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Mg₃TeO₆
Trigonal · space group R-3 (No. 148) · Pearson hR20
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Mg₃TeO₆ in R-3
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 8.615 Å, b = 8.615 Å, c = 10.315 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 663.0 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 60 (Te 6, Mg 18, O 36)
- Formula units Z
- 6
- Pearson symbol
- hR20 — hexagonal / trigonal, rhombohedral lattice, 20 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 18 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Te4 | Te | 3a | 3 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Te5 | Te | 3b | 3 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
| Mg1 | Mg | 18f | 18 | 0.7346 | 0.7749 | 0.7115 |
| O2 | O | 18f | 18 | 0.8684 | 0.5053 | 0.4314 |
| O3 | O | 18f | 18 | 0.1851 | 0.1598 | 0.6162 |
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 60 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 18 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
A3B6C_hR20_148_f_2f_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hR20, then the space-group number 148, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Te: 3a; Te: 3b; Mg: 18f; O: 18f; O: 18f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Bi₃DyO₆, Bi₃ErO₆, Bi₃LuO₆, Bi₃YO₆, Ca₃UO₆, La₃ScO₆, Li₃AlH₆, Li₃AlO₆, Li₃CuF₆, Li₃FeF₆, Li₃VF₆, Mg₃SbO₆, Mn₃TeO₆, Mn₃WO₆ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3B6C_hR20_148_f_2f_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.
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