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Henryite [(Ag_{1.48}Cu_{1.44}Fe_{0.32})Te₂]

Cubic · space group Pn-3m (No. 224) · Pearson cP12 · mineral: henryite

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Henryite [(Ag_{1.48}Cu_{1.44}Fe_{0.32})Te₂] in Pn-3m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 6.099 Å, b = 6.099 Å, c = 6.099 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
226.9 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
12 (Ag 2, Te 4, Cu 6)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
cP12 — cubic, primitive lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Ag1Ag2a20.25000.25000.2500
Te2Te4b40.00000.00000.0000
Cu3Cu6d60.25000.75000.7500

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 12 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 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

AB3C2_cP12_224_a_d_b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cP12, then the space-group number 224, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ag: 2a; Te: 4b; Cu: 6d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: Henryite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB3C2_cP12_224_a_d_b-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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