data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Forsterite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Henderson C M B'
'Redfern S A T'
'Smith R I'
'Knight K S'
'Charnock J M'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 86 
_journal_year 2001
_journal_page_first 1170
_journal_page_last 1187
_publ_section_title
;
 Composition and temperature dependence of cation ordering in Ni-Mg olivine solid solutions:
 A time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction and EXAFS study
 Sample: Mg70Ni30 at room temperature
;
_database_code_amcsd 0002677
_chemical_formula_sum '(Ni.6 Mg1.4) Si O4'
_cell_length_a 4.7460
_cell_length_b 10.194
_cell_length_c 5.9568
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 288.194
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.718
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P b n m'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,1/2+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,-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
Ni1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.49500   0.00494
Mg1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.50500   0.00494
Ni2   0.99080   0.27630   0.25000   0.10500   0.00557
Mg2   0.99080   0.27630   0.25000   0.89500   0.00557
Si   0.42550   0.09360   0.25000   1.00000   0.00317
O1   0.76750   0.09280   0.25000   1.00000   0.00519
O2   0.22060   0.44630   0.25000   1.00000   0.00557
O3   0.27600   0.16270   0.03240   1.00000   0.00545