data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Spodumene'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Arlt T'
'Angel R J'
_journal_name_full 'Physics and Chemistry of Minerals'
_journal_volume 27 
_journal_year 2000
_journal_page_first 719
_journal_page_last 731
_publ_section_title
;
 Displacive phase transitions in C-centred clinopyroxenes:
 spodumene, LiScSi2O6 and ZnSiO3
 Sample: P = 0 GPa
;
_database_code_amcsd 0008492
_chemical_formula_sum 'Li Al Si2 O6'
_cell_length_a 9.4628
_cell_length_b 8.3882
_cell_length_c 5.2186
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 110.187
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 388.785
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.179
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/c 1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,z'
  'x,-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-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_U_iso_or_equiv
LiM2   0.00000   0.27500   0.25000   0.02976
AlM1   0.00000   0.90661   0.25000   0.00811
Si   0.29409   0.09345   0.25619   0.00773
O1   0.10971   0.08236   0.14030   0.00887
O2   0.36453   0.26710   0.30010   0.01165
O3   0.35647   0.98660   0.05860   0.01165