsd 0002997 6.5319726 6 3.4641016 90 90 90 *P2_1cn 0 .25 0 atom x y z Mg1 0 1/12 2/3 Mg2 0 .25 1/6 SiA 11/16 11/12 5/6 SiB 5/16 1/12 0 O1A 7/8 11/12 5/6 O1B 1/8 1/12 0 O2A 5/8 3/4 0 O2B 3/8 .25 1/6 O3A 5/8 11/12 1/2 O3B 3/8 11/12 1/6