data_9000712
_chemical_name 'Sillimanite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Winter J K'
'Ghose S'
_journal_name_full "American Mineralogist"
_journal_volume 64
_journal_year 1979
_journal_page_first 573
_journal_page_last 586
_publ_section_title
;
 Thermal expansion and high-temperature crystal chemistry of the Al2SiO5
 polymorphs
 T = 600 deg C
;
_chemical_formula_sum 'Al2 Si O5'
_cell_length_a 7.4967
_cell_length_b 7.7136
_cell_length_c 5.7921
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 334.937
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P b n m'
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
Al1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
Al2   0.14140   0.34590   0.25000
Si   0.15250   0.34080   0.75000
O1   0.35970   0.41000   0.75000
O2   0.35680   0.43490   0.25000
O3   0.47710   0.00130   0.75000
O4   0.12470   0.22450   0.51420