The compound described by Rh2Ge3S3 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. There are two inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded to three equivalent Ge(1) and three equivalent S(2) atoms to form RhGe3S3 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with six equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and corners with six equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-63°. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded to one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), one S(2), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form RhGe3S3 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and corners with four equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-63°. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to one Rh(1), one Rh(2), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form GeRh2S2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-69°. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded to two equivalent Rh(2) and two equivalent S(2) atoms to form GeRh2S2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-70°. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Rh(2) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form SGe2Rh2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-72°. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Rh(1), one Rh(2), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms to form SGe2Rh2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 66-72°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ge3Rh2S3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.316
_cell_length_b   8.316
_cell_length_c   8.316
_cell_angle_alpha   89.809
_cell_angle_beta   89.809
_cell_angle_gamma   89.809
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   575.167
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Ge  Ge0  1  0.856  0.659  0.002  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.002  0.856  0.659  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.659  0.002  0.856  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.144  0.341  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.998  0.144  0.341  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.341  0.998  0.144  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.644  0.158  0.503  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.503  0.644  0.158  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.158  0.503  0.644  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.356  0.842  0.497  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.497  0.356  0.842  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.842  0.497  0.356  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.749  0.749  0.749  1.0
  Rh  Rh13  1  0.251  0.251  0.251  1.0
  Rh  Rh14  1  0.246  0.249  0.747  1.0
  Rh  Rh15  1  0.747  0.246  0.249  1.0
  Rh  Rh16  1  0.249  0.747  0.246  1.0
  Rh  Rh17  1  0.754  0.751  0.253  1.0
  Rh  Rh18  1  0.253  0.754  0.751  1.0
  Rh  Rh19  1  0.751  0.253  0.754  1.0
  S  S20  1  0.000  0.859  0.355  1.0
  S  S21  1  0.355  0.000  0.859  1.0
  S  S22  1  0.859  0.355  0.000  1.0
  S  S23  1  0.640  0.854  0.504  1.0
  S  S24  1  0.504  0.640  0.854  1.0
  S  S25  1  0.854  0.504  0.640  1.0
  S  S26  1  0.360  0.146  0.496  1.0
  S  S27  1  0.496  0.360  0.146  1.0
  S  S28  1  0.146  0.496  0.360  1.0
  S  S29  1  0.645  1.000  0.141  1.0
  S  S30  1  0.141  0.645  1.000  1.0
  S  S31  1  1.000  0.141  0.645  1.0
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The compound described by Rh2Ge3S3 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. There are two inequivalent Rh sites. In the first Rh site, Rh(1) is bonded to three equivalent Ge(1) and three equivalent S(2) atoms to form RhGe3S3 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with six equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and corners with six equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-63°. In the second Rh site, Rh(2) is bonded to one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(2), one S(2), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form RhGe3S3 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and corners with four equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 58-63°. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to one Rh(1), one Rh(2), and two equivalent S(1) atoms to form GeRh2S2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-69°. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded to two equivalent Rh(2) and two equivalent S(2) atoms to form GeRh2S2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-70°. There are two inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(1) is bonded to two equivalent Rh(2) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form SGe2Rh2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Rh(1)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 68-72°. In the second S site, S(2) is bonded to one Rh(1), one Rh(2), and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms to form SGe2Rh2 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent Rh(2)Ge3S3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(2)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(1)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent Ge(1)Rh2S2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one S(2)Ge2Rh2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 66-72°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ge3Rh2S3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.316
_cell_length_b   8.316
_cell_length_c   8.316
_cell_angle_alpha   89.809
_cell_angle_beta   89.809
_cell_angle_gamma   89.809
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   575.167
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Ge  Ge0  1  0.856  0.659  0.002  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.002  0.856  0.659  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.659  0.002  0.856  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.144  0.341  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.998  0.144  0.341  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.341  0.998  0.144  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.644  0.158  0.503  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.503  0.644  0.158  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.158  0.503  0.644  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.356  0.842  0.497  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.497  0.356  0.842  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.842  0.497  0.356  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.749  0.749  0.749  1.0
  Rh  Rh13  1  0.251  0.251  0.251  1.0
  Rh  Rh14  1  0.246  0.249  0.747  1.0
  Rh  Rh15  1  0.747  0.246  0.249  1.0
  Rh  Rh16  1  0.249  0.747  0.246  1.0
  Rh  Rh17  1  0.754  0.751  0.253  1.0
  Rh  Rh18  1  0.253  0.754  0.751  1.0
  Rh  Rh19  1  0.751  0.253  0.754  1.0
  S  S20  1  0.000  0.859  0.355  1.0
  S  S21  1  0.355  0.000  0.859  1.0
  S  S22  1  0.859  0.355  0.000  1.0
  S  S23  1  0.640  0.854  0.504  1.0
  S  S24  1  0.504  0.640  0.854  1.0
  S  S25  1  0.854  0.504  0.640  1.0
  S  S26  1  0.360  0.146  0.496  1.0
  S  S27  1  0.496  0.360  0.146  1.0
  S  S28  1  0.146  0.496  0.360  1.0
  S  S29  1  0.645  1.000  0.141  1.0
  S  S30  1  0.141  0.645  1.000  1.0
  S  S31  1  1.000  0.141  0.645  1.0
[/CIF]
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