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Barlowite [Cu₄FBr(OH)₆]
Hexagonal · space group P63/mmc (No. 194) · Pearson hP40 · mineral: barlowite
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Barlowite [Cu₄FBr(OH)₆] in P63/mmc
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 6.671 Å, b = 6.671 Å, c = 9.285 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 357.9 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 40 (F 2, Br 2, Cu 12, H 12, O 12)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- hP40 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 40 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 24 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F4 | F | 2b | 2 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 0.2500 |
| Br1 | Br | 2c | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.2500 |
| Cu2 | Cu | 6g | 6 | 0.5000 | 1.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Cu3 | Cu | 6h | 6 | 0.6295 | 0.2590 | 0.2500 |
| H5 | H | 12k | 12 | 0.8632 | 0.7264 | 0.3730 |
| O6 | O | 12k | 12 | 0.7979 | 0.5959 | 0.4080 |
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 40 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 24 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
AB6CD6E6_hP40_194_c_gh_b_k_k-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP40, then the space-group number 194, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (F: 2b; Br: 2c; Cu: 6g; Cu: 6h; H: 12k; O: 12k). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Cu₄FZn(OH)₆ <!--beginning with an
Note: Barlowite.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB6CD6E6_hP40_194_c_gh_b_k_k-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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