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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

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

Unit 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

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
F4F2b20.00001.00000.2500
Br1Br2c20.33330.66670.2500
Cu2Cu6g60.50001.00000.0000
Cu3Cu6h60.62950.25900.2500
H5H12k120.86320.72640.3730
O6O12k120.79790.59590.4080

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

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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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