Moore P B
American Mineralogist 54 (1969) 31-49
The crystal structure of sapphirine
11.266 14.401 9.929 90 125.46 90 P2_1/a
atom x y z occ Biso
Al1 .0078 .1584 .1375 .27
Al2 -.0089 .1560 .6136 .40
Al3 -.0043 .0567 .3726 .50 .20
Mg3 -.0043 .0567 .3726 .50 .20
Mg4 -.0013 .0567 .8728 .38
Mg5 .0081 .3667 .1425 .31
Mg6 -.0084 .3649 .6079 .26
Al7 0 .2569 .8754 .33
Al8 .2510 .2496 .8755 .33
Al1 .1963 .5559 .2442 .42
Si2 .2018 .5536 .7552 .75 .44
Al2 .2018 .5536 .7552 .25 .44
Al3 .2026 .4502 .5072 .50 .20
Si3 .2026 .4502 .5072 .50 .20
Al4 .1993 .4420 .0051 .75 .19
Si4 .1993 .4420 .0051 .25 .19
Al5 .1878 .7552 .7553 .21
Al6 .1872 .2458 .5041 .20
O1 .1205 .2556 .1174 .26
O2 .1281 .2524 .6315 .54
O3 .1170 .0555 .1244 .39
O4 .1091 .0533 .6176 .54
O5 .1146 .1547 .3658 .49
O6 .1052 .1667 .8467 .58
O7 .1124 -.0540 .3754 .72
O8 .1114 -.0611 .8692 .55
O9 .3726 .2503 .1123 .35
O10 .3771 .2472 .6261 .64
O11 .3596 .0389 .1255 .54
O12 .3696 .0408 .6287 .60
O13 .3898 .3425 .3866 .63
O14 .3943 .3320 .9009 .23
O15 .3620 .1486 .3507 .36
O16 .3736 .1568 .8751 .53
O17 .1415 .4556 .1246 .35
O18 .1482 .4618 .6330 .42
O19 .1332 .3500 .3961 .62
O20 .1244 .3449 .8697 .28
Barbier J
European Journal of Mineralogy 10 (1998) 1283-1293
Crystal structures of sapphirine and surinamite analogues
in the MgO-Ga2O3-GeO2 system
8.822 9.794 10.256 63.82 84.77 65.32 P-1
atom x y z occ Uiso
MgM1 -.16399 .85163 -.54427 .206 .0060
GaM1 -.16399 .85163 -.54427 .794 .0060
MgM2 -.85269 .16275 .04998 .188 .0063
GaM2 -.85269 .16275 .04998 .812 .0063
MgM3 -.05656 .94779 -.34829 .601 .0063
GaM3 -.05656 .94779 -.34829 .399 .0063
MgM4 -.05560 .94000 -.84570 .923 .0057
GaM4 -.05560 .94000 -.84570 .077 .0057
MgM5 -.37060 .64370 -.43530 .0056
MgM6 -.35620 .62980 .04850 .0068
MgM7 -.25571 .74314 .25285 .1 .0066
GaM7 -.25571 .74314 .25285 .9 .0066
MgM8 .5 0 0 .466 .0066
GaM8 .5 0 0 .534 .0066
MgM9 0 .5 .5 .37 .0066
GaM9 0 .5 .5 .63 .0066
GaT1 -.24815 .35968 .41894 .54 .0055
GeT1 -.24815 .35968 .41894 .46 .0055
GaT2 -.24858 .35407 -.08501 .4 .0055
GeT2 -.24858 .35407 -.08501 .6 .0055
GaT3 -.35083 .24904 .22088 .46 .0055
GeT3 -.35083 .24904 .22088 .54 .0055
GaT4 -.36222 .24790 .72147 .55 .0056
GeT4 -.36222 .24790 .72147 .45 .0056
GaT5 -.05744 .57169 -.19520 .82 .0055
GeT5 -.05744 .57169 -.19520 .18 .0055
GaT6 -.42955 .94146 -.31117 .78 .0055
GeT6 -.42955 .94146 -.31117 .22 .0055
O1 -.3792 .8660 -.6228 .0071
O2 -.3760 .8718 -.1191 .0067
O3 -.1639 .0575 .2847 .0062
O4 -.1671 .0582 .7838 .0069
O5 -.2679 .9614 -.4220 .0101
O6 -.2682 .9378 -.9234 .0081
O7 -.0556 .1647 .4794 .0077
O8 -.0595 .1656 -.0192 .0064
