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. 1968 Jul-Aug;72A(4):355–358. doi: 10.6028/jres.072A.032

Table 3. X-ray powder diffraction data for synthetic Mg-whitlockite Ca7Mg2P6O24 (Cu Kα, Ni filter; 1150 °C in air).

Space group R3c, Hexagonal.

a = 10.31 Å c = 37.23 Å
hkl d obs. Å I/I0 d calc. Å
012 8.05 20 8.04
104 6.43 33 6.44
110 5.15 50 5.15
202 4.333 20 4.337
018 4.130 20 4.126
024 4.019 20 4.023
10,10 3.437 45 3.437
211 3.358 15 3.357
122 3.316 20 3.304
208 3.227 20 3.219
214 3.160 75 3.159
300 2.972 30 2.973
02,10 2.857 100 2.859
128 2.730 30 2.731
306 2.685 20 2.683
11,12 2.660 15 2.659
220 2.577 70 2.575
01,14 2.525 15 2.551
223 2.525 15 2.521
21,10 2.503 25 2.500
226 2.384 10 2.378
12,11 2.384
315 2.347 15 2.349
10,16 2.250 10 2.252
11,15 2.239 10 2.240
404 2.169 20 2.169
30,12 2.148 20 2.147
21,14 2.093 10 2.089
321 2.039 10 2.043
232 2.034
324 2.013 15 1.999
048 2.012
22,12 2.003 10 1.982
11,18 1.916 30 1.920
40,10 1.913
238 1.879 20 1.873
416 1.839 20 1.857
01,20; 31,14 1.824 20 1.823
32,10 1.795 10 1.794
502 1.762 10 1.776
054 1.753 10 1.752
20,20 1.719 30 1.719
30,18 1.700 15 1.724