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Nevskite (BiSe)
Trigonal · space group P-3m1 (No. 164) · Pearson hP12 · mineral: nevskite
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Nevskite (BiSe) in P-3m1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 4.212 Å, b = 4.212 Å, c = 22.942 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 352.5 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 12 (Bi 6, Se 6)
- Formula units Z
- 6
- Pearson symbol
- hP12 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 12 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bi1 | Bi | 2c | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.3727 |
| Se4 | Se | 2c | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.1279 |
| Bi2 | Bi | 2d | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.0419 |
| Bi3 | Bi | 2d | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.7959 |
| Se5 | Se | 2d | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.2797 |
| Se6 | Se | 2d | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.5596 |
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 12 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
AB_hP12_164_c2d_c2d-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP12, then the space-group number 164, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Bi: 2c; Se: 2c; Bi: 2d; Bi: 2d; Se: 2d; Se: 2d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
BiTe (tsumoite), Bi(S_{0.56}Te_{0.44}) (ingodite) <!--beginning with an
Note: Nevskite.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB_hP12_164_c2d_c2d-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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