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Averievite [(KBr)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂]

Monoclinic · space group C12/c1 (No. 15) · Pearson mC80 · mineral: averievite

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Averievite [(KBr)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂] in C12/c1

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 10.974 Å, b = 6.307 Å, c = 15.761 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 95.42°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
1085.9 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
80 (Br 4, Cu 20, K 8, O 40, V 8)
Formula units Z
4
Pearson symbol
mC80 — monoclinic, base-centred lattice, 80 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
8 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Br1Br4e40.00000.39660.2500
Cu2Cu4e40.00000.87140.2500
Cu3Cu8f80.35330.47190.6093
Cu4Cu8f80.24820.84220.7387
K5K8f80.55690.06260.5114
O6O8f80.48650.38070.3738
O7O8f80.28690.20110.3665
O8O8f80.29380.59960.3833
O9O8f80.37710.35610.5032
O10O8f80.33110.58710.7174
V11V8f80.35860.39220.4082

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 80 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 8 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

AB5C2D10E2_mC80_15_e_e2f_f_5f_f-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mC80, then the space-group number 15, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Br: 4e; Cu: 4e; Cu: 8f; Cu: 8f; K: 8f; O: 8f; O: 8f; O: 8f; O: 8f; O: 8f; V: 8f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

(KCl)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂, (RbCl)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂ <!--beginning with an

Note: Averievite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB5C2D10E2_mC80_15_e_e2f_f_5f_f-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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