data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Langbeinite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Mereiter K'
_journal_name_full 'Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte'
_journal_volume 1979 
_journal_year 1979
_journal_page_first 182
_journal_page_last 188
_publ_section_title
;
 Refinement of the crystal structure of langbeinite, K2Mg2(SO4)3
;
_database_code_amcsd 0017885
_chemical_compound_source 'the Harmstorf deposit, Werratal, Hessen, Germany'
_chemical_formula_sum 'K2 Mg2 S3 O12'
_cell_length_a 9.919
_cell_length_b 9.919
_cell_length_c 9.919
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 975.896
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.825
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 21 3'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2-z,-x,1/2+y'
  '-z,1/2+x,1/2-y'
  '1/2+z,1/2-x,-y'
  'z,x,y'
  '1/2+y,1/2-z,-x'
  '1/2-y,-z,1/2+x'
  '-y,1/2+z,1/2-x'
  'y,z,x'
  '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,-y,1/2+z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
K1   0.06673   0.06673   0.06673   0.00189
K2   0.29822   0.29822   0.29822   0.00213
Mg1   0.58508   0.58508   0.58508   0.00082
Mg2   0.84902   0.84902   0.84902   0.00084
S   0.62557   0.46596   0.26784   0.00066
O1   0.65193   0.50333   0.40751   0.00196
O2   0.75011   0.48499   0.19096   0.00232
O3   0.57957   0.32559   0.25888   0.00167
O4   0.52354   0.55420   0.20782   0.00203
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
K1 0.00189 0.00189 0.00189 -0.00016 -0.00016 -0.00016
K2 0.00213 0.00213 0.00213 0.00007 0.00007 0.00007
Mg1 0.00082 0.00082 0.00082 -0.00006 -0.00006 -0.00006
Mg2 0.00084 0.00084 0.00084 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
S 0.00066 0.00063 0.00068 0.00011 0.00006 0.00000
O1 0.00250 0.00219 0.00120 0.00032 -0.00034 -0.00079
O2 0.00172 0.00257 0.00267 0.00023 0.00152 0.00033
O3 0.00191 0.00079 0.00234 -0.00037 -0.00072 0.00009
O4 0.00187 0.00167 0.00253 0.00098 -0.00084 0.00009