The compound described by Li4V3Ni3(TeO8)2 is Hausmannite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-67°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-65°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 41-63°. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form distorted VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 53-59°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-61°. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form distorted VO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-54°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form distorted TeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-61°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one V(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form distorted edge-sharing OLiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom to form OLiVNi2 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)LiV2Te tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent O(15)LiNi2Te tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Te(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Te(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(1), one V(2), and one Te(2) atom to form distorted OLiV2Te tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(15)LiNi2Te tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiVNi2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Te(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Te(2) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Te(2) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Te(2) atom to form OLiNi2Te tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)LiV2Te tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent O(5)LiVNi2 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Te(2) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(TeO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.882
_cell_length_b   6.012
_cell_length_c   10.230
_cell_angle_alpha   90.233
_cell_angle_beta   90.147
_cell_angle_gamma   119.232
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   315.691
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Li  Li0  1  0.659  0.316  0.095  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.006  0.014  0.015  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  1.000  0.002  0.505  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.339  0.670  0.596  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.841  0.197  0.780  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.341  0.185  0.778  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.179  0.359  0.266  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.831  0.669  0.795  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.659  0.828  0.285  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.170  0.828  0.285  1.0
  Te  Te10  1  0.671  0.339  0.485  1.0
  Te  Te11  1  0.354  0.708  0.004  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.836  0.168  0.396  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.527  0.025  0.680  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.670  0.315  0.892  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.993  0.004  0.692  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.014  0.027  0.200  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.332  0.167  0.397  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.986  0.470  0.682  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.484  0.468  0.685  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.133  0.289  0.889  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.837  0.673  0.402  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.468  0.486  0.169  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.016  0.486  0.170  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.312  0.623  0.390  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.683  0.858  0.908  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.479  0.959  0.147  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.180  0.866  0.905  1.0
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The compound described by Li4V3Ni3(TeO8)2 is Hausmannite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-67°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-65°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 41-63°. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form distorted VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 53-59°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-61°. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form distorted VO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-54°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form distorted TeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-61°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one V(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form distorted edge-sharing OLiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom to form OLiVNi2 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)LiV2Te tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent O(15)LiNi2Te tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Te(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Te(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(1), one V(2), and one Te(2) atom to form distorted OLiV2Te tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(15)LiNi2Te tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)LiVNi2 tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Te(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Te(2) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Te(2) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Te(2) atom to form OLiNi2Te tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)LiV2Te tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent O(5)LiVNi2 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Te(2) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(TeO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.882
_cell_length_b   6.012
_cell_length_c   10.230
_cell_angle_alpha   90.233
_cell_angle_beta   90.147
_cell_angle_gamma   119.232
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   315.691
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Li  Li0  1  0.659  0.316  0.095  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.006  0.014  0.015  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  1.000  0.002  0.505  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.339  0.670  0.596  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.841  0.197  0.780  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.341  0.185  0.778  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.179  0.359  0.266  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.831  0.669  0.795  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.659  0.828  0.285  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.170  0.828  0.285  1.0
  Te  Te10  1  0.671  0.339  0.485  1.0
  Te  Te11  1  0.354  0.708  0.004  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.836  0.168  0.396  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.527  0.025  0.680  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.670  0.315  0.892  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.993  0.004  0.692  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.014  0.027  0.200  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.332  0.167  0.397  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.986  0.470  0.682  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.484  0.468  0.685  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.133  0.289  0.889  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.837  0.673  0.402  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.468  0.486  0.169  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.016  0.486  0.170  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.312  0.623  0.390  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.683  0.858  0.908  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.479  0.959  0.147  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.180  0.866  0.905  1.0
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