The structure described by Lu3SbO7 crystallizes in the orthorhombic C222_1 space group. There are two inequivalent Lu sites. In the first Lu site, Lu(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted LuO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-48°. In the second Lu site, Lu(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 45°. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Lu(2) atoms to form OLu4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Sb(1) atoms to form distorted OLu2Sb2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLu3Sb tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Lu(2) atoms to form OLu4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(1), and one Sb(1) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Lu3SbO7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.286
_cell_length_b   6.286
_cell_length_c   7.288
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   109.182
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   271.998
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Lu  Lu0  1  0.531  0.001  0.752  1.0
  Lu  Lu1  1  0.469  0.999  0.252  1.0
  Lu  Lu2  1  0.999  0.469  0.748  1.0
  Lu  Lu3  1  0.001  0.531  0.248  1.0
  Lu  Lu4  1  0.489  0.489  0.000  1.0
  Lu  Lu5  1  0.511  0.511  0.500  1.0
  Sb  Sb6  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Sb  Sb7  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.639  0.361  0.750  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.361  0.639  0.250  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.926  0.074  0.750  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.074  0.926  0.250  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.328  0.079  0.970  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.672  0.921  0.470  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.921  0.672  0.530  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.079  0.328  0.030  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.370  0.630  0.750  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.630  0.370  0.250  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.323  0.068  0.534  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.677  0.932  0.034  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.932  0.677  0.966  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.068  0.323  0.466  1.0
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The structure described by Lu3SbO7 crystallizes in the orthorhombic C222_1 space group. There are two inequivalent Lu sites. In the first Lu site, Lu(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted LuO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-48°. In the second Lu site, Lu(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent Lu(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 45°. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Lu(2) atoms to form OLu4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Sb(1) atoms to form distorted OLu2Sb2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLu3Sb tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Lu(1) and two equivalent Lu(2) atoms to form OLu4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Lu2Sb2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Lu4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Lu4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Lu3Sb tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Lu(2), two equivalent Lu(1), and one Sb(1) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Lu3SbO7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.286
_cell_length_b   6.286
_cell_length_c   7.288
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   109.182
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   271.998
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Lu  Lu0  1  0.531  0.001  0.752  1.0
  Lu  Lu1  1  0.469  0.999  0.252  1.0
  Lu  Lu2  1  0.999  0.469  0.748  1.0
  Lu  Lu3  1  0.001  0.531  0.248  1.0
  Lu  Lu4  1  0.489  0.489  0.000  1.0
  Lu  Lu5  1  0.511  0.511  0.500  1.0
  Sb  Sb6  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Sb  Sb7  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.639  0.361  0.750  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.361  0.639  0.250  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.926  0.074  0.750  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.074  0.926  0.250  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.328  0.079  0.970  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.672  0.921  0.470  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.921  0.672  0.530  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.079  0.328  0.030  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.370  0.630  0.750  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.630  0.370  0.250  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.323  0.068  0.534  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.677  0.932  0.034  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.932  0.677  0.966  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.068  0.323  0.466  1.0
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