O9 -.1278 .6231 -.3795 .0058
O10 -.1353 .6217 .1278 .0078
O11 -.3211 .4095 -.2652 .0074
O12 -.3219 .4123 .2342 .0063
O13 -.0378 .7347 -.1752 .0100
O14 -.0620 .7303 -.6618 .0074
O15 -.2161 .5213 -.0825 .0090
O16 -.2244 .5336 .4263 .0087
O17 -.4117 .3213 .5292 .0075
O18 -.4093 .3231 .0288 .0069
O19 -.5200 .2157 .3205 .0098
O20 -.4666 .7752 .1692 .0095
Merlino S
Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 151 (1980) 91-100
Crystal structure of sapphirine-1Tc
Locality: Wilson Lake, Labrador, Canada
Note: polytype sapphirine-1Tc
9.97 10.34 8.62 107.4 95.2 123.8 P-1
AlMl -.19331 .35014 -.33486 .9 .28
Fe3+Ml -.19331 .35014 -.33486 .1 .28
AlM2 .28520 .33460 -.34992 .9 .41
Fe3+M2 .28520 .33460 -.34992 .1 .41
MgM3 .09720 .44457 -.44134 .7 .51
Fe3+M3 .09720 .44457 -.44134 .25 .51
Fe2+M3 .09720 .44457 -.44134 .05 .51
MgM4 .59581 .44010 -.44468 .85 .34
Fe2+M4 .59581 .44010 -.44468 .15 .34
MgM5 -.29206 .14171 -.12497 .80 .22
Fe2+M5 -.29206 .14171 -.12497 .20 .22
MgM6 .17631 .12642 -.14167 .80 .35
Fe2+M6 .17631 .12642 -.14167 .20 .35
AlM7 .49504 .24213 -.24324 .33
AlM8 .5 .5 0 .25
AlM9 .5 0 .5 .28
AlT1 -.27929 .14245 .25324 .10
SiT2 .23096 .14891 .25521 .75 .15
AlT2 .23096 .14891 .25521 .25 .15
SiT3 .02972 .25277 .15226 .5 .22
AlT3 .02972 .25277 .15226 .5 .22
AlT4 -.46944 .25687 .14106 .75 .16
SiT4 -.46944 .25687 .14106 .25 .16
AlT5 .12785 -.06752 .44287 .21
AlT6 .13158 .44095 -.06630 .75 .28
SiT6 .13158 .44095 -.06630 .25 .28
O1 -.25662 .36907 -.12270 .42
O2 .25648 .37529 -.12070 .42
O3 -.15357 .55747 -.33311 .56
O4 .34145 .55339 -.32942 .37
O5 .03568 .45427 -.22798 .66
O6 .51372 .43765 -.22820 .29
O7 .14863 .66738 -.44563 .62
O8 .65481 .67529 -.43899 .38
O9 .26021 -.12186 .37562 .36
O10 -.25160 -.12368 .36635 .35
O11 .35506 .10470 .18403 .33
O12 -.14705 .09620 .17832 .46
O13 -.05874 -.22951 .45478 .46
O14 -.56642 -.22561 .43846 .33
O15 .07437 -.01327 .28442 .48
O16 -.45313 -.02879 .28135 .39
O17 -.35526 .18028 .09633 .42
O18 .14767 .17971 .10656 .46
O19 -.02686 .28527 -.01583 .49
O20 .45114 .28025 -.02978 .51
Higgins J B, Ribbe P H
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 68 (1979) 357-368
A neutron and x-ray diffraction study of (Mg-Al)VI and (Si-Al)IV ordering monoclinic sapphirine
Locality: Bekily, Madagasgar
Note: Data from neutron, known as sapphirine II
11.286 14.438 9.957 90 125.4 90 P2_1/a
Mg1 .0087 .1583 .1374 .04 .45
Mg2 -.0080 .1561 .6140 .06 .46
Mg3 -.0027 .0563 .3708 .56 .52
Mg4 .0010 .0572 .8719 .4
Mg5 .0084 .3664 .1430 .47
Mg6 -.0075 .3649 .6096 .63
Mg7 -.0002 .2571 .8752 .0 .68
