The crystal structure described by Na4AlGeSi2PO12 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are four inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(3), one O(7), one O(9), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(10), one O(12), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. In the fourth Na site, Na(4) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to one O(10), one O(11), one O(12), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. Al(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Si(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Si(2)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent P(1)O4 tetrahedra. Ge(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(11), one O(12), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form GeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Si(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Si(2)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent P(1)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 31-36°. In the second Si site, Si(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 27-37°. P(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(6), and one O(9) atom to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 30-36°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Al(1), and one P(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Na(3), one Al(1), and one Si(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Al(1), and one Si(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Ge(1), and one Si(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1), one Ge(1), and one Si(1) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Ge(1), and one P(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one Si(2) atom to form distorted ONa3AlSi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one Si(1) atom to form distorted ONa3AlSi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one P(1) atom to form distorted ONa3AlP trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one P(1) atom to form distorted ONa3GeP trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one Si(1) atom to form distorted ONa3SiGe trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one Si(2) atom to form distorted ONa3SiGe trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Na4AlSi2GePO12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.742
_cell_length_b   8.747
_cell_length_c   8.757
_cell_angle_alpha   119.961
_cell_angle_beta   119.426
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   477.798
_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
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 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Al  Al0  1  0.058  0.359  0.702  1.0
  Al  Al1  1  0.558  0.843  0.702  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.946  0.651  0.298  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.446  0.147  0.298  1.0
  Na  Na4  1  0.752  0.249  0.136  1.0
  Na  Na5  1  0.744  0.881  0.497  1.0
  Na  Na6  1  0.750  0.621  0.866  1.0
  Na  Na7  1  0.244  0.116  0.497  1.0
  Na  Na8  1  0.252  0.387  0.136  1.0
  Na  Na9  1  0.250  0.745  0.866  1.0
  Na  Na10  1  0.496  0.503  0.999  1.0
  Na  Na11  1  0.996  0.997  0.999  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.924  0.271  0.784  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.929  0.513  0.660  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.932  0.146  0.424  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.429  0.647  0.660  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.424  0.013  0.784  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.432  0.778  0.424  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.067  0.733  0.216  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.067  0.484  0.334  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.076  0.862  0.595  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.567  0.351  0.334  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.567  0.984  0.216  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.576  0.232  0.595  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.229  0.565  0.003  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.231  0.429  0.660  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.229  0.217  0.796  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.731  0.730  0.660  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.729  0.938  0.003  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.729  0.079  0.796  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.765  0.422  0.983  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.772  0.565  0.335  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.770  0.770  0.204  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.272  0.270  0.335  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.265  0.061  0.983  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.270  0.934  0.204  1.0
  P  P36  1  0.753  0.250  0.789  1.0
  P  P37  1  0.253  0.040  0.789  1.0
  Si  Si38  1  0.753  0.541  0.503  1.0
  Si  Si39  1  0.755  0.964  0.213  1.0
  Si  Si40  1  0.253  0.462  0.503  1.0
  Si  Si41  1  0.255  0.749  0.213  1.0
[/CIF]
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The crystal structure described by Na4AlGeSi2PO12 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are four inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(3), one O(7), one O(9), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one O(10), one O(12), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and two equivalent O(2) atoms. In the fourth Na site, Na(4) is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to one O(10), one O(11), one O(12), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom. Al(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Si(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Si(2)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent P(1)O4 tetrahedra. Ge(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(11), one O(12), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form GeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Si(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Si(2)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent P(1)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 31-36°. In the second Si site, Si(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 27-37°. P(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(6), and one O(9) atom to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Al(1)O6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 30-36°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Al(1), and one P(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Na(3), one Al(1), and one Si(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Al(1), and one Si(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Ge(1), and one Si(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1), one Ge(1), and one Si(1) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Ge(1), and one P(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one Si(2) atom to form distorted ONa3AlSi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one Si(1) atom to form distorted ONa3AlSi trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Na(4), one Al(1), and one P(1) atom to form distorted ONa3AlP trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one P(1) atom to form distorted ONa3GeP trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Na(1), one Na(2), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one Si(1) atom to form distorted ONa3SiGe trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(12)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Na(2), one Na(3), one Na(4), one Ge(1), and one Si(2) atom to form distorted ONa3SiGe trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent O(9)Na3AlP trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent O(8)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Na3AlSi trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one O(10)Na3GeP trigonal bipyramid, and  a faceface with one O(11)Na3SiGe trigonal bipyramid. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Na4AlSi2GePO12
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.742
_cell_length_b   8.747
_cell_length_c   8.757
_cell_angle_alpha   119.961
_cell_angle_beta   119.426
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   477.798
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
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  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
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 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
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  Al  Al0  1  0.058  0.359  0.702  1.0
  Al  Al1  1  0.558  0.843  0.702  1.0
  Ge  Ge2  1  0.946  0.651  0.298  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.446  0.147  0.298  1.0
  Na  Na4  1  0.752  0.249  0.136  1.0
  Na  Na5  1  0.744  0.881  0.497  1.0
  Na  Na6  1  0.750  0.621  0.866  1.0
  Na  Na7  1  0.244  0.116  0.497  1.0
  Na  Na8  1  0.252  0.387  0.136  1.0
  Na  Na9  1  0.250  0.745  0.866  1.0
  Na  Na10  1  0.496  0.503  0.999  1.0
  Na  Na11  1  0.996  0.997  0.999  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.924  0.271  0.784  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.929  0.513  0.660  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.932  0.146  0.424  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.429  0.647  0.660  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.424  0.013  0.784  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.432  0.778  0.424  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.067  0.733  0.216  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.067  0.484  0.334  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.076  0.862  0.595  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.567  0.351  0.334  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.567  0.984  0.216  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.576  0.232  0.595  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.229  0.565  0.003  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.231  0.429  0.660  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.229  0.217  0.796  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.731  0.730  0.660  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.729  0.938  0.003  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.729  0.079  0.796  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.765  0.422  0.983  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.772  0.565  0.335  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.770  0.770  0.204  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.272  0.270  0.335  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.265  0.061  0.983  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.270  0.934  0.204  1.0
  P  P36  1  0.753  0.250  0.789  1.0
  P  P37  1  0.253  0.040  0.789  1.0
  Si  Si38  1  0.753  0.541  0.503  1.0
  Si  Si39  1  0.755  0.964  0.213  1.0
  Si  Si40  1  0.253  0.462  0.503  1.0
  Si  Si41  1  0.255  0.749  0.213  1.0
[/CIF]
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