Pyroxene-ideal Thompson R M, Downs R T American Mineralogist 88 (2003) 653-666 Model pyroxenes I: Ideal pyroxene topologies Pyroxene #21b based on stacking sequence ABABCACBCBAC Note: Atoms Mg, Si, and O are assigned to atomic positions just for convenience. _database_code_amcsd 0003027 19.595917 6 3.4641016 90 90 90 P2_1cn atom x y z Mg1a 1/24 2/3 1/3 Mg2a 1/24 1/2 5/6 SiA 5/48 1/6 1/6 SiB 7/48 2/3 0 Mg1b 5/24 1/6 5/6 Mg2b 5/24 0 1/3 SiC 13/48 2/3 1/3 SiD 5/16 1/3 0 Mg1c 3/8 2/3 0 Mg2c 3/8 0 0 SiE 7/16 1/3 1/3 SiF 23/48 5/6 1/6 O1A 1/6 1/6 1/6 O2A 1/12 0 0 O3A 1/12 1/3 0 O1B 1/12 2/3 0 O2B 1/6 0 2/3 O3B 1/6 2/3 2/3 O1C 1/3 2/3 1/3 O2C .25 0 0 O3C .25 2/3 0 O1D .25 1/3 0 O2D 1/3 0 1/3 O3D 1/3 1/3 1/3 O1E 1/2 1/3 1/3 O2E 5/12 0 2/3 O3E 5/12 1/3 2/3 O1F 5/12 5/6 1/6 O2F 1/2 0 1/3 O3F 1/2 2/3 1/3