The compound described by Mg14LaGa crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with six equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), two equivalent La(1), and one Ga(1) atom. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), one Mg(3), one Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), one La(1), and one Ga(1) atom to form distorted MgLaMg10Ga cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and one La(1) atom to form distorted MgLaMg11 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and one Ga(1) atom. La(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(3), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Ga(1) atoms to form LaMg10Ga2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. Ga(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent La(1) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_LaMg14Ga
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.583
_cell_length_b   6.367
_cell_length_c   10.353
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   118.918
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   379.837
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  1  'x, y, z'
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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  La  La0  1  0.144  0.322  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.166  0.333  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.160  0.830  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.640  0.313  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.667  0.339  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.640  0.828  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.667  0.827  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.339  0.166  0.383  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.339  0.166  0.867  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.339  0.673  0.383  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.339  0.673  0.867  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.828  0.164  0.388  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.828  0.164  0.862  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.849  0.675  0.356  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.849  0.675  0.894  1.0
  Ga  Ga15  1  0.204  0.852  0.125  1.0
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The compound described by Mg14LaGa crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with six equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), two equivalent La(1), and one Ga(1) atom. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), one Mg(3), one Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), one La(1), and one Ga(1) atom to form distorted MgLaMg10Ga cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and one La(1) atom to form distorted MgLaMg11 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and one Ga(1) atom. La(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(3), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Ga(1) atoms to form LaMg10Ga2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent La(1)Mg10Ga2 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(6)LaMg11 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(5)LaMg10Ga cuboctahedra. Ga(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent La(1) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_LaMg14Ga
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.583
_cell_length_b   6.367
_cell_length_c   10.353
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   118.918
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   379.837
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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  La  La0  1  0.144  0.322  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.166  0.333  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.160  0.830  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.640  0.313  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.667  0.339  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.640  0.828  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.667  0.827  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.339  0.166  0.383  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.339  0.166  0.867  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.339  0.673  0.383  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.339  0.673  0.867  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.828  0.164  0.388  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.828  0.164  0.862  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.849  0.675  0.356  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.849  0.675  0.894  1.0
  Ga  Ga15  1  0.204  0.852  0.125  1.0
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