data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Polyhalite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Bindi L'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section E'
_journal_volume 61 
_journal_year 2005
_journal_page_first i135
_journal_page_last i136
_publ_section_title
;
 Reinvestigation of the crystal structure of polyhalite, K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4*2H2O
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_database_code_amcsd 0010450
_chemical_formula_sum 'K2 Ca2 Mg S4 O18 H4'
_cell_length_a 6.975
_cell_length_b 6.984
_cell_length_c 8.899
_cell_angle_alpha 104.01
_cell_angle_beta 101.19
_cell_angle_gamma 114.10
_cell_volume 362.337
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.763
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
K   0.52448   0.78828   0.57178   0.02290
Ca   0.12539   0.36459  -0.25711   0.01460
Mg   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.01530
S1   0.31293   0.56434   0.14152   0.01250
S2  -0.05661   0.18567   0.35769   0.01310
O1  -0.03700   0.00820   0.23690   0.01740
O2   0.12840   0.33540   0.03870   0.02200
O3   0.49860   0.55400   0.24150   0.02020
O4  -0.23440   0.31000   0.75170   0.01890
O5   0.37820   0.67210   0.02220   0.02160
O6  -0.17280   0.27860   0.26870   0.01880
O7  -0.17780   0.08440   0.46010   0.02110
O8   0.16770   0.36100   0.46800   0.02230
Wat9   0.31070   0.04320   0.08290   0.01520
loop_
_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
K 0.01990 0.02440 0.02270 0.01000 0.00700 0.00670
Ca 0.01320 0.01440 0.01620 0.00670 0.00490 0.00520
Mg 0.01400 0.01520 0.01380 0.00650 0.00300 0.00280
S1 0.01210 0.01270 0.01250 0.00650 0.00440 0.00280
S2 0.01440 0.01250 0.01240 0.00730 0.00450 0.00300
O1 0.02460 0.01580 0.01380 0.01260 0.00660 0.00310
O2 0.01870 0.01530 0.02390 0.00650 0.00190 0.00070
O3 0.01860 0.02320 0.01720 0.01140 0.00330 0.00380
O4 0.01720 0.02030 0.01560 0.00860 0.00570 0.00100
O5 0.02530 0.02110 0.02000 0.01150 0.00940 0.00770
O6 0.02130 0.01900 0.01860 0.01290 0.00450 0.00650
O7 0.02290 0.02230 0.02190 0.01070 0.01180 0.01080
O8 0.01680 0.01980 0.01910 0.00520 0.00030 -0.00020
Wat9 0.01320 0.01350 0.02440 0.00830 0.01030 0.00900