Natrolite (Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀cdot2H₂O, S6₁₀)

Unit cell

Lattice constants

a = 18.647 Å, b = 18.296 Å, c = 6.585 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°

Cell volume

2246.6 ų

Atoms in the conventional cell

184 (Si 24, Al 16, H 32, Na 16, O 96)

Formula units Z

8

Pearson symbol

oF184 — orthorhombic, face-centred lattice, 184 atoms per conventional cell

Symmetry operations

16 per cell

Crystallographic sites

The multiplicity and the Wyckoff letter say how many copies of the site the group makes in one cell and on which kind of symmetry element the site sits; the 184 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 operations. Press Wyckoff under Colour to see the sites, and tick a symmetry element on the left to see which atoms lie on it.

How to read the label

A2B4C2D12E3_oF184_43_b_2b_b_6b_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oF184, then the space-group number 43, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Si: 8a; Al: 16b; H: 16b; H: 16b; Na: 16b; O: 16b; O: 16b; O: 16b; O: 16b; O: 16b; O: 16b; Si: 16b). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: S6₁₀, Natrolite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B4C2D12E3_oF184_43_b_2b_b_6b_ab-001 (M. J. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136, S1 (2017); D. Hicks et al., ibid. 161, S1 (2019) and 199, 110450 (2021); S. Eckert et al., ibid. 240, 112988 (2024)). Symmetry elements, Wyckoff assignment and the diagram are computed on this page from the group operations.