Mg8 .2501 .2497 .8744 .12 .60
Al1 .0087 .1583 .1374 .96 .45
Al2 -.0080 .1561 .6140 .94 .46
Al3 -.0027 .0563 .3708 .44 .52
Al4 .0010 .0572 .8719 .0 .48
Al5 .0084 .3664 .1430 .0 .47
Al6 -.0075 .3649 .6096 .0 .63
Al7 -.0002 .2571 .8752 .68
Al8 .2501 .2497 .8744 .88 .60
Al1 .1990 .5551 .2457 .92 .59
Al2 .2030 .5530 .7556 .01 .86
Al3 .2012 .4494 .5070 .51 .63
Al4 .1977 .4410 .0044 .92 .40
Al5 .1872 .7551 .7548 .46
Al6 .1873 .2460 .5049 .73 .63
Si1 .1990 .5551 .2457 .08 .59
Si2 .2030 .5530 .7556 .99 .86
Si3 .2012 .4494 .5070 .49 .63
Si4 .1977 .4410 .0044 .08 .40
Si5 .1872 .7551 .7548 .0 .46
Si6 .1873 .2460 .5049 .27 .63
O1 .1215 .2548 .1199 .28
O2 .1287 .2514 .6330 .35
O3 .1196 .0580 .1267 .36
O4 .1124 .0568 .6191 .64
O5 .1138 .1570 .3651 .89
O6 .1052 .1675 .8468 .68
O7 .1107 -.0514 .3738 .84
O8 .1090 -.0576 .8682 .83
O9 .3729 .2490 .1142 .86
O10 .3777 .2455 .6288 .96
O11 .3586 .0402 .1254 .70
O12 .3661 .0419 .6269 .66
O13 .3870 .3439 .3864 .65
O14 .3932 .3333 .8999 .59
O15 .3647 .1486 .3525 .58
O16 .3740 .1550 .8762 .45
O17 .1390 .4564 .1240 .72
O18 .1444 .4626 .6304 .83
O19 .1339 .3495 .3975 .82
O20 .1247 .3446 .8711 .65
Note: Data from x-ray diffraction, known as sapphirine II
Mg1 .0076 .1584 .1369 .04 .46
Mg2 -.0088 .1563 .6134 .06 .52
Mg3 -.0060 .0566 .3724 .56 .29
Mg4 -.0026 .0575 .8732 .46
Mg5 .0086 .3665 .1426 .38
Mg6 -.0083 .3651 .6079 .41
Mg7 .0001 .2568 .8754 .0 .49
Mg8 .2505 .2496 .8752 .12 .48
Al1 .0076 .1584 .1369 .96 .46
Al2 -.0088 .1563 .6134 .94 .52
Al3 -.0060 .0566 .3724 .44 .29
Al4 -.0026 .0575 .8732 .0 .46
Al5 .0086 .3665 .1426 .0 .38
Al6 -.0083 .3651 .6079 .0 .41
Al7 .0001 .2568 .8754 .49
Al8 .2505 .2496 .8752 .88 .48
Al1 .1977 .5550 .2470 .92 .60
Al2 .2021 .5528 .7571 .01 .67
Al3 .2020 .4498 .5054 .51 .50
Al4 .1988 .4413 .0028 .92 .42
Al5 .1880 .7552 .7554 .43
Al6 .1875 .2459 .5046 .73 .48
Si1 .1977 .5550 .2470 .08 .60
Si2 .2021 .5528 .7571 .99 .67
Si3 .2020 .4498 .5054 .49 .50
Si4 .1988 .4413 .0028 .08 .42
Si5 .1880 .7552 .7554 .0 .43
Si6 .1875 .2459 .5046 .27 .48
O1 .1222 .2555 .1197 .38
O2 .1297 .2519 .6334 .49
O3 .1218 .0588 .1295 .31
O4 .1148 .0573 .6227 .77
O5 .1130 .1571 .3639 .104
O6 .1041 .1682 .8448 .65
O7 .1080 -.0512 .3707 .91
O8 .1056 -.0580 .8645 .96
O9 .3735 .2492 .1136 .92
O10 .3784 .2458 .6286 .110
O11 .3560 .0407 .1234 .47
O12 .3633 .0424 .6245 .52
O13 .3866 .3433 .3855 .71
O14 .3932 .3322 .8997 .53
O15 .3647 .1479 .3532 .65
O16 .3743 .1552 .8777 .56
O17 .1366 .4576 .1216 .90
O18 .1422 .4641 .6281 .106
O19 .1341 .3491 .3987 .73
O20 .1250 .3439 .8714 .65
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