TITL chemdig rzepa crystalmaker example_cmdf NOTE Paragonite is a mica mineral, somewhat similar to muscovite; the two minerals differ, however, in that paragonite contains sodium, rather than potassium. This results in a smaller unit cell. The principal polytype of paragonite is monoclinic, 2M1. At room-T, there is a very limited solid solution of paragonite in muscovite, and of muscovite in paragonite - but the amount increases with temperature up to about 10 and 20 percent, respectively. Paragonite may be formed by the reaction: kaolinite + albite -> paragonite + quartz + water it may also be formed in sedimentary low-temperature environments from illite or montmorillonite. The optical properties of paragonite and muscovite are very similar, and the two minerals can be distinguished by chemical analysis for alkalis, or by x-ray diffraction. Paragonite usually occurs as fine-grained aggregates, along with other Al-rich minerals. It is widespread in metamorphic rocks (schists, phyllites, gneisses), mainly ranging from greenschist to the sillimanite zone of the amphibolite facies, but it also occurs in blueschist-facies rocks. It is found also in fine-grained sedimentary rocks. CELL 5.1280 8.8980 19.2870 90.0000 94.3500 90.0000 SPGR C 2/c XYZR 0.1000 2.9500 0.7000 2.4500 0.8000 2.2000 MODL 3 BKCL 0.33384 0.36286 0.88153 BNCL 0.68666 0.68666 0.68666 BRAD 0.250 0.500 LTDN 0.57735 0.57735 0.57735 AREN 0.7500 0.7500 1.0000 10 BREN 0.5000 0.9000 1.0000 10 PREN 0.5000 0.9000 0.0000 1 SHCL 1 COLS 1 OMAT -1.99 3.80 -2.80 -5.66 -5.73 -3.77 -12.27 2.46 14.68 BMAX Si O 1.8515 BMAX Na OH 2.6910 BMAX Na O 2.7255 BMAX H O 1.4490 BMAX H OH 1.4145 BMAX Al O 2.3000 BMAX Al OH 2.2000 TYPE Al 0.53 0.0975 0.6774 1.0000 H 0.05 1.0000 0.6990 0.6990 Na 1.16 0.7895 0.7743 0.0000 O 1.21 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 OH 1.18 0.7782 0.3510 0.0000 Si 0.40 0.4468 0.2835 0.9918 ATOM Al M(1) 0.2500 0.7500 0.0000 Al M(2) 0.2499 0.0832 0.0000 H H 0.8866 0.1458 0.0706 Na Na 0.0000 0.0941 0.2500 O O(1) 0.9574 0.4439 0.0554 O O(2) 0.3795 0.2516 0.0554 O O(3) 0.3739 0.0914 0.1743 O O(4) 0.7491 0.2960 0.1628 O O(5) 0.2475 0.3818 0.1748 OH OH 0.9518 0.0628 0.0512 Si T(1) 0.9258 0.4288 0.1409 Si T(2) 0.4401 0.2578 0.1409