data_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Sepiolite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Post J E' 'Bish D L' 'Heaney P J' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 92 _journal_year 2007 _journal_page_first 91 _journal_page_last 97 _publ_section_title ; Synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study of the structure and dehydration behavior of sepiolite Sample: T = room temperature, in air ; _database_code_amcsd 0004269 _chemical_compound_source 'Durango, Mexico' _chemical_formula_sum 'Mg4 Si6 O22.91 H13.82' _cell_length_a 13.405 _cell_length_b 27.016 _cell_length_c 5.2750 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 1910.339 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 2.247 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P n c n' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2-z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,z' 'x,-y,1/2+z' '-x,y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Mg1 0.00000 0.02970 0.25000 1.00000 0.04000 Mg2 0.00000 0.08500 0.75000 1.00000 0.04000 Mg3 0.00000 0.14340 0.25000 1.00000 0.04000 Mg4 0.00000 0.20490 0.75000 1.00000 0.04000 Si1 0.20260 0.02820 0.58600 1.00000 0.04000 Si2 0.19730 0.14090 0.57600 1.00000 0.04000 Si3 0.20420 0.19490 0.07000 1.00000 0.04000 O1 0.08240 0.02760 0.58500 1.00000 0.03500 O-H2 0.08050 0.08540 0.08100 1.00000 0.03500 O3 0.07620 0.14310 0.59700 1.00000 0.03500 O4 0.08470 0.19710 0.07700 1.00000 0.03500 O5 0.24800 0.00400 0.32400 1.00000 0.03500 O6 0.24510 0.08490 0.57900 1.00000 0.03500 O7 0.24300 0.17080 0.33400 1.00000 0.03500 O8 0.24900 0.17360 0.80200 1.00000 0.03500 O9 0.25000 0.25000 0.08900 1.00000 0.03500 Wat10 0.08800 0.25960 0.59400 1.00000 0.03500 Wat11 0.56200 0.91000 0.98800 0.91000 0.10000 Wat12 0.50000 0.18000 0.25000 1.00000 0.10000 Wat13 0.50000 0.02300 0.25000 0.43000 0.10000 Wat14 0.43900 0.15700 0.74000 0.33000 0.10000