The crystal structure described by Dy2Mn9(CrGe4)3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2 space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(4), and six equivalent Ge(8) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and edge-sharing DyCr4Ge8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), one Ge(2), one Ge(3), and six equivalent Ge(7) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and edge-sharing DyMn4Ge8 hexagonal bipyramids. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Mn(2), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Mn(2), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. There are nine inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the seventh Mn site, Mn(7) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the eighth Mn site, Mn(8) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the ninth Mn site, Mn(9) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Mn(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), and one Ge(4) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Mn(4), two equivalent Mn(6), two equivalent Mn(8), and one Ge(1) atom. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Mn(5), two equivalent Mn(7), two equivalent Mn(9), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cr(1), one Cr(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Mn(8) atom. In the sixth Ge site, Ge(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cr(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), one Mn(7), and one Mn(9) atom. In the seventh Ge site, Ge(7) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Dy(2), one Cr(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Mn(8) atom. In the eighth Ge site, Ge(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Dy(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(5), one Mn(7), and one Mn(9) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Dy2Mn9(CrGe4)3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.128
_cell_length_b   5.130
_cell_length_c   16.452
_cell_angle_alpha   89.998
_cell_angle_beta   90.013
_cell_angle_gamma   119.816
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   375.501
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Dy  Dy0  1  1.000  0.000  0.999  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn2  1  0.500  0.500  0.625  1.0
  Mn  Mn3  1  1.000  0.500  0.126  1.0
  Mn  Mn4  1  1.000  0.500  0.625  1.0
  Mn  Mn5  1  0.500  0.000  0.375  1.0
  Mn  Mn6  1  0.500  0.000  0.875  1.0
  Mn  Mn7  1  0.500  0.500  0.376  1.0
  Mn  Mn8  1  0.500  0.500  0.874  1.0
  Mn  Mn9  1  0.000  0.500  0.374  1.0
  Mn  Mn10  1  1.000  0.500  0.875  1.0
  Cr  Cr11  1  0.500  0.000  0.125  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.500  1.000  0.625  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.500  0.500  0.125  1.0
  Ge  Ge14  1  0.000  1.000  0.173  1.0
  Ge  Ge15  1  1.000  1.000  0.673  1.0
  Ge  Ge16  1  0.000  0.000  0.327  1.0
  Ge  Ge17  1  0.000  0.000  0.827  1.0
  Ge  Ge18  1  0.332  0.665  0.252  1.0
  Ge  Ge19  1  0.333  0.667  0.751  1.0
  Ge  Ge20  1  0.668  0.335  0.252  1.0
  Ge  Ge21  1  0.667  0.333  0.751  1.0
  Ge  Ge22  1  0.333  0.667  0.499  1.0
  Ge  Ge23  1  0.333  0.667  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge24  1  0.667  0.334  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge25  1  0.667  0.334  0.499  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Dy2Mn9(CrGe4)3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2 space group. There are two inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded to two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(4), and six equivalent Ge(8) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and edge-sharing DyCr4Ge8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), one Ge(2), one Ge(3), and six equivalent Ge(7) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and edge-sharing DyMn4Ge8 hexagonal bipyramids. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Mn(2), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Mn(2), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. There are nine inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the seventh Mn site, Mn(7) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the eighth Mn site, Mn(8) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the ninth Mn site, Mn(9) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(4), two equivalent Ge(6), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Cr(1), two equivalent Cr(3), two equivalent Mn(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Cr(2), two equivalent Mn(1), two equivalent Mn(3), and one Ge(4) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Mn(4), two equivalent Mn(6), two equivalent Mn(8), and one Ge(1) atom. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Mn(5), two equivalent Mn(7), two equivalent Mn(9), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cr(1), one Cr(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Mn(8) atom. In the sixth Ge site, Ge(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Cr(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), one Mn(7), and one Mn(9) atom. In the seventh Ge site, Ge(7) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Dy(2), one Cr(2), one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Mn(8) atom. In the eighth Ge site, Ge(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Dy(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), one Mn(2), one Mn(5), one Mn(7), and one Mn(9) atom. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Dy2Mn9(CrGe4)3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.128
_cell_length_b   5.130
_cell_length_c   16.452
_cell_angle_alpha   89.998
_cell_angle_beta   90.013
_cell_angle_gamma   119.816
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   375.501
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Dy  Dy0  1  1.000  0.000  0.999  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Mn  Mn2  1  0.500  0.500  0.625  1.0
  Mn  Mn3  1  1.000  0.500  0.126  1.0
  Mn  Mn4  1  1.000  0.500  0.625  1.0
  Mn  Mn5  1  0.500  0.000  0.375  1.0
  Mn  Mn6  1  0.500  0.000  0.875  1.0
  Mn  Mn7  1  0.500  0.500  0.376  1.0
  Mn  Mn8  1  0.500  0.500  0.874  1.0
  Mn  Mn9  1  0.000  0.500  0.374  1.0
  Mn  Mn10  1  1.000  0.500  0.875  1.0
  Cr  Cr11  1  0.500  0.000  0.125  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.500  1.000  0.625  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.500  0.500  0.125  1.0
  Ge  Ge14  1  0.000  1.000  0.173  1.0
  Ge  Ge15  1  1.000  1.000  0.673  1.0
  Ge  Ge16  1  0.000  0.000  0.327  1.0
  Ge  Ge17  1  0.000  0.000  0.827  1.0
  Ge  Ge18  1  0.332  0.665  0.252  1.0
  Ge  Ge19  1  0.333  0.667  0.751  1.0
  Ge  Ge20  1  0.668  0.335  0.252  1.0
  Ge  Ge21  1  0.667  0.333  0.751  1.0
  Ge  Ge22  1  0.333  0.667  0.499  1.0
  Ge  Ge23  1  0.333  0.667  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge24  1  0.667  0.334  0.998  1.0
  Ge  Ge25  1  0.667  0.334  0.499  1.0
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