The compound described by HoY7O12 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic I2_12_12_1 space group. Ho(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted HoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. There are six inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the second Y site, Y(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form YO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ho(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ho(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 56-57°. In the third Y site, Y(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. In the fourth Y site, Y(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the fifth Y site, Y(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. In the sixth Y site, Y(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(4) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(4), and one Y(6) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(5) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(5), and one Y(6) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(4) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(5), and one Y(6) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Y7HoO12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.177
_cell_length_b   9.177
_cell_length_c   9.177
_cell_angle_alpha   109.480
_cell_angle_beta   109.470
_cell_angle_gamma   109.464
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   594.937
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
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loop_
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  Y  Y0  1  0.217  0.250  0.467  1.0
  Y  Y1  1  0.999  0.500  0.499  1.0
  Y  Y2  1  0.750  0.967  0.217  1.0
  Y  Y3  1  0.250  0.533  0.283  1.0
  Y  Y4  1  0.533  0.783  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y5  1  0.032  0.282  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y6  1  1.000  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Y  Y7  1  0.501  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Y  Y8  1  0.500  0.500  0.001  1.0
  Y  Y9  1  0.283  0.750  0.033  1.0
  Y  Y10  1  0.468  0.218  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y11  1  0.967  0.717  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y12  1  0.750  0.468  0.718  1.0
  Y  Y13  1  0.250  0.032  0.782  1.0
  Ho  Ho14  1  0.717  0.250  0.967  1.0
  Ho  Ho15  1  0.783  0.750  0.533  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.489  0.728  0.958  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.271  0.532  0.542  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.042  0.770  0.531  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.239  0.271  0.228  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.261  0.489  0.032  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.458  0.990  0.729  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.229  0.772  0.261  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.011  0.968  0.239  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.031  0.542  0.771  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.772  0.044  0.011  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.272  0.261  0.729  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.533  0.761  0.489  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.469  0.239  0.511  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.228  0.958  0.989  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.728  0.739  0.272  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.967  0.456  0.228  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.988  0.030  0.759  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.771  0.229  0.741  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.543  0.011  0.272  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.739  0.510  0.969  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.761  0.730  0.771  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.957  0.229  0.468  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.729  0.470  0.458  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.512  0.271  0.042  1.0
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The compound described by HoY7O12 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic I2_12_12_1 space group. Ho(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted HoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. There are six inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the second Y site, Y(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form YO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ho(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Y(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ho(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Y(5)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 56-57°. In the third Y site, Y(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. In the fourth Y site, Y(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the fifth Y site, Y(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. In the sixth Y site, Y(6) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Y(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Y(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ho(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Y(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Y(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(4) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(4), and one Y(6) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(5) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Y(1), one Y(2), one Y(5), and one Y(6) atom to form OY4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(3), and one Y(4) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Ho(1), one Y(2), one Y(5), and one Y(6) atom to form OY3Ho trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Y4 trigonal pyramid,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent O(5)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(6)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent O(3)Y4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)Y3Ho trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Y4 trigonal pyramids. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Y7HoO12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.177
_cell_length_b   9.177
_cell_length_c   9.177
_cell_angle_alpha   109.480
_cell_angle_beta   109.470
_cell_angle_gamma   109.464
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   594.937
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
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  Y  Y0  1  0.217  0.250  0.467  1.0
  Y  Y1  1  0.999  0.500  0.499  1.0
  Y  Y2  1  0.750  0.967  0.217  1.0
  Y  Y3  1  0.250  0.533  0.283  1.0
  Y  Y4  1  0.533  0.783  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y5  1  0.032  0.282  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y6  1  1.000  0.000  1.000  1.0
  Y  Y7  1  0.501  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Y  Y8  1  0.500  0.500  0.001  1.0
  Y  Y9  1  0.283  0.750  0.033  1.0
  Y  Y10  1  0.468  0.218  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y11  1  0.967  0.717  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y12  1  0.750  0.468  0.718  1.0
  Y  Y13  1  0.250  0.032  0.782  1.0
  Ho  Ho14  1  0.717  0.250  0.967  1.0
  Ho  Ho15  1  0.783  0.750  0.533  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.489  0.728  0.958  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.271  0.532  0.542  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.042  0.770  0.531  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.239  0.271  0.228  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.261  0.489  0.032  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.458  0.990  0.729  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.229  0.772  0.261  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.011  0.968  0.239  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.031  0.542  0.771  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.772  0.044  0.011  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.272  0.261  0.729  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.533  0.761  0.489  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.469  0.239  0.511  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.228  0.958  0.989  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.728  0.739  0.272  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.967  0.456  0.228  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.988  0.030  0.759  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.771  0.229  0.741  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.543  0.011  0.272  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.739  0.510  0.969  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.761  0.730  0.771  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.957  0.229  0.468  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.729  0.470  0.458  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.512  0.271  0.042  1.0
[/CIF]
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