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Hulsite [(Fe_{1.315}Mg_{0.56}Sn_{0.1})BO₅]

Monoclinic · space group P12/m1 (No. 10) · Pearson mP18 · mineral: hulsite

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Hulsite [(Fe_{1.315}Mg_{0.56}Sn_{0.1})BO₅] in P12/m1

Setting
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x = 0.10, y = 0.17, z = 0.08

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 11.634 Å, b = 3.102 Å, c = 5.431 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 113.54°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
179.7 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
18 (Fe 2, Mg 3, Sn 1, B 2, O 10)
Formula units Z
1
Pearson symbol
mP18 — monoclinic, primitive lattice, 18 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
4 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Fe2Fe1a10.00000.00000.0000
Fe3Fe1c10.00000.00000.5000
Mg4Mg1e10.50000.50000.0000
Sn11Sn1g10.50000.00000.5000
B1B2m20.25900.00000.9700
O6O2m20.38800.00000.0850
O7O2m20.19500.00000.6970
O8O2m20.19500.00000.1380
Mg5Mg2n20.22530.50000.4440
O10O2n20.03100.50000.2770
O9O2n20.40890.50000.5959

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 18 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 4 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

A2B2C3D10E_mP18_10_m_ac_en_3m2n_g-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mP18, then the space-group number 10, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Fe: 1a; Fe: 1c; Mg: 1e; Sn: 1g; B: 2m; O: 2m; O: 2m; O: 2m; Mg: 2n; O: 2n; O: 2n). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

Na_{2.57}Sn_{0.43}BO₅ <!--beginning with an

Note: Hulsite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B2C3D10E_mP18_10_m_ac_en_3m2n_g-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.

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